ARTIST STATEMENT

internet images

With the Internet, we can now look at all kinds of images in an instant - including a vast number of pornographic images. What fascinated us is how similar these vast number of pornographic images are to one another and how they nonetheless continue to grow in number.
To create the internet images series we downloaded hundreds of pornographic pictures from the Internet and then selected groups of 54 that fit our theme. We then used digital processing to obscure and otherwise alter the images. Internet images as a whole can be viewed as a single image. At the same time, grids laid over the pictures make it possible to discern the 54 individual pictures. The contours of adjacent photos are blurred and the images seem to melt into one another. The ordered grid imposes white space around the images, which makes it seem as if they expand beyond the boundaries of the image. Finally, a crucial aspect of this work is that when looking at it the viewer has the sensation of looking at something specific but yet is unable to make out exactly what that object is.

Entries form: Inkjet print, 1 (1,778mm x 2,464mm)