RGB / 2011

In the “RGB” series, Wellmer projects rays of color onto black and white oil paintings. The additive color mixing of red, green, and blue occurs in real time, based on a generative code. Over time, they change their color from red to green to blue at random speed. This happens so slowly that the eye can’t recognize it if it’s constantly looking at the canvas. It is only when you look away for a minute and then look back that you notice the difference. Each painting is based on a photograph taken by the artist. Marcelina Wellmer photographs the architecture of the city of Berlin, often office buildings or train stations. In reality, they are gray and static, but once she has them on her computer, Wellmer begins to fold them and color them. Wellmer says: For me, it is a live intervention from a human perspective.

Text: E. Wojtowicz PhD, Academy of Fine Arts Poznan, Poland

                                                 RGB 01 / video projection & painting on canvas / Processing  / 250 x 180 cm / 2011

                                               RGB 02 / video projection & painting on canvas / Processing  / 250 x 180 cm / 2011

                                                  RGB 03 / video projection & painting on canvas / Processing  / 250 x 180 cm / 2011

                                                RGB 04 / video projection & painting on canvas / Processing  / 250 x 180 cm / 2011

                                                RGB 05 / video projection & painting on canvas / Processing  / 250 x 180 cm / 2011