Paulina Kurzydlowska- MA Fine Art
I seek to find new ways to convey the structure of pixels through handmade and physical objects such as embroidery and paintings. Themes of photomanipulation and image resolution also run throughout my work. I use structure, logic and quantifiable grids to execute these themes and to reimagine the characteristics of the digital world.
My fascination with digital systems stems from our collective and ever-increasing reliance on technology and algorithms. I connect the pattern, the brain and the hand to enact these static images through repetitive processes of making. Not only technology, but nature is also central to my curiosity of how both of these key concepts can collide in works of the handmade. These repetitive processes of making, whether by painting with a brush or stitching with thread, serve as a meditation and a reflection upon the past and the present.
Through integral emphasis on repetition, I aim to situate the observer in the present moment through the act of slow and close-looking. Most importantly, I encourage viewers to consider their own interaction with digital technology, intimacy and nature in real-time and to consider how our behaviour is shaped by the systems we repeatedly interact with.
