Carl Henry Ek: Grasping (at) the Ocean; or, Fathoming the Interface
Carl Henry Ek has three artworks in the atrium of the school: a film on the big screen and two oil paintings on the opposite wall.
Grasping (at) the Ocean; or, Fathoming the Interface (2024)
Video, 8:00 min. The artist's personal, almost 20 year old, underwater home videos interpolated by a neural network trained to increase framerate in set multipliers. Equal parts algorithmic animation and amateur documentation of a reef that probably doesn’t exist anymore.
Video, 8:00 min. The artist's personal, almost 20 year old, underwater home videos interpolated by a neural network trained to increase framerate in set multipliers. Equal parts algorithmic animation and amateur documentation of a reef that probably doesn’t exist anymore.
This Site Doesn’t Exist (2024)
Oil on canvas
Distances are Different Here (2024)
Oil on canvas
Bio:
Carl Henry Ek (b. 1992) is a visual artist based in Stockholm. He holds an MFA from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and has also studied at HDK-Valand and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. His practice explores the (dissonant) resonance of the analog-digital and the concept of nature in exceedingly digital landscapes. Ek uses the ocean as material and allegory to approach complex systems such as; logistics, AI and cloud storage. His work has been shown at the Vandalorum Smålands Konstarkiv, Göteborgs Konstmuseum and GIBCA Extended.
Question:
Is everything equally evolved?