Today, when technology seems utterly smooth and weightless, composed of invisible waves, wireless signals, abstract codes, e-trash explores the ways in which these systems are still stubbornly tied to the physical world. Yvonne uses trash files from other peoples computers to create her expression. Looking at how contemporary artists use, and misuse tools and forms this show features works made since the turn of the millennium that push and challenge the boundaries of technology: upending systems, experimenting with materials, and ultimately inventing novel techniques and substances. Yvonne Libenson utilizes digital waste as a way to recycle multiple layers into a single image creating hallucinogenic ways of perceiving digital reality. The recycling process allows one to live and realize the materiality of digital files, become aware of its content and physical space. E-trash harnesses the transformative power of digitization to create a new intangible material, which is meant to help guide the viewer towards enlightenment.
Digital images