Sandro Kopp’s raw, Skype-mediated images beg questions about privacy, permanence and the flickering, ephemeral nature of the screen. Of interest as well is his focus on male faces. While these are discussions for an art history class, of importance here is how Kopp’s work speaks directly to today’s graphic design.
Have you seen “halftone dots” and “misregistration” used as a style elements on the web? How many times have your structural choices been driven by the limits of your technology and knowledge instead of your imagination? Is the first a more legitimate choice than the second? Is it more legitimate if the audience is non-designers or it it provides a function? Exploiting and celebrating technical limitations should be done with thought, not with ignorance.
You can find more of Sandro Kopp’s Skype work at his website and the Lehmann Maupin Gallery.
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