Phase 2: Minimalist Geometric Abstraction

          After the tongue in cheek first showing of the Take a Picture project, Brad Blucher and Kyle Clements return with a second instalment that moves the project onward from its initial foray of an irreverent yet whimsical take on its own technological medium to a series that reposits minimal abstraction through a sense of play, creating an interactive experience that bridges the gap between viewer and art.

         Creating art that can only be seen through a camera, the artists locate these works in the new technological spaces that now exist in our culture, spaces saturated in an age where information dissemination has become a function of the hive mind. Unlike the traditional media age where knowledge was passed through more linear channels, everyone can now archive and pass on information. This fracturing of information currency is facilitated by technologies such as digital cameras and the social networking methods referenced in the original Take a Picture works, where winking emoticons would greet the viewers after a photo had been taken to reveal the image previously hidden to the naked eye.

         With the new works focusing on abstract suggestions of perspective, the previously rarefied realm of abstract minimalism is brought firmly into the increasingly democratized field of experience and information dissemination. To document is to experience and to experience is to document. It is impossible to view the project without engaging in either. So get your camera ready and click away.

         A collaborative effort between Brad Blucher and Kyle Clements, the Take a Picture project had its debut showing during Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2010. While aiming to break down the traditional barriers in the world of art, the artists aim more importantly to create art that can be directly enjoyed by the viewer (so long as they have a camera with them!)