The Gourgaud Gallery will feature the free exhibit "Digital Alchemy" by Phillip McConnell from July 9 through July 28.
"Digital Alchemy is a project is where I blend different aspects of photography – landscape, portrait, urban, nature and macro – with different concepts of Glitch Art (VHS, aesthetic, vapor wave) to create something new out of something broken," said McConnell.
"With almost everything in photography being digital, it leads the mind to wonder what can really be done when pushed a step further," he said. "As technology advances, more and more everyday pushing the boundary of what the mind can create is literally at your fingertips."
According to McConnell, alchemy is the transformation of matter either from one state to another or from one substance to another. By bending and manipulating the raw data or code of a picture, McConnell essentially corrupts the original picture by breaking it down to its most basic form and bend it to create something new.
This project features several different series titles, the first of which is "Return to nature," a juxtaposition series where McConnell blends different aspects of nature photography and architecture to show the relative size of nature to manmade construction. Another series is titled: "As Above So Below." In this series, McConnell takes religious figures and placea them next to their places of worship.
A reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. July 9 at the gallery, 23 A North Main St. in Cranbury. Hours of gallery during the exhibit’s run are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; Sunday, July 9, from 1 to 4 p.m.; and from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 16.
If you would like more information about this topic, contact Phillip McConnell at 609.638.4375 or email at [email protected].
