Australian artist WBK or works by knight has developed a series of portraits which pay tribute to various individuals whose influence helped change the realities of technology and mass media through out the 20th and 21st centuries. WBK builds all of his mosaic artworks from images of letter components from the keyboards of antiquated analog and digitized devices to create mosaic representations of famous figures from popular culture. the faces of celebrities and visionaries like astronaut neil armstrong, rapper tupac, politician aung san suu kyi mp ac, or olympian usain bolt are realized through the strategic placement of worn letter and number type parts of various shapes and sizes.” A large part of my work makes reference and is influenced by the transition from analogue to digital. using old type sets, type writer keys, analogue numbers, analogue timepieces (clock faces) etc. to represent the analogue era. The digital era suggested with computer keys, calculator buttons phone buttons, etc.”( WBK ) Here bellow you can have some examples of his wunderful work. For more information or to get in touch with him, we invite you to follow the link bellow.
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