Sherry Karver

Artist Statement - "Movement Interrupted" Series

By harnessing the visual effects of data corruption for aesthetic purposes, I am allowing spontaneous glitches to create the images that I photograph off of a TV screen. I intentionally wait to shoot for the moment when the screen becomes 'pixelated' and fragmented due to uneven reception.

These images are not created using Photoshop or any algorithm. Other than minor cropping these are unaltered photographs The images appear for just a split second on my TV screen, and become deconstructed, stretching the colors, lines, and shapes into a new format, from recognizable to almost abstract. The little squares that arbitrarily appear on the screen represent to me how our technological world interacts with, and effects people and the environment itself.

It seems that we are in an uncertain period in our history, where things are disintegrating and falling apart, which is what my work reflects. At the same time I see the beauty and hopefulness in the chaos. I started this series in 2019, but now the concept of "movement interrupted" has taken on an entirely new meaning that is very crucial in our contemporary society since Covid 19 has literally interrupted our every movement. This method of working is exciting to me because it is almost like magic, where the TV is literally 'channeling' these images and I am there to capture them, being open to the spontaneity that occurs.

They are printed as Dye Sublimation on Metal, a very archival process, in small editions. I've chosen to use metal rather than printing on paper because the metal substrate shines through the surface, adding another visual layer of depth. The industrial feel of the metal works well with contemporary digital technology and the glitches that occur. These can be made in any size including huge, and are wired, ready to hang.

I hope this is considered "Computer Art" since I don't actually create the images on the computer, but I do use a digital camera and download the images to my computer where I crop images as well as enhancing colors, etc.

These images are 'glitch art', where I am harnessing data corruption glitches that I photograph off my TV screen, and occur due to uneven reception.

It seems we are in an unstable time in history where things are fragmenting and breaking apart which is what my work represents, yet I see the beauty within the chaos.

Sherry Karver's AutoGallery 2022 exhibit

Sherry Karver's website