2012
Diptych, Giclee print on
Hahnemühle FineArt paper,
Alu-Dibond, 2 x 150 x 100 cm
Editon of 3

2012
Giclee print on
Hahnemühle FineArt paper,
Alu-Dibond, 100 x 150 cm
Editon of 3

2012
Giclee print on
Hahnemühle FineArt paper,
Alu-Dibond, 100 x 150 cm
Editon of 3

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures. MRI makes use of the property of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to image nuclei of atoms inside the body, using uses a magnetic field to align the magnetization of some atomic nuclei, and radio frequency fields to systematically alter the alignment of this magnetization. This causes the nuclei to produce a rotating magnetic field detectable by the scanner—and this information is recorded to construct an image of the scanned area of the body. Magnetic field gradients cause nuclei at different locations to rotate at different speeds. By using gradients in different directions 2D images or 3D volumes can be obtained in any arbitrary orientation.Squire LF, Novelline RA (1997). Squire’s fundamentals of radiology (5th ed.). Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-83339-2

The body’s densities are imaged, digitized, manipulated, projected and re-imagined, creating a tentative four-dimensional representation: a simulacrum.

Embodiment is a series of 4 large scale prints exploring through the use of non-invasive visualisation techniques, the body within the emergent immersive environment of a virtual continuum. Raw data of a human MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan is taken as a starting point for a series of territorial investigations, iconising the soft boundaries of voxel data-driven constructs. Here, digital processes are used to create three-dimensional images from the inside of the body, as a result of interactive static and variable gradients of magnetic fields. In addition, data is generated and assembled with the use of the 2DFT  (Two-Dimensional Fourier Transform) technique that incorporates slice selection, in which a magnetic gradient is applied during the radiofrequency pulse.

The work is consciously produced out of scale and relation to the human point of origin and positions itself in direct opposition to the lost moment of interiority as to our supposed looking outward based understanding of space. The large-scale prints are embedded within a translation matrix, rendering the natural within the augmented and creating a further layer of spatial complexity.