Critical Writing Index

The Meta-Physics of Data

by Lilly Husbands

Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ), Oct 2013, v. 2, no. 2, pp. 198-212

Intellect Ltd, 2013

This article examines the work made by artist-duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, known collectively as Semiconductor. Since the late 1990s, the two have been utilizing digital imaging technologies, statistical and scientific data sets, and contemporary concepts in the natural sciences to create innovative digital artworks that incorporate the latest scientific and filmmaking technologies. Accordingly, Husbands examines the link between science filmmaking and experimental cinema, while also exploring the philosophical dimensions of Semiconductor's work and how that correlates with their interest in the natural world.

ITEM 2013.165 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

All the Time in the WorldSemiconductor

Brilliant NoiseCharles and Ray Eames

Magnetic MovieAl Jarnow

Black RainChris Welsby

The Shaping GrowsJohn Smith

HeliocentricAl Jarnow

Powers of TenJohn Latham

Cosmic ClockJ.C. Mol

Comic LetterElwood Decker

Seven DaysJean Painlevé

Celestial NavigationBBC

Celestial Navigation

Erth

From the Domain of Crystals

Crystals

Liquid Crystals

Wonders of the Solar System

Men of Rock

Wonders of the Universe