13. Stef Zelynskyi
"The Shadow" (116K JPEG)
T h e S h a d o w is one of a series of artistic
collaborations between the artist and a host of long dead
poets...
It is a fusion of some very old ideas and very basic and
universal emotions with the creative possibilities of new
technology and new media.
All my work with digital media emerges in a symbiotic
manner from the initial central idea or concept. What
started life as a visual doodle on video tape or a simple
sound bite becomes a digital print, a visual poem, a video
projection, a realtime film, a desktop video or all of the
above. Elements of the work ping pong between media,
often several months after the initial burst of artistic
endeavour so that some of the works continue to evolve
through different levels of complexity or "versions".
Some may never truly be finished or completed to
conflict with the traditional fixation with the finished
artworlk where the paint is allowed to dry and the artist
never returns afresh to the old canvas.
The Shadow is based around a poem by Ben Jonson
1573 - 1633. The open book edits the text in much the
same way that the hungry eye scans the print to select only the words and meaning we wish to see to prop up our own individual psyche.
