Formatting Gaya: Congenital Skin by Patrick Millard
500x506 pxl, digital photograph
2007
Formatting Gaya
The cycle between human beings and the natural world has been transformed into a new formation that inspires intricate modes of transmitting and receiving information. Through the development of modern technologies human beings have begun to unfold the possibilities of telematic and cybernetic systems of communication. Earth is no longer a simple exchange of biological entities, but a more complex system that employs digital signal to mediate our existence within it.
Human beings, technology, and nature are now all part of a congruous system of existence that is becoming more and more visible in our landscape. Formatting Gaia depicts this world, where there is a physical connection between the three and all work in unison with one another.
Patrick Millard is an artist who originated from the small Western Michigan town of Lamont and is now living in Savannah, GA. Working in photography, painting, mixed media, and installation has resulted in a diversified portfolio of work that tends to address ideas about society, culture, and the interactions that human beings have within their own synthetic environment. His work has been exhibited both locally and nationally and continues to gain recognition.
Recent collaborative art exhibitions/installations include the international art happening 'Blow the City' in Ghent, Belgium as well as 'A Million Little Pictures' at Art House in Decatur, GA.
He is currently pursuing his MFA degree in photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
patrickmillard@patrickmillrd.co
http://www.patrickmillard.com
