Dominic Harris Simulated
2023
Nixie tubes, code, electronics, Corian, aluminium, acrylic
58 x 140 x 16 cm
Simulated
Through the nostalgic use of Nixie tubes, a form of electronic display regularly used between the 50s and 70s, Dominic Harris’ artwork presents an array of constantly changing letters. Exploring the phenomenon of typoglycemia, although these letters are arranged at random, the viewer sifts through the chaos to decipher words amongst them. This conceptual artwork explores the notion that seeing and interpreting is a simultaneous process, and the viewer uses what they have learnt, their experiences and personality to derive meaning from anything detected by the eye. Through this work, like so many of Harris’ pieces, he embraces that the viewer inevitably completes a work of art and their experience is a collaboration with the artist.
'In creating my artworks I challenge the traditional relationship between the viewer and the art. My depictions reach their true potential when the viewer becomes a participant or collaborator, or sometimes even a co-conspirator, with my vision.'
Dominic Harris
