2008 - PIXEL CROSSING

The computer's language becomes an anthropological tool, like a telescope or a microscope, and its notation becomes a means of seeing relations and patterns difficult to comprehend. We share an impalpable mesh with the digital world, making our notations with electrical impulses and pulsations graphically represented as dots to draw different rhythms, many of which can be traced through antique civilization textiles.

In most of my work, I use the computer's pixels to design and draw and an analog silkscreen to print. The surface of a textile shows a dialogue between the elements of traditional textiles and computer graphic drawings; "Martians" based on Tomohiro Nishikado's game "Space Invaders" and zigzags merge and resemble a "frozen frame" image of a computer's glitch. The convergence of these graphic elements on a "monitor" in a constant frozen frame glitch reveals a common pattern.

Rhythmic compositions become portals of time and place, where analog past and today's technology coexist, showing a community not defined by territory. These works serve as a telescope or microscope, enabling us to perceive the intricate connections and patterns that bridge the gap between the analog and digital realms.

Agnieszka Kotecka