| Landscapes Without MemoryJanuary 12, 2006- March 30, 2006
One of Spain’s most prominent and innovative artists, Joan Fontcuberta (Barcelona, 1955) is best known for exploring the intersection between art, science, and illusion. In Landscapes without Memory, Fontcuberta has co-opted a piece of computer software originally designed for military use in rendering three-dimensional images of landscapes. With this widely available “freeware” as his starting point, Fontcuberta created two series that constitute his Landscapes without Memory. In the Landscapes of Landscapes series, Fontcuberta feeds the software fragments of pictures by Turner, Cézanne, Dalí, Stieglitz, Weston, and others, forcing the program to interpret a variety of landscape masterworks as “real.” The contours and tones of these painted and photographic landscapes are transformed into fantastic three-dimensional baroque scenes of swirling seas, volcanic mountains, and luminous skies filled with sprawling clouds.
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