Matt Donovan
I can see for tiles and tiles
February 11 – March 11, 2023
‘I can see for tiles and tiles’ continues my play with digital fabrication and physical computing. Digital fabrication is a methodology of design thinking that does not necessarily involve a computer. Typically, digital fabrication conjures images of computers and robots, but in the case of my work, it’s just me and my Lego bricks. In each work, the geometric pattern is constructed by hand, acting out a set of instructions that I’ve already predetermined, making each piece a performance in physical computing.
Tessellation, or tiling, is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more repeated shapes, called ‘tiles.’ These tiles can be extended to infinity without a single gap in the pattern. If I had to summarise this exhibition, it would be ‘patterns for tiling inclined planes in a low-resolution digital world’. This phrase captures both my obsession with tiling and my reason for using Lego as a medium. The interest in tiling is a reference to the bricks themselves. They are the very object that creates the tiled plane. I am fascinated by the irony of using a basic tessellating shape to build grander repeating objects that feel like they are part of an infinite field.
Opening Reception
February 11, 2023 2:00 pm – 5:00 pmArtist Links
Included Artworks
