Following my research post on the work of Petri Anttonen and the scanography from the Week 4 activity, I wanted to experiment further with objects on a flatbed scanner. From here I wanted to experiment with the movement of the objects on the scanner glass.
Following the presentation of the Week 4 activity scans in last weeks 1:1 tutorial I took advice on the location of the scanner in a darkened room to create the black that falls away into the background.
In this contact sheet I have highlighted red for rejected images, orange for one type of selection and green for another. The orange bounded images are more slight movements and the form of the specimen is still clear. The green bounded images have more dramatic movement and the form of the specimen is less clear.
These more subtle movements with the stem still are really great and feel quite reminiscent of the interference often found on CRT TV sets and monitors.
This second gallery of images shows more dramatic movement of the specimen. I created these by moving the sample at the same speed as the scanning bar moving through the scanner. This worked much better with the larger specimens and some of the ‘digital interference’ looks really impressive and has been fun to create.
As successful as these are I would need more convincing to take this method further.
Andrews Masters Journey 