IGNAVUS AUSPEX

Beskrivning

At first glance, these images appear to be ordinary depictions of birds in their natural habitat, but upon closer inspection, one notices that the surroundings do not quite make sense. The original images are sourced from ornithologist websites, the kind of generic picture used to describe a specific species. I have used algorithms to analyze the image and sample its content, creating a larger but artificial landscape.

The title Ignavus Auspex is Latin for lazy birdwatcher, a playful title aiming to entice the viewer to consider how these images were created. Auspex in the title simply means “a person watching birds,” and even though I am not out in nature, I am still obsessively looking at birds on my computer screen. From a traditional ornithologist's perspective, my method probably comes across as lazy, hence the first part of the title, Ignavus. However, in today's remediated society, we experience the world through screens. As an artist, I want to use these new circumstances to create new images.