I mix, shred, distill, and compose parts of a number of original photographs into a new whole. I call them photoremixes.
Ostranenie
Russian (n.) encouraging people to see common things as strange, wild, or unfamiliar; defamiliarizing what is known in order to know it differently or more deeply.
Here’s a walk-through of Paul’s studio:
Recent digital photoremixes, created within the last year or so:
Chains of amusement
12″ x 12″ photoremix
unique, mountedThe light retreats to security
12″ x 12″ photoremix unique, mountedAction prevails where words will fail
12″ x 12″ photoremix unique, mountedThe Watchtower
12″ x 12″ photoremix unique, mountedSteep and narrow
12″ x 12″ photoremix unique, mounted
All work shown here are digital photoremixes. I digitally collage my own photos. Each of these is a unique work — no other prints will be made. All are digitally printed, signed, and mounted on sheets of styrene plastic. Contact Paul to purchase or with questions. I would welcome your interest. paul@paulsmedberg.com 812-720-3011
Visit my website: http://paulsmedberg.com/
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul.smedberg/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.smedberg
There’s a particularly large collection of images and motion graphics on Ello: https://ello.co/paulsmedberg
and lastly my YouTube channel with a collection of quirky/artzy shorts
photoremix triptych, three 16″ x 20″ panels, unique
photoremix diptych-ish, two 24″ x 24″ panels, unique
The pieces are to be hung in separate but adjoining rooms.
24″ x 16″ photoremix, unique, mounted
The edge of wakefulness
8″ x 10″ photoremix, unique, mountedAtheneum
8″ x 10″ photoremix, unique, mountedRug design for a virtual house
8″ x 10″ photoremix, unique, mounted
My goal is to create work that grabs attention and interest at first sight and rewards repeated, thoughtful viewing. When you say to yourself, “What is it?” — That’s when you’re starting to know something new. There are cells in your brain that specialize in dealing with unaccustomed perceptions. I’m trying to light a candle under those cells. I’m rendering the familiar into the unfamiliar. This viewpoint is one in which different aspects of a setting are visible at once, from a perspective that could only be obtained by crumpling, slicing and folding our three-dimensional world. By bringing together multiple images and shapes, I’m creating/revealing extra information about a single setting that results from connections across widely differing directions and scales.
I’m portraying rifts in space, time and point-of-view – looking at a setting from multiple perspectives simultaneously. Showing imagined lines of force and revealing unseen intersections and influences.
When you look at infrared or ultraviolet imagery you see objects encoded with information that a “normal” view does not reveal. By bringing together multiple images and shapes, I’m creating/revealing extra information and constructing imagined connections.
An important convergence
36″ x 24″ photoremix, unique, mounted
Filled with unreasoning
16″ x 20″ photoremix, unique, mountedWind carries the mists aloft
16″ x 20″ photoremix, unique, mountedPrecision uncovers the vague
20″ x 16″ photoremix, unique, mountedLive more time without
16″ x 20″ photoremix, unique, mounted
Dissolving into the broader context
24″ x 24″ photoremix, unique, mounted