Scanned_Image / 2014

The visual message (painting) has electronic devices in the background: a scanner scanning the light of a desk lamp or itself – with the help of a mirror. The images were created in a process of trial scanning with an open scanner and moving the light or mirror during the scanning process. The accidental glitch formed the basis of the final result – oil paintings. The process of painting computer-generated images reverses the image back to a real object and requires physical effort. The human factor returns and is responsible for variability and subjectivity. The processing of “reuse” is a strategy of cultural garbology based on the content of digital waste. As a result of the use of redundant data, both digital images and traditional paintings are remediated and shifted into a new aesthetic dimension.

“The randomness of the image as a key quality results from a kind of ‘reverse engineering’ tactic that Marcelina Wellmer applies in her works. Using everyday devices, the artist reaches for the ready-made aesthetic formula, but also engages these devices in a form of transmedial dialog”.  E. Wojtowicz PhD, Academy of Fine Arts Poznan, Poland

Scanned_Image01 / oil on canvas / 150 x 110 cm / 2013 – 2014

Scanned_Image02/ oil on canvas / 150 x 110 cm / 2013 – 2014

Scanned_Image03 / oil on canvas / 150 x 110 cm / 2013 – 2014

Scanned_Image04/ oil on canvas / 150 x 110 cm / 2013 – 2014

Scanned_Image05 / oil on canvas / 150 x 110 cm / 2013 – 2014

Scanned_Image / exhibition view / Rainbow Unicorn / Berlin 2017