Virtual Aquascapes
Revealing the tenuous nature between the present and the imaginary.
Morning fog off the coast of Brooklyn. 2 November 2017
Water is part of all life on Earth. Looking at a morning fog rolling in over the Lower New York Bay, I realized that much of previous work was trying to understand what the world would if it were only water. These studies examine visual and haptic elements of aquascapes created through the real and the imaginary. Coincidentally, water was used to create both.
Translation of landscape through printmaking.
These three collagraphs use hyperbolically crocheted textiles and layering to translate the landscape into a water-based print.
Reimagining the landscape with color and texture.
I used Photoshop to assign and highlight discrete sections of the aquascape that stood out to me. These include: the horizon, the rock edge, the fog, and the water.
November 2017
Using those features of the aquascape, I overlayed images of dripping and running tap water onto the previous color composition. Again, using Photoshop, the image was manipulated so as not to resemble what it initially looked like.
Second iteration.
Third iteration.
Generative iterations made with Processing.
Digitally Generated Aquascape of My Imagination Part I Iterations
Digitally manipulated image made with Processing November 2017
Digitally Generated Aquascape of My Imagination Part II Iterations
Digitally manipulated image made with Processing November 2017