a family can be ten davids

My works are heavily influenced by digital aesthetics and the pixelization and degeneration -- or 'glitch' -- of digital images. I appropriate classic works and transform them using digital means. In this way, I contrast old painting techniques with newer digital aesthetics. After having spent time experimenting with these aesthetics, I am at a point where I desire to take a step back and retrospectively solidify the conceptual basis of my work where I find inspiration from the current culture growing within the digital world. Ideas and images that contribute to digital culture are copied and shared across the internet very quickly. So quickly, that those who are exposed to this chaotic vomit of images and information from the internet are no longer viewing the physical beauty of a single original object, but are instead acclimated to seeing bulk copies of an image that leads to other related images. As the chain of related images and ideas continue to branch out, they are recontextualized so much so that the end product is only faintly similar to that of the initial source. An obvious example of this phenomenon can be observed with "memes". Within this realm we see everything as an appropriation of a previous work constantly being recontextualized as it is constantly being reproduced. We appreciate the practicality of being able to reproduce an object and continue transforming it. In the end, the entire work is not the end product you see but the constant transformation of several models into its final state. In parallel, the process of 3D printing and molding also enables the fast reproducibility of a single work. Following the same line of thinking, I preferred to keep the original texture of my 3D print and letting the constant casting transform the textures of my line of Davids. The previous casting of one David created a defect in the next one. My most recent Davids have less nose than the first one and are smudged with the materials of the previous David for that reason. Moving ahead with upcoming projects I will be more aware to work with this idea in mind as I become more familiar with the process.