Past Exhibitions
Jun 8 2017
DIGITAL SPHERES
DIGITAL SPHERES
AT ROBERT KANANAJ GALLERY
JUNE 08 - JULY 15, 2017
Reception; June 8, 2017, 5-8pm
CLARA BACOU
EXHIBITION STATEMENT:We live in the digital information age.Increasingly, we spend more time onlineor organising our lives and informationabout who we are online. We createdigital avatars of ourselves as a resultof being in the internet age, ‘Theperformance of the self continues onthe net... It’s a media-specific maskof the self, created within Facebook’sprescribed parameters and undercertain contractual terms of use. It’sbasically an avatar 2.0’ (Mark Butler).The word ‘Avatar’ is the Hindipronunciation of the Sanskrit term‘avatara’ which means ‘to descentfrom’ and therefore ‘incarnation’. Inthis sense, avatars can be describedas incarnations of ourselves online.We live in digital spheres as digitalrepresentations of ourselves thatwe have created. This show is anexploration of the boundary betweenthe physical and digital plane, which isgrowing remarkably thin in our minds.All the work produced for this exhibitionis digital and inspired by the worldof online avatars. The digital work inthis exhibition is brought to tangibleperception through the use of lightprojection. It is a cross-over of digital3D characters, into the real and phsyicalworld.
Fresh out her student projects, this is the first solo show of Clara Bacou.
Clara Bacou was born in London, England, Camden Town with a multicultural and heterogeneous way of life, a maze of markets and the people who walk them, constant inspiration for alternative culture, music and art.
KEY WORDS: ANIMATION / DIGITAL /3D / CHARACTER / AVATAR / ONLINEOFFLINE / LIGHT / PROJECTIONHOLOGRAMS / DIGTAL SPHERE /DIGITAL REALM / VIRTUAL WORLDSVIRTUAL REALITY / IMMERSIVEINTERACTIVE