Touching, breathing, and moving, are all actions that participants in Scott Snibbe’s artworks will most likely get to do. Scott Snibbe’s medium of computer made images is very much an interactive one that is dependent on viewers participation. Because of this I would characterize his medium as multimedia art.
His work also engages us to think about our bodies and social relationships. In his artists statement he says that the “viewers are essential to the existence of art. Engaging in art can be great as it makes other’s of less advantaged places able to experience something.” Overall it is good for the community.
What drew me into Scotts work is that he incorporates technology with real graspable human interactions. I also like the minimalist images he projects. People are striped down to shadow like figures. Parts of the shadows are because he himself is a minimalist. Another reason has to do with state laws that don’t allow the reproduction of a child’s image without consent.
His computer images skip from frame to frame in a very particular way so the feeling or experience is portrayed accurately. He is a computer genius when it comes to writing codes for special computer programs. He also has his own business where he sells interactive learning tools to museums.
Snibbe was influenced by filmmaker Len Lye, a surrealist filmmaker, who often would scratch into or paint onto his film. He was also influenced by Robert Irwin and James Turrell, both artists who explore how subtle changes in an environment, can make deep impressions on the viewer.
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