Binarisations
2003 digital
prints
"Bernard Demiaux is an artist who has used Internet technology since its inception in his works of art. He is the creator of several original works of art using a special technique with computers.
He has created the "Binarisations" series, a set of informational objects that are composed of a succession of zero and one bits (0/1) that are presented in the form of digital pictures and animated mural sculptures. His latest works focus on the digital portraits of Mexican Shamans where he uses the binary (O/1) effects to highlight and then reinforce the magical and supernatural feeling of these encounters.
Bernard also manipulates the "fog" and
"shade" elements of his digital representations which he captures
through particles of light in suspension emphasizing energy that is invisible
to the naked eye.
The combined effects of binary signs and saturation constitute a new way to
suggest the "other side".
He has captured "moments of emotion" from his frequent trips (voyages)
to the United States and Latin America, which today, he transforms into his
series of engraved works and digital prints that he calls, "Binarisations.
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Norbert
Hillaire Paris 2003 – Art critic
digital
prints
technique :
digital print
size in inches : 23,6 x 31,5
edition size : 64 copies from 1 to 64, 4 artist
proof from EA1 to EA4, 4 HC from HC1 to HC4, on premium paper 215g
printer :
digital art – Paris
monotypes
and large sizes on order
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Brumes / Shades #1 - 2003 |
Brumes / Shades #2 - 2003 |
Digital print -
ref 2003_01 - 64 copies
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Digital print -
ref 2003_02 - 64 copies
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600x800 mm –
23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g
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600x800
mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g |
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Chaman
#1 - 2003 |
Chaman
#2 - 2003 |
Digital print -
ref 2003_03 - 64 copies
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Digital
print - ref 2003_04 - 64 copies |
600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g
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600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on
premium paper 215g |
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samples
- real size
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body
#1 - 2003 |
body
#2 – 2003 |
Digital print -
ref 2003_05 - 64 copies
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Digital
print - ref 2003_06 - 64 copies |
600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g
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600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on
premium paper 215g |
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Shadows / Ombres #1 - 2003 |
Shadows / Ombres
#2 - 2003 |
Digital print - ref 2003_07 - 64 copies
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Digital print - ref 2003_08 - 64 copies |
600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g
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600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on
premium paper 215g |
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samples
- real size
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Portraits
#1 - 2003 |
Portraits
#2 – 2003 |
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Digital
print - ref 2003_09 - 64 copies |
Digital
print - ref 2003_10 - 64 copies |
600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g
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600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on
premium paper 215g |
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Grass / Herbes #1 - 2003 |
Grass / Herbes #2 - 2003 |
Digital print - ref 2003_11 - 64 copies
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Digital print - ref 2003_12 - 64 copies |
600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g
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600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on
premium paper 215g |
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Postures #1 - 2003 |
Postures
#2 - 2003 |
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Digital
print - ref 2003_13 - 64 copies |
Digital
print - ref 2003_14 - 64 copies |
600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on premium paper 215g
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600x800 mm – 23,6x31,5 inches on
premium paper 215g |
Artist, expert
in digital art, he lives and works in Paris and Berkeley.
Prize winner of the “Médicis Villa out the Walls” in 1996 and Grand Prize
of the Biennial of Graphic art of Seoul in 1990, he is one of the pioneers
of numerical art in France.
He has been creating digital works for more
than 25 years and he exposed in many large international Museums: George
Pompidou Center, Museum of Sciences of the Villette, Documenta Kassel, Biennale
of Venice, Museum
of Modern Art of Bologna, Museum of Contemporary Art of Sao Paulo.
He co-authord "Objects Plus"
with Pierre Restany (1989) and is the author of the Informational
Manifesto (1992).
It founded
the Digital Art group in 1979. The first emblematic demonstration of the group
was at the Grand
Palais in Paris 1980 and it introduced American, Canadian, Belgian, Swedish
and French artists painting, sculpting and composing electronic music with
the help of computers.
He founded the Center of
Binarisation in 1990 to promote artistic performances on the Internet.
These performances call upon public participation. They produce co-operative
works. These works play with the imaginary emerging from the network and allow
a questioning of the role of the artist, the statute ofhis work, shared creation
and the nature of the artistic object: reality or virtual.
Bernard Demiaux launched several Internet multi-media start-up. He brought
back from his frequent voyages in the United States and Latin America "moments
of emotion" which he fixes today in his engraved works.