IM Hyperessay | Artist Selection

I’ve decided to focus my essay on Sterling Crispin, mainly because I really like his Data-Masks series (as seen in the featured image for this post.)

Image result for sterling crispinA short bio on him (taken from Gildar Gallery, an art gallery in Denver, Colarado):

Sterling Crispin is an artist and technologist born 1985 in Maui, Hawaii. His work explores the relationships between spirituality, human consciousness, and impermanence as they relate to the exponential growth of computing technology and our networked global culture. He received his Master of Fine Arts and Master of Science from the University of California Santa Barbara. Crispin has lectured and given workshops at the LACMA Art + Technology Lab, UCLA Art + Science Center, NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, the Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference, YouTube Space LA, and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. His work has been published by Frieze Magazine Berlin, Artinfo.com, Rhizome.org, Wired, and Forbes.com. His work has been featured in over 30 exhibitions and events internationally including “Sneakerotics” at Edouard Malingue Gallery, “Beyond the Bond” at Studio Gallery, “#FUTUREMYTH” and “Dump.fm IRL” at 319 Scholes Gallery, and published in Katja Novitskova’s “Post Internet Survival Guide”.

As mentioned in the bio from the gallery, a lot of Crispin’s work explores the relationship between human consciousness and impermanence and how they relate to the rapid development of computing technology. I particularly like how his artworks fuses both collected data as well as new technologies to create pieces that are interactive, thought-provoking and/or are tongue-in-cheek. Also, more often than not, the issues that he addresses in his works are present-day issues that the world, if not his own country, are facing. The following are some examples of his works. 

A Particular Nowhere, 2014

A screenshot taken from A Particular Nowhere, a piece from 2014, commenting on the expansion of cyberspace

 

N.A.N.O., B.I.O., I.N.F.O., C.O.G.N.O., 2015

These 4 sculptures expresses the fear of the artist, for the future, based on events that were happening during that particularly point in time.

 

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