David Haines

David Haines’ (1969, United Kingdom) work exists at the intersection between the traditional and contemporary (technical) image. Working with a variety of media - from painting and drawing through to music; ceramics and moving image, the work addresses ideas around what it means to make and look at images in our digitally drenched society. Haines starts from the premise that technology is a language and that the image functions as both an anthropological and sociological object. Additionally, he regards the experience of viewing (art) as essentially spatial, arising from a symbiotic relationship between material and image.