Shannon Ha – Looking Outwards – 05

In this series of works, Pascal Dombis uses arbitrary geometrical or typographical patterns create complex and “less reasonable” environments. He would project abstract signs and patterns on to walls or canvases and computationally reproduce the same uncomplicated warped pattern in excess. And throughout the generation of patterns, there are instances where a geometric shape such as a square would emerge from this randomness. 

I think a lot of abstract art these days does not effectively communicate the artist’s intentions, but what I appreciate about Dombis is the fact that he is able to use basic data to generate random elements, yet more importantly, he is still able to create a sense of balance between chaos, structure and order through the growth of a geometric shape amidst these abstract patterns.