Carter Hodgkin fuses art, science and technology to explore a new language of abstraction through paintings, animations and large-scale mosaics.
My work explores the intersection between digital technology and traditional painting, combining elements of chance, generative abstraction, and the manipulation of code.
I draw inspiration from artists like Sol Lewitt, John Cage, and Jean Arp, who embraced procedural and chance-based approaches to art. Embracing the digital medium, I remain deeply connected to the historic tradition of painting, highlighting the continuity between the past and the present.
Inspired by atomic particle collisions, I generate animations based on the unstable paths of speeding particles. These collisions lead to the creation of abstract forms that transition from the digital realm to the physical world, transforming into paintings, mosaics or animations.
Color and visual textures are essential elements in my work, creating layers of depth and movement of lively particle traces spinning in space. The work becomes a mediation between dissolution of the picture plane and engaging with spatial logic in a way that disrupts traditional boundaries.
I explore a relationship between algorithmic data and the pictorial. An exploration of instability and uncertainty, my work alludes not only to the behavior of atomic particles, but to emotional states of tumult, tension, and unease.
