Considering Traditional Methods in the Digital Age of Art-Making:
My show consists of work that may not be traditionally viewed as digital art but that contains digital elements in order to show that even traditional measures of creating art, such as mono-printing and sequential art are now facilitated by digital means. For example the work by Luz Orzoco was done by her interpreting a photograph which is a form of digital art, in a traditional medium. The sequential arts work by Brian Blomerth was printed digitally and includes small photographs on every page. It is fascinating to watch how contemporary artists incorporate both traditional and digital media into their work.
By Eliza Kingsley, still from her animation, from the Perpetually In-Between exhibit.
Interview with Eliza Kingsley:
LBW: Do you always work digitally?
EK: I also do personal work and my sketchbook, I do traditional work but not for my portfolio.
LBW: Did you start working digitally initially?
EK: No just pencil on paper, the first time ever did anything digital it was design stuff and the first time I used animation was last semester. (Eliza is a sophmore and MICA)
LBW: Do you think everything will be digital soon?
EK: I hope not, a lot of people rely so much on computers... It looks like everything is becoming digital. People are going to realize that it shouldn’t.
LBW: What counts as digital art?
EK: If the intention is to make it look a certain way through anything digital than that’s digital art, if it's a large part of the process then it's digital art.
From the Perpetually In-Between Exhibit, Camion #2, by Luz Orozco, monoprint
Perpetually In-Between Exhibit
By Cindy Podermo, from her collection Yum Yum, digitally screenprinted
Shot of Will Laren's work at the Print Multiple Copies Fair
Tat Squad 2 by Will Laren
Brian Blomerth's The Book of Worzil and The Wimpy Whisper, from the Print Multiple Copies Fair
Brian Blomerth and his table at the Print Multiple Copies Fair
From Joe Maccarone's table
Dial White Red White Blue by Erwin Redl at the Grimaldis Gallery
Erwin Redl, Benchmark, at the Grimaldis Gallery
