Anne Spalter

American, born 1965

Fracture from the series Internal Energies

© Anne Morgan Spalter

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© Anne Morgan Spalter

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Anne Morgan Spalter

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Fracture from the series Internal Energies, 2011

Artwork Details

Materials

digital video drawing

Edition:

1/3

Measurements

running time: 2 minutes 2 seconds

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift from the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan, 2011

Accession ID

2011:29

Although Anne Spalter began her college studies as a painting major, halfway through her coursework she changed her focus to mathematics. In the late 1990s, she went on to merge both disciplines, founding digital fine arts programs at both Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Following her tenure as the Artist in Residence and Visual Computing Researcher in Brown’s Department of Computer Science, Spalter decided to return to making art full time. In the studio once again, she initially wanted nothing to do with the computer and began drawing and painting. However, Spalter was unable to ignore her roots. Her practice now encompasses the use of custom software to transform source footage of everyday experiences—such as riding an amusement park roller coaster—into what has been described as “kaleidoscopic, algorithmically manipulated modern landscapes.” Fracture transforms the medium of drawing into animated imagery that subtly morphs before the viewer’s eyes.

Label from Drawing: The Beginning of Everything, July 8–October 15, 2017

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