Thomson & Craighead, The War on Terror, 2016
Artist: Thomson & Craighead
Title: The War on Terror
Year: 2016
Medium: Print, typewriter
Dimensions:
Accession Number: US2016-09
Acquisition info: Purchased in 2016
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Thomson & Craighead, Corruption I & II, 2014
Artist: Thomson & Craighead
Title: Corruption I & II
Year: 2014
Medium: Photographic lightbox print
Dimensions: h42.5 x w56.5 x d11.5
Accession Number: US2014-8
Acquisition info: Purchased in 2014
Corruption I and Corruption II are from an edition of twelve photographic light boxes each displaying twelve frames taken from a corrupt video file found online – a file intended to put a virus onto the downloader’s computer but which appears pixilated, painterly and abstract when opened in a video player. In searching out these glitches, malfunctions and distortions, the artists represent them as aesthetic propositions, reminding us that the act of looking itself distorts our perception of reality. Lenticular printing enables the artists to show multiple images that animate as the viewer moves in space. They do not ‘playback’ or move automatically.
