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"Sameness of the Screen No. 6967" by Andy Mattern

Sameness of the Screen No. 6967, 2020
Andy Mattern

Media: Cyanotype
Print Size: 13" x 19"
Framed Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $1200



Artist Statement:
Early Apple computers came preloaded with a small selection of simple desktop patterns — from uniform shades of grey to slightly more ornate graphics — allowing users to customize their digital environment for the first time. Each pattern is presented in the system preferences as a single tile and preview of the entire desktop. In Sameness of the Screen, I photograph these digital patterns directly o! the screen of my childhood computer using a macro lens. They are then enlarged and contact printed as cyanotypes, moving what was meant to be the background into the foreground and transforming these temporary light-based patterns into permanent objects.


Artist Bio:
Andy Mattern is a visual artist working in the expanded field of photography. His photographs and installations dissect the medium itself, reconfiguring expectations of photography's basic ingredients and conventions. His work is held in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. His photographs and exhibitions have been reviewed in publications such as Artforum, The New Yorker, Camera Austria, and Photonews. Currently, he serves as Associate Professor of Photography at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He holds an MFA in Photography from the University of Minnesota and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of New Mexico.
"Sameness of the Screen No. 6967"  by Andy Mattern