DIGITÁLIA

A series of glicée prints on cuteness, fantasy, and the digital uncanny +

Goddess, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

100 x 70 cm

Microorganism, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

90 x 60 cm

Seraph, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

90 x 60 cm

Multi, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

80 x 60 cm

Flee, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

60 x 40 cm

Tag, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

60 x 40 cm

Reaper, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

80 x 50 cm

Diligent butterfly, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

80 x 50 cm

Chibiusa, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

70 x 50 cm

Exterminating angel, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

60 x 40 cm

Tenshi no kao, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

40 x 60 cm

Magical, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

60 x 80 cm

Flower, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

75 x 50 cm

Cute cat videos, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

40 x 30 cm

Dough head, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

20 x 30 cm

Beserker, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

20 x 30 cm

Sparkle I, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

20 x 30 cm

Sparkle II, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

20 x 30 cm

Yokai, 2020

Digital drawing, giclée print

20 x 30 cm

About

Digitália is a collection of prints in various sizes, mounted as a wall installation for the exhibition Loot Box by the artist collective MASSACRE, at the FCT-NOVA library.

The digital images, rendered in giclée printing on photo paper to preserve the brightness and smoothness of the digital medium, were based on various digital sources and address the intersection between the digital image’s glossy appeal and the polluted and pollutive aesthetics to which it is often associated. From the cultural “pollution” arising from videogames and cyberculture’s lowbrow reputation to the material degradation of the images themselves (glitches, blurring, pixilation, etc.), there hangs the threat of a deviant substrate under the attractive façade.

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Digitália é uma colecção de impressões de vários tamanhos, montados numa instalação de parede para a exposição Loot Box do colectivo de artistas MASSACRE, na biblioteca da FCT-NOVA.

As imagens digitais, produzidas com impressão giclée em papel fotográfico para preservar o brilho e a suavidade do meio digital, são baseadas em fontes diversas e trabalham a intersecção entre o apelo lustroso das imagens digitais e uma estética poluída e poluidora, a que muitas vezes estas surgem associadas. Desde a “poluição” cultural que resulta da reputação lowbrow dos videojogos e cibercultura até à degradação material das imagens em si (glitches, desfocamentos, pixelização, etc.), paira a ameaça de um substracto desviante sob a fachada atraente.