Matt Dooley
19 Jun - 02 Aug 2015
MATT DOOLEY
Matereality
19 June - 2 August 2015
In an increasingly digitalized world the physical seems to be more and more artificial and loses its perceptibility in the real world. Especially the latest technological advancements in the field of 3D technology interweave the digital and real world. By linking the digital process of scanning with analog techniques of collage, Matt Dooley (*1991, Minneapolis) creates a "trompe l'oeil" effect, which circumscribes the gray area where perception and reality become indecipherable. Hence, his work creates a need for defining our own multidimensional existence and an awareness of the surrounding environment.
In his scans, Dooley transfers three-dimensional objects into the digital sphere and deconstructs their tangible materiality. Via Collage elements he extracts objects and materials from the two-dimensionality of the digital screen, thus creating a kind of pseudo-dimensionality. The process of alternating deconstruction and reconstruction of digital and analog material forms a tension-filled interaction that raises questions about perception, materiality and reality in the digital age.
Matt Dooley is the 2015 fellow of the “WorkART Kunstverein Internship Program”, which was founded in 2011 by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine (AKDV) in cooperation with the interdisciplinary DAAD Center for German & European Studies (CGES) of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul). The program provides opportunities for students with a strong interest in art and design to gather valuable work experience in the nonprofit sector at one of Germany’s over 300 community-based nonprofit art associations and galleries. WorkART offers unique insights into Germany’s art world, into exhibiting and organizing art events, and into cultural politics.
Matereality
19 June - 2 August 2015
In an increasingly digitalized world the physical seems to be more and more artificial and loses its perceptibility in the real world. Especially the latest technological advancements in the field of 3D technology interweave the digital and real world. By linking the digital process of scanning with analog techniques of collage, Matt Dooley (*1991, Minneapolis) creates a "trompe l'oeil" effect, which circumscribes the gray area where perception and reality become indecipherable. Hence, his work creates a need for defining our own multidimensional existence and an awareness of the surrounding environment.
In his scans, Dooley transfers three-dimensional objects into the digital sphere and deconstructs their tangible materiality. Via Collage elements he extracts objects and materials from the two-dimensionality of the digital screen, thus creating a kind of pseudo-dimensionality. The process of alternating deconstruction and reconstruction of digital and analog material forms a tension-filled interaction that raises questions about perception, materiality and reality in the digital age.
Matt Dooley is the 2015 fellow of the “WorkART Kunstverein Internship Program”, which was founded in 2011 by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine (AKDV) in cooperation with the interdisciplinary DAAD Center for German & European Studies (CGES) of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul). The program provides opportunities for students with a strong interest in art and design to gather valuable work experience in the nonprofit sector at one of Germany’s over 300 community-based nonprofit art associations and galleries. WorkART offers unique insights into Germany’s art world, into exhibiting and organizing art events, and into cultural politics.