Imaginary Cities — Paris (11097701034) - 01/10/2018, 2019
Algorithmically generated monoprints on 24ct gold-gilded cotton board
95 x 95 cm
37 3/8 x 37 3/8 in
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About The Artwork
This sequence of four monoprints has been created through combining leading-edge digital technologies and processes with precious fine art materials and historic craft techniques. The project’s underlying custom server application has algorithmically generated the image data for each print from a single 19th-century map of Paris found in the British Library’s One Million Images from Scanned Books collection on Flickr Commons. Each piece represents a unique moment from the work’s continuously running computational framework. The final objects are fabricated using direct-to-media digital printing onto 24ct gold-gilded cotton boards that have been traditionally produced and hand finished by the artist.
Source data timepoints (90-day intervals): 01/01/2018, 02/04/2018, 02/07/2018, 01/10/2018
Source Map: ‘Paris’ by Malby & Sons in D Appleton, Appleton’s European Guide Book illustrated.
London, 1872. 10107.bb.20
www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11097701034
Exhibitions
Imaginary Cities: Michael Takeo Magruder, The British Library, London, UK (2019)
details
This sequence of four monoprints has been created through combining leading-edge digital technologies and processes with precious fine art materials and historic craft techniques. The project’s underlying custom server application has algorithmically generated the image data for each print from a single 19th-century map of Paris found in the British Library’s One Million Images from Scanned Books collection on Flickr Commons. Each piece represents a unique moment from the work’s continuously running computational framework. The final objects are fabricated using direct-to-media digital printing onto 24ct gold-gilded cotton boards that have been traditionally produced and hand finished by the artist.
Source data timepoints (90-day intervals): 01/01/2018, 02/04/2018, 02/07/2018, 01/10/2018
Source Map: ‘Paris’ by Malby & Sons in D Appleton, Appleton’s European Guide Book illustrated.
London, 1872. 10107.bb.20
www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11097701034
Exhibitions
Imaginary Cities: Michael Takeo Magruder, The British Library, London, UK (2019)
