Mark Napier; Shredder 1.0

By chelsea on September 13th, 2009, 7:31 pm 1 Comments

 

 

Mark Napier created the interactive site Shredder 1.0 where art is created from literally shredding the basis of the original site. The final product is created from the text, images, and codes that are cut and reordered to create an abstract composition. For someone like me who does not really know a lot about what goes into making the images we see on internet pages, it was certainly interesting to see them taken apart.

New Media Art article on Napier, explains how the art is created by anyone who enters a URL. Every web page has a code that passes through a Perl script, which is read by the Web browser. By writing the Perl script himself, he creates a tangled page of images and art. You can see the pattern of the script if you enter in a few URLs of your own, or by choosing the pre-selected ones. You can even enter in our blog page. Because the websites are constantly changing, the art will also change as more images and text are added. Napier explains the process, “By interacting with the work, the visitors shape the piece, causing it to change and evolve, often in unpredictable ways. The user is an integral part of the design.” Being so influenced by interaction he created another work entitled, The Waiting Room. Presented on a screen in a gallery, it shows the virtual space that fifty users share and create the image. The users actions activate the shapes that are seen in the artwork. His compositions all give the sense that new media is directly related to the interaction of the user.

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