Laura Hewitt: Digital Bear

 
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Artist(s):


Title:


    Digital Bear

Exhibition:


Creation Year:


    2003

Size:


    11 in x 7 in

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Artist Statement:


    Digital Bear was created in response to my experience of describing bowhunting for bear in Arctic Alaska to non-hunting friends in New York City by email, complete with digital images. I was uncomfortable with the way the powerful, primal, and organic richness of my experiences was sanitized by digitalization; how hygienic, safe, and downright banal it became via email. This led to creating several pieces that combine the primal and electronic worlds.