Susan Collins
Artist Bio
Exhibiting internationally across public, gallery and online spaces, Susan Collins employs transmission, networking and time as material. Since 2002 she has investigated the relationship of time to place and landscape through an ongoing series of years-long pixel-by-pixel internet transmissions from remote locations. Collins is Professor Emerita at Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
Artwork
Name: Current II, 21st October 2023 at 17:30pmThis image is from an underwater camera installed in a harbour wall in Aigio, Greece. The camera was installed at sea level so that its viewpoint was alternately above and below water according to time and tide, constructing the image pixel-by-pixel from top to bottom over a twelve-hour timeframe.
The painting/cutout is based on a photo from the 1930s when constructing skyscrapers became a strong drive, and the competition to build the world’s tallest building was fierce. I used this image as a symbol of human desire. I replaced the ridiculous-looking hats in the photo with more recent tall buildings, indicating ongoing development and devastation to our environment, using a lone frog to represent nature.
Medium: Mixed Media/Cutout on board (framed)
Size: 66cm x 86cm framed, (60cm x 80cm unframed)
Year: 2024