Casey Porter’s practice explores the interpretation of symbolic/iconic visual language of the digital era. The uncanny, artificiality and displacement all play a role in her work. Her paintings, collages and sculptures contemplate how we react to the unknown consequences caused by the use of contemporary inventions – like the smart phone, digital television and the internet – to human culture and modern visual language.
The work investigates how we perceive and negotiate these new and ambiguous forms and the innate ability of the human mind to recognize their meaning.
The work investigates how we perceive and negotiate these new and ambiguous forms and the innate ability of the human mind to recognize their meaning.
