Dot-Screen-Wall

Willem Oorebeek

Dot-Screen-Wall, 2011

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Willem Oorebeek’s works investigate the foundations of image production in mass media and print media in particular. The Dot-Screen-Wall presents a drastically enlarged grid of black dots; the magnification lends the almost microscopically fine grid pattern, which is used in mechanical printing, a spatial dimension. Meanwhile, the dense mesh of dots recalls the composition of digital images from pixels or the grain of analog film stock. As we walk through the room, our eyes try to discern structures within the grid, resulting in optical interference effects. The only discontinuity in the perfectly schematized representation, however, is a blank. The grid frames a rectangular unprinted field that visually comes to the fore and brings to mind a video screen or projection. (Jürgen Tabor)