Source
Leonardo
Volume 34, Number 5, October 2001
pp. 473-510 |
GALLERY ARTWORKS Dona J. Geib, U.S.A. God’s Box, 2000 digital print, mixed media 24 x 36 inches 474 Digital Salon Mark Millstein, U.S.A. Rosy Oak Kite, 2000 digital image, ink jet print on paper, bamboo, string 40 x 21 x 3 inches Kite design is the way in which Mark Millstein combines his passion for computer art with his love for the ocean shore and great open fields. The computer provides the core studio space for image section, editing, and processing. The imagery for the kite is composed from several sources, such as collected items, drawn or torn paper shapes and variations on those shapes. Using a flat-bed scanner as a camera, small objects, including leaves and shoreline debris, are digitized and brought into the work area. In creating the images, Millstein is looking for resonance of color, detail, and texture as well as dynamic flying form. All of the kites can actually fly. On the rare occasion of a crash, the bamboo allows the kite to bounce rather than crack. Digital Salon 475 GALLERY ARTWORKS Richard Wright, U.S.A. Reclamation #1, 2000 quadtone giclèe 10 x 15 inches The imagery Richard Wright creates would not be possible without the computer, but its use is not necessarily obvious or visible in the final image. Wright attempts to move digital imagery into a subtle, elegant arena. The computer can carry you into uncharted territory but in the end, Wright lands somewhere close to home by restraining the technology and opening up its true potential as a...
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