Title (from top-down):
Love & Hate
Marilyn Monroe & Adolf HitlerLove & Understanding
La Cicciolina & Sigmund FreudGenius & Strength
Albert Einstein & Sylvester StalloneLust & Levitation
Patti Smith & Salvador DaliShadows & Myths
Greta Garbo & Andy WarholThrills & Simulation
Michael Jackson & Alfred HitchcockDreams & Visions
Martin Luther King & PrinceVoice & Meaning
Ludwig Wittgenstein & Elvis Presley
Size: Image dimensions: 37.9 × 32.5 cm Outer dimensions: 49.6 × 44 × 5 cm
Technique/Material: Gelatin silver photography, digitally processed
Year: 1992
ABOUT: CAICAN
Digital collages made of photos showing well-known people. The cut-out parts are intact and can be identified. No morphing or superimposing. The works have their origins in the development of the computer. This project was inspired by the software technology made available in affordable personal computers. I got in touch with the first version of Photoshop when taking a course in computer graphics in Los Angeles in 1991. In the project, I created a series of ”brand new people” that seemed interesting to me and whose pictures were visually convincing. The titles pick up on the first associated attribute that comes to mind when seeing and hearing about the different characters. Mixed together suggested a new persona, a more complicated one.
The solid steel frames, coarsely welded together, refer to the “non-digital world”, in contrast to the synthetic seamless welding in the computer. ”CAICAN” is an anagram that of Carin Carlsson, also a brand of artificially created figures.