{"id":1280,"date":"2024-06-04T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:49:17","slug":"bm-4-printing-and-the-value-of-found-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1280","title":{"rendered":"BM 4: Printing and the value of found objects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh-GTrHqeaCRPZngHsxfEpjaIcBW7urA7LcA_4jOKKAVtjumPTGb0M6VZrld3FTL5zCGOkcRQj6sTW-I456Tsun_aFEhyZXQxkuEpxjVKMZpRf-V4LiKkvdkTQrLkORCE_Pw6YNXnxy1MTj6a0JTqk5j3LfA2qCrYlN0gIJTj0YRzgNH78mNCbP9UV8MFv_\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh-GTrHqeaCRPZngHsxfEpjaIcBW7urA7LcA_4jOKKAVtjumPTGb0M6VZrld3FTL5zCGOkcRQj6sTW-I456Tsun_aFEhyZXQxkuEpxjVKMZpRf-V4LiKkvdkTQrLkORCE_Pw6YNXnxy1MTj6a0JTqk5j3LfA2qCrYlN0gIJTj0YRzgNH78mNCbP9UV8MFv_\"><br \/>\n  <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjLuokzRFOVqnBec0GIPKQevFVwjmN3__XxXlsAaBtUPlfsa1dkymRGyOiNCbCTMSMVSXzORI0PWb-KJFVFYHgcj_qSposOF3cQdIwvTJtZ0YSFN-c8mRBnpOaGxgZLSFKDj8jbluqJ5A_ERrk7v0htTE3gHCK8kwClyx-yRSatjKE_KspfLec8akr6RtTA\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjLuokzRFOVqnBec0GIPKQevFVwjmN3__XxXlsAaBtUPlfsa1dkymRGyOiNCbCTMSMVSXzORI0PWb-KJFVFYHgcj_qSposOF3cQdIwvTJtZ0YSFN-c8mRBnpOaGxgZLSFKDj8jbluqJ5A_ERrk7v0htTE3gHCK8kwClyx-yRSatjKE_KspfLec8akr6RtTA\" width=\"400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjLuokzRFOVqnBec0GIPKQevFVwjmN3__XxXlsAaBtUPlfsa1dkymRGyOiNCbCTMSMVSXzORI0PWb-KJFVFYHgcj_qSposOF3cQdIwvTJtZ0YSFN-c8mRBnpOaGxgZLSFKDj8jbluqJ5A_ERrk7v0htTE3gHCK8kwClyx-yRSatjKE_KspfLec8akr6RtTA\"><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>The same child&#8217;s face is screen printed on reclaimed screen gauze in Miller-Baker pink, and suspended in succession using the marbles fixings in this found object; which is an old print drying rack leant to me by a kind technician. The marbles amplify the sense of childlike innocence already present in the colour piece.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Found objects like this are valuable because they encourage the audience to attach their own unique meaning to items.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I really tried to push the visual coding in this piece<\/span><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The repetition evokes the sense of a factory production line and sequencing; appropriate as this is an AI image generated by a machine using repetitive code.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The way that the found object allows the images to recede into the distance creates the feeling that it is a timeline repository or catalogue of some kind.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>It also suggests the different versions of state that anything can become. That any human can become. This a suggestion of anything being possible creates an infinite quality.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>I worked hard on creating paradox in the child&#8217;s expression. The image has a benign feel like a year book or passport photo. But it also feels loaded, akin to a photo you would see in a newspaper article about tragedy or criminal activity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I am pleased with this piece of the installation, largely because it was born entirely out of making experimentally, following my instincts unfettered, and exploring displaying my work creatively.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I would like to explore the mechanism of sequencing\/ layering images more in the future, after taking inspiration from other artists who work this way; including printing on different media and playing with scale and with the orientation of the panels.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The same child&#8217;s face is screen printed on reclaimed screen gauze in Miller-Baker pink, and suspended in succession using the marbles fixings in this found object; which is an old print drying rack leant to me by a kind technician. The marbles amplify the sense of childlike innocence already present in the colour piece.&nbsp; Found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1281,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions\/1281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}