New Work: The Stephogram

So I happened to discover the fun art of the scanogram while working on my digital book assignment this past week. I haven't delved deeply into the concept yet, but it was exciting to experiment with a new process, and I think there might be something to the graphic and yet un-photographic image that is created from the scans. I also think this may be the way to use the stitches and my photographs to create gestures and architectural spaces around and through my body. I have this strange feeling that this may be the bridge I've been looking for to mesh my body and architecture. I also really appreciate the manipulative way the digital artifacts can make my own image fade in and out. By using the transparency of the photographic image I am visually reconstructing and rendering an object that otherwise could not be altered by my hands.

Mock-through

We had our preliminary walkthrough, or "mockthrough" today, it didn't go too badly, but I'm not really happy with the images I have to present for walkthrough. I'm currently working with the stitch and the photograph, but many of the best images from my grandparents' home (the original inspiration for this project) don't really seem to work with the stitch. So, I'm sure I need to move into another the space, or figure out another way of presenting the images. I've contacted a couple of people and maybe I'll be able to shoot another space prior to walkthrough, but maybe not as I have 2 papers and a project due on Monday and another paper and project due on Tuesday which leaves very little time to fix my images before next week.