Artist Review 1

This art review covers the artist Krist Wood and the art work entitled “Inivichrys (2011)”. This a piece of digital media art with a science fiction theme. From my browsing of her website I can see that she is not new to digital media art and has made many pieces, however this is one of the few works of art featuring space.

The first photo in this piece shows a view from what appears to be a space station or ship. The object that is the focus of this piece seems to be a manmade object projecting the Earth’s surface. I believe that it may be a space elevator. Surrounding the base of the object is a mass of clouds obscuring the Earth’s surface and drawing the eye’s focus towards the object. The second photograph is a close-up of the base of the object. The third picture shows what appears to be a space station anchoring the object and may be where the view of the first picture is from.

This piece uses excellent use of color, especially in the last picture. The lenses flare in the last picture also adds to the color. The author also does a great job at incorporating the many colors into the picture in a realistic way. The horizon of the first picture shows a great comparison of the colorful world and the empty black space. The clouds in the second picture are arranged in such a way that you can almost see them swirling around the object and is a good way to show the chaotic nature of the world.

Overall, I believe that this an interesting piece. It shows a great juxtaposition of nature and technology that really adds to the picture.