Morrigan Rawson
London, England
She/her
“Where Do You End and I Begin?”
Photography and digital manipulation
Model: Alia Rose
2019-2020
Artist Statement:
All of these pieces were made during self-isolation, either in my home studio or with photos I had already taken. I was inspired to delve deeper into glitch art out of a love for digital textures, but also a personal inquiry into the nature of human relationships to the digital realm. Though humans have been living digitally driven lives for years now, this state of being has been drastically exacerbated by recent self-isolation. We now live in a time where we fear the freedom of the outside world and often withdraw to the digital sphere for safety and solace. Many of us, myself included, have built digital narratives for ourselves, including online personas, names, friend circles, and lifestyles that do not accurately represent our physical existence. My exploration into glitch art is a direct result of trying to manifest what the space in between digital and physical identity looks like. The result is often messy and visceral, creating a new being through disruption and erasure. Every photo from the Digital Flesh and Where Do You End and I Begin? Series was once a photo of a model, placed into a glitch program with somewhat randomized corruption processes. Covid has deeply corrupted my way of life and this practice of relinquishing control to an internet based program is representative of my physical and psychological withdrawal into the cyber sphere. I hope that these pieces encourage you to question your digital identity, the culture we have built around an online existence, and what function control plays in these realms.
Bio:
Morrigan Rawson is a photographer and digital artist from Seattle, currently residing in London. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a BA in Comparative History and Digital Arts and Experimental Media. She began photographing friends three years ago in response to personal frustration with how male dominated the photographic industry is. Since then she has collaborated with modeling agencies in Seattle, New York, and London, shot fashion campaigns for up-and-coming designers, and expanded her practice into glitch art. Morrigan is known for her dark, dreamy, and cyber influenced aesthetics.