2012-16 | i — Amanda Klimek

Ecce Homo, detail

Ecce Homo, 2016

68 x 12 x 4 in
porcelain and LEDs, metal support
Installed at Academy of Sciences, SF

bsod, 2012

26 x 12 in
porcelain with LEDs and wire, wall-mounted

bsod (II), 2012

8 x 6 x 3 in
porcelain with LEDs and wire, wall-mounted

cpu, 2012

12 x 16 x 8 in
porcelain with LEDs and wire

cpu, detail

Node, 2014

8 x 2 x 3 inches installed
porcelain, LEDs and wire
wall mounted

i (II), 2014

porcelain, micro-controlled LEDs, found wire, wall-mounted installation dimensions variable
Installation for ArtComplex, 2014

i (II), installation view

installation for ArtComplex, 2014

i (II), alternate installation

68 x 48 x 2 in

i (II), detail

i, 2012

36 x 48 x 7 in installed
porcelain, LEDs, wall mounted

i, detail

i 2012 -2016

This body of work explores the relationships and parallels between human and electronic bodies - in shape, purpose, and in the language we use to describe them.

i (II)

This piece was built partially from new units and partially a re-working of an earlier work, iv, and installed at ArtComplex in a former dentist office. In both works, the porcelain units are all in in iPad/tablet and iphone/smartphone shapes, illuminated from behind with micro-controlled LEDs. Each unit was hand built using a symbolic process: starting as a thin slab which was laid out and then manipulated and "pushed" as one would push "buttons" on a screen until the material began to warp and fall apart. The units are interconnected in organic clusters and synaptic formations with visceral wires. The LEDs randomly go through subtle color shifts so that the units seem to be engaged in some sort of quiet, dysfunctional or failing communication.

bsod

The paper-thin porcelain is illuminated by the LEDS, which are imbedded into the material, making it its own circuit board. The title is a tech term meaning "blue screen of death." The blue screen is an electronic limbo; not dead or alive.