DigitWork

Art is an ever-flowing exchange of discovery and meaning in moments that enfold and unfold knowledge in meaningful relationships.

When we define moments by the relational interaction of discovery and meaning they do not need have an explanation in terms of cause and effect. Nor do these relationships of meaning need to exist in a sequential way.

There is an action at a distance with no known mediator of the interaction and this can be thought of as a field that accounts for all possible relationships. This field is the primary essence of art’s domain.

From this domain creativity, novelty and meaning spring up as semi-autonomous events for a certain kind of moment and then dissolve back into the underlying order. This field is an unceasing process of becoming.

These relationships are intricately structured in their own logical ways and gives rise to other relationships that are not necessarily causal in nature. The lack of causality does not negate the occurrence of discovery and meaning.

When digital artists work with various algorithms, filters, and visual modulators, they discover worlds that couldn’t otherwise be seen. They discover the process at work and how an image can be achieved.

I explore digital worlds (moments) that exist implicitly, but only manifest through a particular approach using a unique set of instruments. The abstracting and pictorial process become quite mysterious as images and various incarnated equivalents reveal themselves on a stage that speaks to worlds more real than real. When that synthesis occurs, something happens that transcends the boundary of both viewer and creator, in which a greater truth is revealed — art’s mysterious ministry.

—John Anderson

The Publication

This web site features the work of John Anderson.

John studied art in England at West Surrey College of Art & Design as well as Arizona State University.

At ASU he was privileged to study under the guidance of art photography historian, Bill Jay. There he had personal access to many of the legends of photography including Eugene Smith, Paul Caponigro, Minor White, and Ansel Adams.

John worked many years in Chicago as a professional photographer. He then developed a successful career in Information Technology at AT&T Bell Laboratories, studying for a Master of Science from Northwestern University and providing consultation to several Fortune 100 corporations.