"revealing the structure of its underground architecture. It is so sophisticated and looks like something out of a sci-fi film. We call that nature just doing its thing. How come our skyscrapers and cities are seen differently? In my opinion, the answer is that it is a very effective way to morally separate ourselves from problems we inflict on our environment or on other species."
"For Vainionpää, abstraction is the perfect language to communicate this discussion. (She also has written some well-researched essays on these topics, available on her website.) It all comes back to what it means to be a painter today. And what, specifically, does all that mean? Communicating via two-dimensional media about this, our "post-digital" world. Vainionpää's used this phrase-post-digital-in answer to one of my questions, and it took a while for me to understand what that really meant."
Abstraction visualizes underlying truths beyond physical reality and connects human constructions to broader natural processes. An ants documentary reveals complex underground architecture that resembles engineered design, challenging the idea that only human-made structures are 'unnatural.' Labeling built environments as unnatural enables moral separation and the offloading of responsibility for environmental harm. Abstraction functions as an apt language to communicate these connections. The term post-digital frames artistic practice amid pervasive digital technology and raises the question whether society has moved beyond the digital or is further digitizing daily life.
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