action scanning

these pieces are made by performing simple actions within range of the scanner beam.
in this, they are experiments in perception & time, & explore notions of self.

this work exists in an interzone between:
gestural abstration, figurative surrealism, photography, digital art,
theatre/dance, performance art, (phenomenological, action-oriented) conceptual art,
& other interests.

when the subject is portraiture (or explorations of the body),
the results tend towards the psychological & the surreal.
most distortions create nightmarish id-beasts that speak of
intense passions, mutations, & fluctuations of self.
others describe a calm awareness of shifting spacetime.

when the subject is an object or a photograph,
the results tend towards the symbolic or phenomenological,
exploring transformations of icons & the perception of the passage of time.

hands, eyes, & other symbolic elements of the body
create images which partake of both tendencies.
these sometimes feel like archetypes or mythic entities.

by inserting movement into the scanning process, this work simultaneously
illustrates the inherent nature & the limits of the technology.
for me, this work is both as complex as the union of photography with computers,
& as simple as spilling paint. in these respects, these pieces seem to reflect
the style & pace of the digital age, while using contemporary techniques
to explore timeless metaphysical ideas.