Rhiannon GAMBLE
VCE Studio Arts Unit 3&4
Pixel shift  2016
100 ink-jet prints, wood, glass, glue 120.0x120.0x10.6cm
reproduction courtesy of the artist and Norwood Secondary College

Artist statement:

I want to explore what happens to the images we project of ourselves online. They say something always gets lost in translation, especially when filtered through technology. Glitches in decoding can change the intended message when sending and receiving. But I think that is when new creative representations can appear. Just like culture-jam memes, my pixel block images bunch together into a collage that distorts time and space. They join to show jagged 3d pixel shifts in layers. Filterd bits of change temporarily collide. Versions of our outer and inter-connections merge. The sculptural element of my work took on a more formal grid-like aspect in response to the grammar of digital representation. But I wanted to keep a home-made feel and sense of play; the idea of using wooden blocks as pixels fitted well. By playing with scale and staggering depth, the image resolves from jumbled noise depending on viewing angle and distance.