In 1996, having already multiplied the cloud image into configurations of sky tiles, I began multiplying combinations of other background images and related veils to generate new patterns that still alluded to the original image but also lost themselves in kaleidoscopic effects, structures with ever expanding associations. In Icescape Composition I & II, rather than technoglyphs, the veil consists of a swarm of mosquitos superimposed over a frozen, albeit melting, sea landscape.

 

The resulting patterns suggest progress and growth, symmetries representing balance, harmony, invoking meditation and self-reflection. This relentless mirroring of the respective layers and contents, juxtaposing elements from the environment with the technology used in the actual production, invite us to examine them more critically, and contemplate the current mesmerizing cul-de-sac of our own making, the onset of global warming…and posing the question, how do we get out of this one?