WHAT IS A MODERN IMAGE? It is a sequence of numbers interpreted by a computer environment
to represent visual information
It can be reproduced to a much greater extent than Walter Benjamin assumed in „The Work of Art
in the Age of Technical Reproduction”.
In the times of analog photography, there was a clear distinction between the original and the copy.
The negative, as the original, immortalized things happening in front of the lens. The copy was a print
made from the negative.
Today, there is no objective reference of photography or a clear division between the negative and
the print. There is only an interpreted copy, which will present itself differently on each device or medium.
The structure of digital photography is fluid. The code flows through different representations carrying
information with it. Depending on which vessel it falls into, it takes on such a shape.
Awareness of these attributes allowed me to go further.
I began to decode digital images into hexadecimal code, a more complex form of binary code, consisting
of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F. The raw and uncoded sequence of information gave me
the possibility of any interpretation of the code.
So I began to listen to my photos and my experience with music production enabled me to consciously
interfere with the sound I heard.
The process of multiple reinterpretation of the source code described above is the basis for my visual
works.
In its entirety, this theory and artistic practice constitute my journey to find the Being of contemporary
photography.
