Artist statement: This image is from a series of digital photographs that have been corrupted by randomly inserting personal confessions, computer code, and Australian popular culture references into the image when opened in a text-based code editor. When the digital files are subsequently re-opened as images the corruption manifests itself in unpredictable ways.
There is an element of chance in this process that is similar to the entropy found in natural systems. In some respects the images bring the abject (code) to the same level as the sublime (nature), the grotesque next to the romantic. This could be seen as the two extremes of the nature / culture axis meeting each other.
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
