Todd Camplin's Blog (2)

I would like to portray the figure and the face in a new light, a new way of seeing. As I say in my animation project, “I have an artist feel.” I like making this stuff and it really helps me deal with life while communicating my feelings to others at the same time. I am influenced by the Abstract Expressionist, Bay Area Figure Painters, East Village art, Minimalist and any thing I come in contact with while Museum and Gallery hopping around Philadelphia or any other large city I happen to be ne… Continue

Signature: A handwritten signature of the subject (repeated and placed into patterns) and an audio recording of the subject saying his/her name, then edited on the computer and the printed on Dibond. My work is inspired by Jacques Derrida’s writings on naming and the signature. Derrida describes the signature as being an event or honest moment that happens without any forethought. Following from this description, I began exploring the signature as subject matter. I started with covering my apar… Continue