A few months ago during the revolution in Egypt, I decided to begin making paintings, prints, and digital pieces from the landscapes surrounding Tahrir Square. To be clear, these works were not intended to make a ‘statement’ about the revolution. Rather, they were created as an exploration of information, in the language of maps, being recycled. The revolution is really secondary to what I am trying to accomplish. To begin this project, I created an accurate digital representation of the roads and rivers surrounding Tahrir Square in Cairo. Upon completing this initial and accurate representation, I began eliminating, reorienting, distorting, and “recycling” parts of the map. This essentially took my ‘information’ several steps away from the original map language and created stand alone images that no longer represent something purely factual. Here are two of the many digital works that were created during this process.
Composistion from Cairo, no.1
Digital Illustration. ©2011.
Composistion from Cairo, no.2
Digital Illustration. ©2011.
51 Points, no. 1
51 Points, no. 2
Utley
Digital Illustration. 2010
Drypoint. 2010.
