Anneli Goeller, planet orb 0209, 3D Digital Print, 15.5 x 27.5 in, 2023
Artwork Statement:
This work is part of a series of snapshots of a simulated world where the natural and the artificial are merged. Environments are made up of nostalgic web imagery that is created using hyper real computer graphics technology. In this universe, liquids glow, planets morph, and signs of life are unverifiable. There are aspects of these spaces, objects, and bodies of water that provide fleeting moments of connection and recognition, but ultimately, they are unfamiliar to us.
Artist Bio:
Anneli Goeller is an artist and poet who uses 3D simulation to speculate that the creation of algorithmic selves expands the concept of personhood. They received their MFA in Film, Video, New Media, and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and have been exhibited internationally at spaces such as the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center and Jane Lombard Gallery in New York, Peripheral Forms in Portland, Mana Contemporary in Chicago as well as the Freie Universitat Berlin. In virtual space, their work has been featured by Silicon Valet, The Wrong – New Digital Art Biennale, and the Chicago Virtual Art Museum. They currently teach at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Harold Washington College.