Placement

Six works from the "Placement" series will be on exhibition at the Art Blocks Gallery in Marfa, Texas from May – September. The exhibition opens on May 5th, 2022.

"Placement" is a series of 500 artworks that are iteratively generated by an algorithm built by the artist. These hard-edge color-fields are visual representations of the underlying code; their color juxtapositions provoke a long look that goes beyond ‘seeing’. The frame assists in this process as it emphasizes concentration akin to the design of a digital display. The mechanisms of production – code and silkscreen – fade away to present artworks of pure color projected onto a screen or laid on top of paper. In this way, the artist relates the allure of vivid, saturated ink to the mesmerizing glow of a digital display. Cooper is engaged with themes such as automation and digital materiality.

The ideation and creation of this work was generously supported by Jan DeLozier, Jeff Jamieson, Deborah Denker, and Tom Kracauer.

On November 19th, 2021, "Placement" was released on the Art Blocks platform as a series of 500 generative artworks priced at 0.1 ETH each.