Joe Clark

The C-Type series Asset Management made during a recent residency in Brazil alludes to the reduction of place and space to digital 'assets', which are then utilised in a photographic workflow towards the goal of a tightly calibrated photographic image. Using an image that contains the full 360° view of a scene from a fixed perspective an 'environment' is created that a simulated object may be placed inside. By rendering the model from the point of view of a virtual camera, the model can receive lighting information and accurate reflections, making it appear to be 'there'.

 "In this series I'm utilising and disrupting reflections by 'drawing' in space with mirrored polygons. The language of these drawings is somewhat expressive and opaque- attempting an articulation of an intuitive and perhaps more traditional mode of artistic expression within a technical apparatus."

 Joe Clark 2012