130 . Escher High on Mushrooms (Collectible)
Title: Escher High on Mushrooms

Kind: Spherical perspective, photo montage and collage

Date and place: 14/04/2023, Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

Contest: ArtHack - Redefining Iconic Artworks For The Digital Age", the first online exhibition of Art From Future on the Lens Protocol @lensprotocol.lens, in partnership with the Museum of Lens @molens.lens Exhibition curated by Jessy Jeanne @jessyjeanne.lens & Armin Hoori @arminhoori.lens

Invited artists: @marzipanphysics.lens @cybershakti.lens @mazemari.lens @andresbriceno.lens @whitecloud.lens @lufoart.lens

Statement

Escher High on Mushrooms (EHM) appropriates the famous lithography "Hand with Reflecting Sphere" (1935) by M. C. Escher ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_with_Reflecting_Sphere ). In the original artwork, Escher uses a spherical reflection to show himself and the inside of his room. EHM imitates the same pose but instead of reflecting the outside physical world in a pictographic way, it reflects an inner, dreamy, whimsical world. The artwork in the sphere is a spherical perspective called “Elizabete: Hat, Fruit or Flute” and it can be navigated 360 degrees at: www.lufo.art/VT-virtual-tour/elizabete-hat-fruite-or-flute.html

EHM intends to be a sarcastic joke: creativity does not rely neither on substances nor in alcohol, but on both the outside and the inside research about who we are.

Technique

The spherical perspective has been handmade first with pencil, then outlined with ink and finally painted with watercolours. The collage was made on Photoshop using a photography made with my mobile phone and the background from the original artwork repeated as a pattern and digitally coloured.

Bio

Lufo is an Argentinian artist, architect, building engineer, and PhD in Design and Innovation. He is currently pursuing a second PhD in Digital Media Arts. His career fuses academic research, design, architecture, mathematics, computer sciences, visual and digital arts. In the academical field, he investigates advanced techniques of representation, immersive drawings and their VR navigation. In the artistic field, he holds exhibitions featuring a wide collection of artworks, live drawing performances and interactive presentations using body tracking. He is also active in the blockchain community and daily posts on Lens. More info at www.lufo.art/about  

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