Logic of Sensation
2019
Four screens, side by side, reconstruct the human desire to understand itself. Each display features a different oil masterpiece, each depicting scenes of people delicately deconstructing the human body in an attempt to build deeper understanding of ourselves.
Though this piece, a depth tracking camera identifies people observing the screens. As they focus their attention, the software slowly reconstructs the painting based on its own abstracted interpretation of each work. Never fully reconstructing the original, the viewer is forced to generate their personal model of understanding.
Logic of Sensation is currently being exhibited at ArtsWestchester Gallery as part of the show Dataism. It will be on display from November 5 to January 25.
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Year: 2016, revisited 2019
Dimensions: Variable, approximately 2m by 3m
Medium: Computer, depth tracking camera, custom screen, custom software in node.js, p5.js and processing.
Sources:
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Oil on canvas1632
216.5 cm × 169.5 cm (85.2 in × 66.7 in)
Thomas Eakins
The Clinic of Dr. Agnew
Oil on canvas1889
214 cm × 300 cm
Enrique Simonet
Anatomy of Heart
Oil on canvas1890
177 cm x 291 cm
Pieter van Mierevelt
Anatomy lesson of Dr. Willem van der Meer
Oil on canvas1617
144 cm x 198 cm
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