Kerry Kirkpatrick: Altered Code
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- Altered Code
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- 2018
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- 3D model, digital photograph, digital image/painting
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Artist Statement:
With technology and the web playing such a key role in the function of human society, how might this affect humans as a species? Far into the future, with the help of advanced technology, will people evolve or transcend into amorphous beings that travel and communicate through electrical lines and electronic devices? What will happen to the earth when we become so attached to technology that we abandon the environment that allows us to exist?
This image was created using a combination of 3D Modeling, Digital Photography, and Digital Imaging/Painting. Slit-scanning was a method that was used for creating the wavering aesthetic in the environment. Slit-Scanning is a photography technique in which images are captured by a scanning device. This method was extremely important in conveying the idea that this environment is being directly impacted by technology and these futuristic beings.
This world I created has objects from the past that no longer are used in this futuristic world and are simply left for the radiated plants to grow over. While the beings are somewhat trapped in technology, plants are attempting to take over although their genetic code has been altered drastically by the state of the environment. This image is a warning that we must come to reality before it is too late for us and our environment.
