Artist Information:
Laura Victore
Savannah, GA
United States
Member Since: Mar 2010
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Artist Statement:
I have chosen to depict a view
of a landscape set in the
distant future. Within this
landscape, the artworks
present images of imagined
vessels or containers as they
appear to have been left
behind on an earth devoid of
human life, symbolic of
majestic technological devices
existing on into a future
without their designers.
Although the media and mark
making were extremely diverse,
the central focus in the works
from the series is on the
imaginary objects which float
above the earth's atmosphere.
In the works, I have combined
aerial photography and
computer generated models to
create a specific illusion.
The optical effect produced by
placing the vanishing points
far below that of the eyelevel
of the viewer suggests that
the artwork on view is a
portal from a satellite. My
assistance is required to help
suspend belief and engage the
viewer into a world without
gravity.
It was important to me that
the object appear to be in an
orbit in a place where gravity
could cradle this immensely
heavy object to make it
appear as light as a cloud.
This idea formalizes an ironic
visual pun. The gravity of the
idea of the extinction of
humankind, ...
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Laura Victore's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Laura Victore's Portfolio.
I have chosen to depict a view of a landscape set in the distant future. Within this landscape, the artworks present images of imagined vessels or containers as they appear to have been left behind on an earth devoid of human life, symbolic of majestic technological devices existing on into a future without their designers. Although the media and mark making were extremely diverse, the central focus in the works from the series is on the imaginary objects which float above the earth's atmosphere.
In the works, I have combined aerial photography and computer generated models to create a specific illusion. The optical effect produced by placing the vanishing points far below that of the eyelevel of the viewer suggests that the artwork on view is a portal from a satellite. My assistance is required to help suspend belief and engage the viewer into a world without gravity.
It was important to me that the object appear to be in an orbit in a place where gravity could cradle this immensely heavy object to make it appear as light as a cloud. This idea formalizes an ironic visual pun. The gravity of the idea of the extinction of humankind, ... |
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