{"id":2061,"date":"2010-03-03T03:48:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T01:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2010-03-03T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T13:17:43","slug":"passing-between-on-rhizome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/03\/passing-between-on-rhizome\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing Between on Rhizome"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rhizome<\/a>On Nathaniel Stern & Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s “Passing Between” at AOP Gallery<\/a>
\nby Christo Doherty<\/p>\n

“This past month, Johannesburg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AOP Gallery<\/a>, a space devoted to works on paper, hosted the exhibition \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Passing Between<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which showcased the collaborative output between digital artist Nathaniel Stern<\/a> and printmaker Jessica Meuninck-Ganger<\/a>. At the outset, Stern and Meuninck-Ganger approached the collaboration as a chance to learn each other’s techniques. But they quickly chose to focus on their own strengths in a process they call [Distill Life]. For Stern, the move toward printmaking comes from a long interest in the technique. In recent work, he has engaged with an expanded form of digital print making, using a hacked portable scanner to produce densely patterned sequences of natural images, in a project called Compressionism<\/em>. For \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Passing Between,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Stern concentrated on using digital photo frames as a medium for displaying loops of video obtained through live filming, and sampled machinima taken from Second Life. Meuninck-Ganger responded to the framed video loops with an encyclopedic range of printmaking techniques from wood block to mono print, silkscreen, etching, and photogravure. In some cases, she printed or [drew] directly on the screens of the digital photo frames; in other cases, the prints were layered over the screens creating a delicate conjunction between the fibers of the paper medium and the illumination of the underlying video. In The Gallerist<\/em>, a prominent New York art dealer is portrayed anxiously perched on a [raft] in [the] middle of a lithograph while below the surface of the paper machinima sharks circle him endlessly.”<\/p>\n

“The effect is both magical and subtle. Jessica’s images often capture a static moment from the subject matter of the video in etching or ink. The pleasure offered by the composite images comes from the interplay between the stasis of the printed image and the temporal flow of the video, producing witty and sometimes fascinating results. In the diptych [Twin City]<\/em> the 2009 tornado is represented with an animated twister from Second Life. Jessica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lithograph shows a flying pig coming to rest momentarily in alignment with its outline before whirling back to the beginning of the looped tornado. In general, the artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s subject matter is deliberately low-key and it presents samples from their lives as artists and young parents in Milwaukee and Johannesburg exploring moments of fun, awkwardness and good humor. However, the rich range of techniques and visual allusions layered over the works also references an entire history of contemporary art and print making, ranging from Hokusai to Velazquez.”<\/p>\n

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On Nathaniel Stern & Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s “Passing Between” at AOP Gallery by Christo Doherty “This past month, Johannesburg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AOP Gallery, a space devoted to works on paper, hosted the exhibition \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Passing Between\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which showcased the collaborative output between digital artist Nathaniel Stern and printmaker Jessica Meuninck-Ganger. 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