Joey Holder

Mary Katrantzou and Joey Holder Mash Up

I was recently told about Joey Holders work just on the basis that her use of pattern and texture seemed to be similar to mine, it wasnt till i read a few descriptions that i found a lot of her context relates to me too although hers is a lot more technical. The basis of her work is looking at the correlation between organic and artificial forms using a series of abstractions to create hybrids. Her work looks deeply into subjects of biology, nanotechnology and natural history creating fragmented patterns that clash against automated representations, each trying to grab the viewers attention.I love her use of hyper anestheticisation and creating a parallel between the forms she uses.

Her work is a mix of sculpture, painting, graphics and video and ive fallen in love with the way she mashes them up together in such a clever way. My work recently has been looking a lot more into this idea of mixing natural forms with artificial to create a blurred line and make a new formless shape that has some hints of recognition. A small quote i took from her website has helped me understand my own work a little better, ' it may suggest some particular function or form but remains elusive through odd displacement'. I like the idea of the function of the formless shape to be hard to pin down and to recognise if its fictional or a highly detailed image of something not many people understand. Which for myself, ive found that ive been doing this with Joeys work, i can never truly tell whats been manipulated or just a process of real layered images.

she eludes to the idea of technology in a way id like to also try, instead of presenting images on a canvas or blank screen, she creates screen shots showing open windows on familiar well known programs.