| :: About the artist :: Erin Ko is a visual artist from the United States. Her interests lie in combining traditional art making methods with new ones to achieve unique process and result. Being a computer geek, she works in both video games and new media. When not engaged in her Berkshires studio, she spends most of her time cooking delicious things or stumbling through various parts of Asia. |
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| :: Statement :: Ideas are very important to me; I usually start with some specific concept. The power of visual art lies in the ability to communicate complex ideas that would otherwise become clumsy and less meaningful if boxed up by language. Often materials will present themselves as appropriate to an expression of an idea, inspiring a piece. Contradictions fuel my art. I love people and I hate them. I respect tradition and I embrace an uncertain future. I'm patient and I'm wreckless. I'm spiritual and materialistic. I'm the worst vegan ever! I've studied traditional Chinese brush painting and Japanese calligraphy while tweaking mathematical fractals and modeling 3d wireframes. I make room sized installations and virtual interactive spaces that occupy no physical space. I lock myself in my studio and I travel the world. Of course these are not contradictions at all. I also read and write, eat and cook. Industrial society tells us to find our proper place in the machine - specialize and there's a seat for you on the assembly line. Fuck that shit. |