Metaphysical 1(a) & 1(b) are the first in a series of artworks to explore the potential - and implications - of CGI’s ability to produce impossible physics, contrary to the physics we experience in the real world.
In both artworks, the viewer’s expectations of everyday physics (objects + environments) are at first ‘met’, but then, increasingly undermined, as challenging, alien and unorthodox physics take over.
Metaphysical 1(a) & 1(b) are the first in a series of artworks to explore the potential - and implications - of CGI’s ability to produce impossible physics, contrary to the physics we experience in the real world.
In both artworks, the viewer’s expectations of everyday physics (objects + environments) are at first ‘met’, but then, increasingly undermined, as challenging, alien and unorthodox physics take over.
The Observer Series continues my interest in documenting natural sciences and follow on from another observation piece I made in 2012 called Exhaustion.
The series utilises macro photography to explore common everyday physical phenomena such as magnetism and scattered light.
What I find interesting in all these studies is how much information is readily available when we simply stop and take the time to look more closely. From my vantage point as an artist, it also appears to me that the closer we move towards the source of how things actually operate the more visually arresting they seem to become; as if the observer is rewarded for their desire to dig deeper. There is genuine power in these simple films I feel; certainly, something fundamental at play; and perhaps the natural world seduces us with its beauty in order to ensure its many intricacies are worth uncovering.
The Observer Series continues my interest in documenting natural sciences and follow on from another observation piece I made in 2012 called Exhaustion.
The series utilises macro photography to explore common everyday physical phenomena such as magnetism and scattered light.
What I find interesting in all these studies is how much information is readily available when we simply stop and take the time to look more closely. From my vantage point as an artist, it also appears to me that the closer we move towards the source of how things actually operate the more visually arresting they seem to become; as if the observer is rewarded for their desire to dig deeper. There is genuine power in these simple films I feel; certainly, something fundamental at play; and perhaps the natural world seduces us with its beauty in order to ensure its many intricacies are worth uncovering.
The Observer Series continues my interest in documenting natural sciences and follow on from another observation piece I made in 2012 called Exhaustion.
The series utilises macro photography to explore common everyday physical phenomena such as magnetism and scattered light.
What I find interesting in all these studies is how much information is readily available when we simply stop and take the time to look more closely. From my vantage point as an artist, it also appears to me that the closer we move towards the source of how things actually operate the more visually arresting they seem to become; as if the observer is rewarded for their desire to dig deeper. There is genuine power in these simple films I feel; certainly, something fundamental at play; and perhaps the natural world seduces us with its beauty in order to ensure its many intricacies are worth uncovering.
RND# (Random Number) is Richard Fenwick's experimental moving-image project and was first launched in the year 2000.
All the films in the series loosely explore our complex relationship with both science & technology.
When complete the project will consist of 100 films (RND#00-99). The current total is 29.
RND# is one of Richard's side projects; his main portfolio of work is here http://www.richardfenwick.com and his Vimeo page is here vimeo.com/richardfenwick
