Front view
Inv. No.S-2443
ArtistElias Wesselborn 1978 in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany
Title

"Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5320"

from the series "Images Through An Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit"
Year2018-2019
Medium

pigmentbased inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper

Dimensions18,5 x 14,8 cm
Edition5/30
Signature

signed, titled, dated, numbered (pencil) and lable on verso

Comment

We live in a time where vast quantities of images are made that do not claim to be art. They claim to be something much more doubtful, because they claim to be reality. We think the photo shows pure reality, but it doesn’t, because the camera sees geometrically, for one thing, and “computational photography” is now built into every new smartphone. We, however, see only partly geometrically, but also psychologically, and not at all in the way that algorithms in our cameras calculate when we take a photo. In “Images Through an Algorithmic Lens”, photographs executed unconventionally using panorama mode are no longer represented as usual by their underlying algorithm and thus become complex images of landscapes and urban spaces. Occasionally, there are references to visual reality in the abstraction, which establishes a connection between the image and our everyday life. But the abstract “misrepresentations” reduce our perception of concrete realities to that fundamental common denominator that all humans can agree on: sensuality. Therefore, each of these 13 images claims to be a more convincing representation of reality than the perfectly calculated images of our digital magic boxes. For images that strive to depict every little detail merely cloud our view of a higher reality.
(Elias Wessel, 2019)

S-2443, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5320"
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5320", 2018-2019
S-2443, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2443, framed
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5320", 2018-2019
S-2443, framed
S-2443, view verso
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5320", 2018-2019
S-2443, view verso
S-2443, exhibition view
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5320", 2018-2019
S-2443, exhibition view
S-2432, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4276", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4276", 2018-2019
more infoS-2432, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2433, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4150", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4150", 2018-2019
more infoS-2433, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2434, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4801", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4801", 2018-2019
more infoS-2434, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2435, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5048", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5048", 2018-2019
more infoS-2435, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2436, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4793", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-4793", 2018-2019
more infoS-2436, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2437, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5163", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5163", 2018-2019
more infoS-2437, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2438, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5114", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5114", 2018-2019
more infoS-2438, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2439, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5127", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5127", 2018-2019
more infoS-2439, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2440, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5134", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5134", 2018-2019
more infoS-2440, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2441, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5123", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5123", 2018-2019
more infoS-2441, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2442, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5252", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5252", 2018-2019
more infoS-2442, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien
S-2444, Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5348", 2018-2019
Elias Wessel, "Images Through an Algorithmic Lens – Zur Visualisierung der Wirklichkeit, IMG-5348", 2018-2019
more infoS-2444, Front view
© Elias Wessel / Bildrecht, Wien