Schematic Sky Memory

Photograph

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HCC Permanent Art Collection

Schematic Sky Memory: Scott Owen Pierce’s Schematic Sky Memory offers a spectacular image of overlapping clouds. The scene recalls the child-like nostalgia of sky gazing—yet, the image is a deceptively complex illusion. To produce Schematic Sky Memory, Pierce first photographed the sky in a quick series of consecutive images using a methodically-timed rhythm. The images were then loaded into a computer and merged together using algorithms in Adobe Photoshop to create the appearance of a single, wide-angle photograph.
Schematic Sky Memory

Scott Owen Pierce’s Schematic Sky Memory offers a spectacular image of overlapping clouds. The scene recalls the child-like nostalgia of sky gazing—yet, the image is a deceptively complex illusion. To produce Schematic Sky Memory, Pierce first photographed the sky in a quick series of consecutive images using a methodically-timed rhythm. The images were then loaded into a computer and merged together using algorithms in Adobe Photoshop to create the appearance of a single, wide-angle photograph.

Name/Title

Schematic Sky Memory

Entry/Object ID

2018.7.1

Description

Clear image of big white clouds over lapping over one another, with a large highlight on the center right cloud. Image is darker on the bottom right corner and the light source is coming from the top left shining diagonally down.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Collection

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Scott Owen Pierce

Role

Artist

Date made

2017

Location

Category

Exhibit

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Didactic

Label

Scott Owen Pierce’s Schematic Sky Memory proffers a spectacular image of overlapping clouds. The scene recalls the childlike nostalgia of sky gazing—yet, the image is a deceptively complex illusion. To produce Schematic Sky Memory, Pierce first photographed the sky in a quick series of consecutive images using a methodically timed rhythm. The images were then loaded into a computer and merged together using algorithms in Adobe Photoshop to create the appearance of a single, wide-angle photograph. Inspired in part by Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five and the way our minds blend together past experiences in order to recollect singular memories, the digital construction of Pierce’s photograph invites viewers to consider the boundaries of human perception. Pierce is a Tampa-based artist who attended the University of South Florida where he received his BFA in Studio Art in 2014, and his MFA in 2017.

Label Type

Didactic

Label

Scott Owen Pierce (b. 1979) Schematic Sky Memory, 2017 photograph 60 x 90 in. Gift of the artist, 2018.7.1 Scott Owen Pierce’s Schematic Sky Memory recalls the childlike nostalgia of sky gazing—yet, the image is a deceptively complex illusion. First, Pierce photographed the sky in a quick series of consecutive images using a methodically timed rhythm. He then merged the images together using algorithms in Adobe Photoshop to create the appearance of a single, wide-angle photograph. Inspired in part by Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five and the way our minds blend together past experiences in order to recollect singular memories, the digital construction of the clouds in Pierce’s photograph invites viewers to consider the boundaries of human perception. This work of art is a part of the HCC Permanent Art Collection. The HCC Art Galleries, through their Campus Loan Outreach Program, seek to share original art by collecting a diversity of works for the education and enjoyment of the HCC Community.