RICK SILVA | DISCUSSING DIGITALIZING THE PHYSICAL
RICK SILVA | DISCUSSING DIGITALIZING THE PHYSICAL
Feral File, curator and exhibitor of digital art, presents BLOOMCORE by artist Rick Silva. The innovative showcase delves into the complexities and brilliance of plant life. By employing 3D scanning, pruning, and digitization techniques, living plants and flowers are transformed into a perpetual hyper-floral spectacle. Within a mist of atmospheric lights, this surreal display revolves and cuts through the boundaries of representation and abstraction, merging the digital and organic realms while evoking both familiarity and otherworldliness. These plants, originally sourced from Silva’s explorations across the Pacific Northwest, university greenhouses, coastal redwoods, the high desert, and the Cascade mountains, retain their mysterious sentience and possess an enigmatic, somewhat ominous presence.
