In an artist statement, Canogar notes that “the epistemological challenges of the shift from Gutenberg’s printing press to the ever-expanding liquid-like libraries that hold knowledge are profound – ones that we are only beginning to understand. Dataworks are an attempt to capture, and cognitively process, the implications of these dramatic changes through examining the position occupied by the individual in a technological interconnected age.” The sculptural screen artworks, such as Echo, expand the two-dimensional screen into tridimensionality. These screens, characterized by complex curves, interact with their surrounding space. Driven by algorithms, these artworks respond in real time to different datasets, including climate or tectonic change information. Thus, the content featured in Echo is an abstract generative animation that occasionally gets disrupted by moiré patterns. These visual interferences are triggered by seismic activity across the globe. The artwork is connected to a webpage with real-time feeds of earthquakes, their location and intensity. The result is an abstract composition that captures the echoing murmurs of the planet’s shifting tectonic plates.
