Lou Jaworski, ZE, 2023

2023

Medium

Digital data storage racks and halftone grid print on stainless steel mesh

Dimensions

194 × 175 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-156200

The sculpture “ZE” consists of two UV pigment prints on stainless steel mesh, which are stretched into an architectural structure made of server rack components. The semi-transparent prints are laid out in a line-shaped grid and change intensively depending on the incidence of light and stimulate the eye's perception mechanisms. With the halftone printing process, the impression of color tones and gray levels of images is achieved by using a suitable arrangement of screen lines. Jaworski uses this process to create a gradient from dark to light and to trace the outline of a cylindrical shape that appears to move in the image space like an ever-expanding hologram. “ZE” appears like a digital game of light and shadow, barely tangible, between a flat image and an expansion in spatial dimensions. The supporting structure is composed of a modular system that unfolds like a screen in the room and whose components come from large server racks designed to store public and private data. In this arrangement, the sculpture made of detached and reassembled hardware fragments is reminiscent of a triptych and addresses the deletion and concealment of data on several levels. Jaworski's work thus becomes a symbol of a flow of energy and information and suggests an interplay of technological fragments and modularly expandable image content.