{"id":1292,"date":"2006-08-09T13:07:07","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T11:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/09\/retro-compressionist-update\/"},"modified":"2006-08-09T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2006-08-09T12:20:10","slug":"retro-compressionist-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/09\/retro-compressionist-update\/","title":{"rendered":"retro-Compressionist update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/compressionism.net\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"376\" align=\"left\" title=\"compressionism\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/compress-new.jpg?resize=240%2C376\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"compressionism\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s some newly updated <a href=\"http:\/\/compressionism.net\/documentation.html\">Compressionist documentation<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/compressionism.net\">Compressionism.net<\/a>. Latest additions to the <a href=\"http:\/\/compressionism.net\/documentation.html\">video<\/a> reflect, both, some of the performative aspects of the series, and the current hand-made editions; the latter are being created with the help of printmaker Jillian Ross at&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/davidkrutpublishing.com\/\">David Krut Workshop<\/a> in Johannesburg.&nbsp; For those who have not been to the site in a while, the text has also been updated site-wide, and I am continually uploading <a href=\"http:\/\/compressionism.net\/latest.html\">new images<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Latest Sound Byte:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/compressionism.net\/\">Compressionism<\/a> is a &quot;digital performance and analog archive.&rdquo; I traverse bodies, spaces and objects with my scanner face, while its head is in motion. After being Compressed into digital images the size of a small sheet of paper, the files are then stretched, cropped and colored by hand, then printed as editioned, archival works. The latest pieces in the series further transform details of these prints into hand-made art objects: etchings, engravings, aquatints, lithographs, spit bites and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/compressionism.net\/\">Compressionism<\/a> is an exploration of media and perception, a transfiguration in time and seeing.<\/p>\n<p><\/em>Thanks also to Niall and Lungi @ <a href=\"http:\/\/davidkrutpublishing.com\/\">Krut<\/a> for their tireless efforts on this project. <\/p>\n<p>Please watch <a href=\"http:\/\/callandresponse.co.za\">callandresponse.co.za<\/a> for updates on my January&nbsp; &#8217;07 exhibition @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artonpaper.co.za\">Art on Paper<\/a>, Joburg.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s some newly updated Compressionist documentation on Compressionism.net. Latest additions to the video reflect, both, some of the performative aspects of the series, and the current hand-made editions; the latter are being created with the help of printmaker Jillian Ross at&nbsp; David Krut Workshop in Johannesburg.&nbsp; For those who have not been to the site [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,3,26,24,7,8,2,19,5,12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-art-and-tech","category-compressionism","category-flickr","category-me","category-re-blog-tidbits","category-south-african-art","category-stimulus","category-technology","category-theory","category-uncategorical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-kQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":766,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/13\/compressionism-revisited\/","url_meta":{"origin":1292,"position":0},"title":"Compressionism revisited","author":"nathaniel","date":"13 September 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"left: tree, 750 x 2000 mm, Sept. 2005 Compressionism is an ironic title for a series of works that use simple technologies to \"capture and compress\" subjects, then \"edits and exhibits\" them to explore different ways of looking. In the near future, I'll play with video-based and sonic Compressionist studies;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Compressionism, Compressionist study of tree","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nathanielstern.com\/compressionism\/images\/tree.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1363,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/25\/compressionism-at-the-editions-artists-books-fair\/","url_meta":{"origin":1292,"position":1},"title":"Compressionism at the Editions | Artists Books Fair","author":"nathaniel","date":"25 October 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of my handmade Compressionist prints - iterative etchings, engravings, aquatints, etc, which use plates that were inspired by details from my infamous\u00a0 scanner performances - will be at the Editions | Artists' Books Fair in NYC, next week. A small box set from this series will be featured @\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"allysum, Compressionist aquatint","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/allysum.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1515,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/19\/more-compressionist-tales\/","url_meta":{"origin":1292,"position":2},"title":"more Compressionist tales","author":"nathaniel","date":"19 July 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"in, and around lambda print on metallic paper, 380 x 1080 mm (with small white border) Just finishing up at the Frans Masereel, having completed 5 new digital and 6 new hand-made Compressionist prints (the latter inspired by the former, made by performances with scanners) for Art on Paper Gallery\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":983,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/19\/failed-compressionist-imagery\/","url_meta":{"origin":1292,"position":3},"title":"failed Compressionist imagery","author":"nathaniel","date":"19 December 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I did some outdoor scanning tests for my Compressionism project today, which failed pretty miserably.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1219,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/23\/log-in-compressionist-image\/","url_meta":{"origin":1292,"position":4},"title":"log-in (compressionist image)","author":"nathaniel","date":"23 June 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"@ Rio iSummit","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1220,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/23\/toast-compressionist-image\/","url_meta":{"origin":1292,"position":5},"title":"toast (compressionist image)","author":"nathaniel","date":"23 June 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"@ Rio iSummit","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"toast (compressionist image)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/72\/173290938_e30c78b38d.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}