Artist statement: ‘Glitchscapes’ are my exploration in painting with pixels. Glitch art or data-bending, involves manually tweaking and recoding an image's raw data to create obscure and unpredictable visual effects. Still images are reconfigured using various digital media – video, phones, computers and projectors and then materialised in new photographic form. In a time where we rely on digital technology to deliver accuracy and consistency, I enjoy experimenting with the artistic potential found in its failure.
With my ‘glitchscapes’, I hope to blur the boundaries of traditional digital image-making and challenge the role media plays in shaping our perceptions of reality.
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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.
