“If pictorial expression has changed, it is because modern life has necessitated it… The view through the door of the railroad car or the automobile windshield, in combination with the speed, has altered the habitual look of things. A modern man registers a hundred times more sensory impressions than an eighteenth-century artist… The compression of the modern picture, its variety, its breaking up of forms, are the result of all this.” - Fernand Léger, 1914. - - -
A 3D collage of a virtual building, designed without directional bias. This 3-part series is inspired by Léger’s 1919 painting “The City” - an artwork created as a reflection on the impact of technology and the modern picture. With blockchain technology we are met with yet another social inflection point in how we collectively experience the “look of things.” The metaverse provides a multidimensional canvas for a new kind of city to unfold.
