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ART CHALLENGE #94

Ryota Matsumoto Tokyo, Japan, Rapid Gaze Polynomials Embedded in Infinite Variables, mixed media, 64 x 70 cm (25 x 28")
Finalist

My Inspiration representation in the context of non- with custom software). The various
My artworks reflect the morphological Euclidean configuration. Furthermore, the constituent methods of architectural,
transformations of our ever-evolving application of these techniques allows the graphic and mixed-media conventions are
urban and ecological environments, which work to transcend the boundaries between synthesized in this approach. The process
could be attributed to a multitude of analog and digital media as well as between involves base two-dimensional and three-
spatiotemporal phenomena influenced two- and multi-dimensional domains. dimensional images that are constructed
by social, economic and cultural factors. My compositional techniques imbue the digitally and then overlaid with traditional
They are created as visual commentaries on work with what we see as the very essence of media such as acrylic, ink and graphite, as
speculative changes in notions of societies, our social and cultural milieus beyond the well as scanned images of found objects.
cultures and ecosystems in the transient conventional protocols of architectural and These are then further processed and
nature of constantly shifting topography artistic formalities, and that they conjure up looped through algorithmic operations by
and geology. the synthetic possibilities within which the image-editing programs and plugins. By
spatial and temporal variations of existing employing this specific method, the degree
My Design Strategy spatial semiotics emerge as the potential of depth, spatial dimensionality and scaled
The varying scale, juxtaposition products of alchemical procedures. information vary and warp in both the finer
of biomorphic forms, intertwined details and the overall composition.
textures, oblique projections and visual My Working Process
metamorphoses are employed as the The paintings explore the hybrid technique Contact Info
multilayered drawing methodologies to combining both traditional media (ink, » Email: inforyotamatsumoto@gmail.com
question and investigate the ubiquitous acrylic and graphite) and digital media
nature of urban meta-morphology, (three-dimensional parametric modeling, » Website: www.ryotamatsumoto.com
anthropocentric reality and their visual data transcoding and image compositing

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