In his book, Burning With Desire, Geoffrey Batchen shares the ongoing generative relationship between the "device" and the "desire". The former describes how the presence of new technologies shape and define human behavior, while the latter describes how human need creates technological innovation. This project complicates those relationships within layered visual forms.
"Origin of Observable Need" (1 of 2), 2022, 30"x40", destroyed Iris print mounted to UV print on aluminum
Considering the relationship of analog to digital technologies, an early form of digital printing, the Iris print, is saturated with water, rendering it abstract, while revealing a contemporary UV print underneath.
Permanent collection, Google, Cambridge, MA
"Origin of Observable Need" (2 of 2), 2022, 30"x40", 3D lenticular print
The first ever Google Image search was of the green Versace dress worn by Jennifer Lopez, which generated tremendous visual interest. This piece explores that subject as the source of new technology in a 3D lenticular print, which seems to extend off the wall and move with the viewer.
Permanent collection, Google, Cambridge, MA