Electronic Heart
Some believe that, before being drilled
and "populated" with integrated circuits, light emitting diodes
and other electronic components, this 18 by 16 inch circuit
board exists as a print. Its image first takes form as a combination
of collaged xeroxed and drawn elements on paper and mylar. Next it
is photographically transferred to an acid resistant light sensitive
emulsion which coats a laminate of a thin layer of copper and on an
red epoxy fiberglas substrate. The copper under the negative areas
of the image are dissolved by acid. This reveals the epoxy
substrate. Because no "original" of the image is neccessary, and
because the processes of photo-transfer and etching are employed to
create the image, some consider this artwork a print like a woodcut
or serigraph.
However, because it is not on paper, uses no ink and relies on
contrasting materials to create the image, others consider it a
"multiple" sculpture. (Ellen Sharp, the esteemed Curator of
Prints and Drawings at the lofty Detroit Institute of Arts
pronounced this process to be photographic and "therefore this is a
"photograph." !
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