ANDREW FOLAN                                                    

http://www.andrewfolan.com/       andrewfolan@eircom.net

The choice of media and subject matter has always been linked in my work. This is evident in recent sculptures formed from multiple printings of between 80 and 120 separate photo-etchings. These combine to form stacks (Imago) in which there is a direct co-relation between image and structure.

The use of lenticular imaging in 12/02/93 requires the interactive perception of the viewer to enable the sequence to unfold. They are thus implicated as non-passive observers, in a work, which refers to a notorious sequence of video stills recording the abduction of a child in full public view.

In recent PhotoShop productions the use of layers became relevant to concepts. In last Confession for example, the photograph of a perforated surface is systematically erased in relation to the subject's surface topology, enabling the partial perception of a background image.

Concern with surface topology is further extended in The Stars Burnt Out in which red-hot needles are used to perforate a layered paper surface. Current endeavours are to deploy laser technology in the digital execution of complex galaxies in large format productions.

In summary, my project will further explore the actual and virtual perforation of surface in the appropriate execution of concept.

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