Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken is an American multimedia artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
above changing constantly era exchange floating geographic physical
We're moving into an era when things are dematerialised and much more holographic. Floating above the physical world and the geographic map, there's another landscape that's constantly changing - something like a cloud - of communication, information, exchange and commerce.
simple ideas used
I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition.
interesting design sound
In sound design programs now, you can literally sculpt the sound on visual graphs. Sometimes the visual programs are even more interesting than the music that's making them
views indecisive moments
I am fascinated by the indecisive moment and the peripheral view.
choices bases mediums
When you make work, the concept is the basis for it; all choices of aesthetics or mediums come later.
art created finding history image largely living moving relatively tools ways
We're living in a tremendously new landscape, and the possibility of what can be created is immense. These tools of the moving image have a relatively short history in art, and what we can do with them is still largely unknown. We are still innovating and finding ways to tell stories.
art levels
Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me.
art best hunger peel reminds wake
I think there is a hunger for things that wake you up, something that makes you peel back your eyes, that reminds you that you are alive. Art is at its best when it is in the 'now.'
burning falling feed life
I see life as a burning meteorite that you can climb all over, and feed off, as it is falling to earth.
literal los nomadic places rather traveling york
I think that 'Station to Station' is a nomadic project not only in a literal sense, as it's traveling by train from place to place. Some of these places are New York City or Los Angeles, but some of these places are rather off-the-grid places.
embracing friction seen
Our culture is not this thing to be seen from a distance. We need to be embracing the friction of it all - that is where the energy is.
delicate sabbath surprising
'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath is such a delicate song from such a surprising place.
mediums platform
I always thought about 'Station to Station' as an approach. It was about creating an alternative platform for culture where different mediums could co-exist.
across aspects happening layers precisely series time
'Station to Station' is a series of happenings that go across the landscape. What is a happening? A happening is a moment in time. A moment in time that is not choreographed, where you don't know precisely what's going on. Where there are aspects of different layers of culture.