Mixed Media with GOOGLE imagery from “daily life” search 6 piece integrated gallery installation 2024
Mixed Media with GOOGLE imagery from “daily life” search 6 piece integrated gallery installation 2024
Mixed Media with GOOGLE imagery from “daily life” search 6 piece integrated gallery installation 2024
Mixed Media with GOOGLE imagery from “daily life” search 6 piece integrated gallery installation 2024
METAobscura
Mixed Media with GOOGLE imagery from “daily life” search
6 piece integrated gallery installation
2024
META OBSCURA is a gallery installation that explores the definition of META made physical as it relates to the self-referential characteristics of data at the deepest levels of internet information. Each piece in the installation relates to the others in content and form, creating a kind of information devolution that obscures its original definition while producing a trail of data breadcrumbs that serve as a unifying thread and a foundation for alternative meaning.
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of forests and forensics 20,000 GOOGLE images (world news), packing tape, staples, shrink wrap, insulation foam, fishing line, alligator clips 25’Hx25’Wx12’D 2007
of forests and forensics 20,000 GOOGLE images (world news), packing tape, staples, shrink wrap, insulation foam, fishing line, alligator clips 25’Hx25’Wx12’D 2007
of forests and forensics 20,000 GOOGLE images (world news), packing tape, staples, shrink wrap, insulation foam, fishing line, alligator clips 25’Hx25’Wx12’D 2007
of forests and forensics 20,000 GOOGLE images (world news), packing tape, staples, shrink wrap, insulation foam, fishing line, alligator clips 25’Hx25’Wx12’D 2007
of forests and forensics
20,000 GOOGLE images (world news), packing tape, staples, shrink wrap, insulation foam, fishing line, alligator clips
25’Hx25’Wx12’D
2007
Catalogue Essay, Elizabeth Ferrer, Curator BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“The forms Alfin creates act as a literal web of her findings, as well as the visceral materialization of the seemingly infinite bits of data that exist in global communication networks by binding the printed results with transparent material, producing eccentric environmental sculptures that sometimes resemble large pods with spindly extensions that seem capable of chaotic, unhampered growth. Alfin's work is process oriented, ephemeral, and flexible, palpably reflecting the real world experience of dealing with the unstable nature of information in the digital environment.”
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of saint & syn video, clear caulk, mirrored mylar, naturally dyed corn kernels, blue fluorescent lights 8’Hx5’Wx10’D 2010
video, clear caulk, mirrored mylar, naturally dyed corn kernels, blue fluorescent lights 8’Hx5’Wx10’D 2010
video, clear caulk, mirrored mylar, naturally dyed corn kernels, blue fluorescent lights 8’Hx5’Wx10’D 2010
of saint & syn video, clear caulk, mirrored mylar, naturally dyed corn kernels, blue fluorescent lights 8’Hx5’Wx10’D 2010
of saint and syn
video, clear caulk, mirrored mylar, naturally dyed corn kernels, blue fluorescent lights
8’Hx5’Wx10’D
2010
Of saint & syn is a site specific installation in response to the Monsanto Industries development of GMO corn seed for pest resistance and its potential for devastating impact on the pollinator bee population, farming communities, and global climate change. The piece evokes a repetitive state of entrapment that both entices and repels as a metaphor for the Monsanto monopoly that exists to this day under the Bayer corporate umbrella.
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GOOGLE images from "world news" search, plastic drop cloths, staples, aligator clips, packing tape, thread, fishing line, blue flouescent lights
GOOGLE images from "world news" search, plastic drop cloths, staples, aligator clips, packing tape, thread, fishing line, blue flouescent lights
GOOGLE images from "world news" search, plastic drop cloths, staples, aligator clips, packing tape, thread, fishing line, blue flouescent lights
GOOGLE images from "world news" search, plastic drop cloths, staples, aligator clips, packing tape, thread, fishing line, blue flouescent lights
suspended beliefs
GOOGLE images from "world news" search
plastic drop cloths, packing tape, acrylic bubbles, thread, fishing line, aligator clips, blue flourescent lights
2010
suspended beliefs is the second in a series exploring the veracity of internet information delivered under the umbrella of factual news.
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Queens Art X Invitational Curated by Brian Tate "What if Artists Remade the US Economy" Interactive public installation consiting of $1000 in pennies that encouraged the public to take what they needed and leave something in return. The piece appeared in three separate venues over the course of the summer of 2011. At the end of the season, all but $200 give or take remained intact.
Queens Art X Invitational Curated by Brian Tate "What if Artists Remade the US Economy" Interactive public installation consiting of $1000 in pennies that encouraged the public to take what they needed and leave something in return. The piece appeared in three separate venues over the course of the summer of 2011. At the end of the season, all but $200 give or take remained intact.
Queens Art X Invitational Curated by Brian Tate "What if Artists Remade the US Economy" Interactive public installation consiting of $1000 in pennies that encouraged the public to take what they needed and leave something in return. The piece appeared in three separate venues over the course of the summer of 2011. At the end of the season, all but $200 give or take remained intact.
Queens Art X Invitational Curated by Brian Tate "What if Artists Remade the US Economy" Interactive public installation consiting of $1000 in pennies that encouraged the public to take what they needed and leave something in return. The piece appeared in three separate venues over the course of the summer of 2011. At the end of the season, all but $200 give or take remained intact.
of values & verities
Queens Art X Invitational
Curated by Brian Tate
"What if Artists Remade the US Economy"
Interactive public installation consiting of $1000 in pennies that encouraged the public to take what they needed and leave something in return. The piece appeared in three separate venues over the course of the summer of 2011. At the end of the season, all but $200 remained intact.
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Shredded Financial Times, packing tape, shrink wrap 12’Hx8’Wx8’D 2007
Shredded Financial Times, packing tape, shrink wrap 12’Hx8’Wx8’D 2007
Shredded Financial Times, packing tape, shrink wrap 12’Hx8’Wx8’D 2007