November 5, 2009

Artists Statement

Writing an Artists Statement is difficult as you have to appeal to whatever passes for hip in the NYC or EU art culture. Here is an online generator to help you along: The Market-O-Matic (1.0) (Fine Arts Version) And regarding my latest show at the prestigious Maple Falls Fine Arts Museum:
Work of Meta-Art in the Age of Symbiotic Reproduction
The vortex creates, the body reproduces. In the synoptic hallucination, art objects are calculations of the iterations of the vortex -- a vortex that uses the body as a zeitgeist to deconstruct ideas, patterns, and emotions. With the devolution of the electronic environment, the vortex is reaching a point where it will be free from the body to transcend immersions into the machinations of the delphic hallucination. Work of Meta-Art in the Age of Symbiotic Reproduction contains 10 minimal shockwave engines (also refered to as "memes") that enable the user to make participatory audio/visual compositions.
measuring chains, constructing realities
putting into place forms
a matrix of illusion and disillusion
a strange attracting force
so that a seduced reality will be able to spontaneously feed on it.

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Dave H's work investigates the nuances of surveilance cameras through the use of slow motion and close-ups which emphasize the Symbiotic nature of digital media. H explores abstract and processing scenery as motifs to describe the idea of infinite hallucination. Using biofeedback loops, non-linear narratives, and allegorical images as patterns, H creates meditative environments which suggest the expansion of culture...
Works for me... Posted by DaveH at November 5, 2009 8:16 AM
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