Portrait of a Swimmer Over Time: The Dive
3D lenticular prints
16"w x 9"h
2008
Defining new modes of expression and their use is a task that demands questioning the relationships between the real and the virtual, and the revelation of levels of acuity of perception created by them. I work with images in an experimental manner that investigates the imaging of movement in space over time. In my recent body of work, I explore ways to conflate the elements of movement in space over time into three-dimensional volumes of information that I call volumetric temporalities. These volumetric temporalities take on the form of 3D lenticular images within which movement over time is experienced spatially.
To create the images, a process of layering sequential imagery of an event in visualization software typically used for medical purposes was used. This process used produced a series of images that offer a way of experiencing and visualizing the gaps known to exists between actions but are seldom acknowledged. In the case of the Portrait of a Swimmer over Time series, the movement between actions such as figure and water and light reflection are made visible algorithmic form. By investigating space and time in algorithmic three-dimensional form, reconsiderations of lost or hidden areas of a structure are found. The information suggests a rhythmic underlying pulse of an action or an event.