Laura Hewitt: Digital Bear

Artist(s):

• Laura Hewitt

Title:

Digital Bear

Exhibition:

• SIGGRAPH 2003: CG03: Computer Graphics 2003

Creation Year:

2003

Size:

11 in x 7 in

Category:

• 3D & Sculpture

Keywords:

• nature
• visualization

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.