Study for Event Horizon
W: 24.0" D: 1.25" H: 24.0"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms and early non-representational art Jan Pieter Fokkens creates paintings of unimaginable sights by using the tangible qualities of pattern, form and color. Entitled "Study for Event Horizon", this drawing offers a representation of the first ever image taken of a black hole. Black holes are completely dark objects from which light cannot escape. The shadow cast by the event horizon is the closest image of the black hole itself. By using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Array, Fokkens extracts the average color of each coordinate, and uses archival markers to draw on paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on photo paper.
W: 24.0" D: 1.25" H: 24.0"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms and early non-representational art Jan Pieter Fokkens creates paintings of unimaginable sights by using the tangible qualities of pattern, form and color. Entitled "Study for Event Horizon", this drawing offers a representation of the first ever image taken of a black hole. Black holes are completely dark objects from which light cannot escape. The shadow cast by the event horizon is the closest image of the black hole itself. By using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Array, Fokkens extracts the average color of each coordinate, and uses archival markers to draw on paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on photo paper.
W: 24.0" D: 1.25" H: 24.0"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms and early non-representational art Jan Pieter Fokkens creates paintings of unimaginable sights by using the tangible qualities of pattern, form and color. Entitled "Study for Event Horizon", this drawing offers a representation of the first ever image taken of a black hole. Black holes are completely dark objects from which light cannot escape. The shadow cast by the event horizon is the closest image of the black hole itself. By using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Array, Fokkens extracts the average color of each coordinate, and uses archival markers to draw on paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on photo paper.