Joseph Smolinski

Joseph Smolinski, Open Water 9, 2018,

Joe is a multimedia artist working in drawing, photography, video, digital 3D modelling, and animation. His practice engages with technology, environmental science, landscape painting, science fiction, and the eroding boarders between the natural and human-made world. He is currently in the midst of creating a new series of ominous and beautifully detailed graphite drawings depicting open water, which we’ll discuss towards the end of this podcast.

Joe Smolinski is a multimedia artist working in drawing, photography, video, digital 3D modelling, and animation. His practice engages with technology, environmental science, landscape painting, science fiction, and the eroding boarders between the natural and human-made world. He is currently in the midst of creating a new series of ominous and beautifully detailed graphite drawings depicting open water, which we’ll discuss towards the end of this podcast.

Downstream is a two channel video that follows two tributaries that flow into the Connecticut River. The Connecticut River begins at the border of Canada and the United States, cuts through New England and empties into the Long Island Sound linking to the Atlantic Ocean. The right side of the video is filmed upstream while the left is filmed downstream. The installation is projected on opposing walls so the viewer can pass through a virtual flow of water. Through out the video sculptural compositions appear that were made by collecting debris, 3D scanning the objects and then compositing them into the footage. This project was made possible by a grant from Wesleyan University Center for Fine Art.

Joseph Smolinski, Ghost Bee 1, 3D printed PLA plastic with resin coating, 9.5 x 10.75 x 8 inches.

Joseph Smolinski, a drawing from the After the Fall Series, 2008