A More Subtle Brilliance of Execution
January 29, 2008 6:06 AM Subscribe
Virtual Morphologies - the dark surreal stylings of J. Karl Bogartte. "In 1973 I accidentally discovered that by moving things around on the ordinary copy machine (and in effect, subverting its intended purpose…), strange conjunctions revealed themselves. At the beginning of 2000, I just as suddenly abandoned this process and leaped into the 21st century, exploring the computer and the realms of digital surrealité."
Fantastic. I love this presidential debate a la Francis Bacon.
posted by fleetmouse at 7:40 AM on January 29, 2008
posted by fleetmouse at 7:40 AM on January 29, 2008
Great post! I've had similar fun with a scanner, but of course, didn't take it as far or with as excellent a result as Bogartte did. I find it pretty inspiring. Too bad the images are so small.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 9:59 AM on January 29, 2008
posted by The Light Fantastic at 9:59 AM on January 29, 2008
The images: pretty rad!
The theory: leaden and tedious. I'm not sure I like reading self-scholarship like this.
Still cool, though.
posted by lumensimus at 5:23 PM on January 29, 2008
The theory: leaden and tedious. I'm not sure I like reading self-scholarship like this.
Still cool, though.
posted by lumensimus at 5:23 PM on January 29, 2008
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