Sigita Dackeviciute

Evolution: A Coded Transformation of the Image

Evolution: A Coded Transformation of the Image

(The Calves in Me Dream of a Rapeseed Field)

2017–2021, metal, plexiglass, fur, QR code motifs; photo of a

rapeseed field and its digital image code

The object Evolution: A Coded Transformation of the Image

(The Calves in Me Dream of a Rapeseed Field) is a constructive

“head”, with laser-cut QR code motifs for the silhouettes.

The object is complemented by a small-format photograph

of a yellow rapeseed field hanging nearby. The two

sides of the object are different: instead of a “face”, there is

a “screen”, a digital image code of a rapeseed field carved

on a plastic plate (the entire image code consists of almost

100 A4 sheets).  On the back of the head (which also

contains the parts of the brain responsible for subconscious

activity), there are fragments of a natural cow's fur – a

natural element in the whole structure made by digital means

and laser cutting.

The narrative of the work weaves together different motifs.

On the one hand, it is the intersection of nature and digital

technology: a digital photograph of a field of bright yellow

rapeseed is already an illusion of pixels on a screen. On the

other hand, this bright yellow beauty is one of the most lucrative

agricultural crops in demand on international markets,

but ecologically it is a wasteland, a “Sahara” where

neither birds nor insects can breed. Wild ungulates are also

poisoned by rapeseed. The beauty of the yellow fields thus

masks a sharp conflict between economic benefits and the

natural balance and the preservation of species.

Factsheet

Year
2017
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