a few words
Most of my current work involves drawing, photography and image processing - blasting rasters, filtering, layering, integrating vector tracings, abstracting text fragments and using random integers as motifs, all toward making pictures, prints and video that play at seeing what there is to see beyond the ordinary, pointing toward other natures. Sometimes, I use a Wacom pad and stylus to draw on the surface of an image.
In the real world, drawing with pen, brush and ink is my way to make a direct connection with things. The focused process of tracing quick, calligraphic outlines pulls me into detail I would otherwise overlook. This is a practice I follow as a useful method of groping towards a state of grace, however dim the prospect is of ever getting there.
I have been moved and influenced by many artists, poets and writers, but I was especially delighted to meet and chat informally with John Cage, who’s dedication to random operations carried right through into our conversation. Jasper Johns remains a vital friend of many years, offering his wicked wit, his warm company, and countless far-reaching exchanges.
The interplay of art and science is also a source of inspiration: I am intrigued by the neurological drawings of Cajal, the brevity of Feynman diagrams, the creative energy described in chaos theory as well as the happy notion that blind chance serves a useful purpose.
The Figuration of a Possible is an offhand phrase tossed off by Duchamp in his notes on imagining a 4th dimension - I repeat it here as an invitation to rethink the big picture, especially now.
Please visit timtrompeter.net/overview/ for a further look at the my work in collages and assemblage, fashion and travel photography, web design and development, large-scale theatrical projections and more.
You will find a few examples of new work there, too.
Tim Trompeter
NYC and Ariège, France 2024
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