SIGNAL DRIFT
Experimental scan-based image series exploring distortion, motion and material translation through analog scanning processes.
scan / research / 2025
SIGNAL DRIFT is a series of experimental scans created through the manipulation of printed surfaces during the scanning process.
What happens when
a scanner stops documenting reality and begins generating distortion instead?
a scanner stops documenting reality and begins generating distortion instead?
By physically moving, folding and distorting the material while it was being captured, the scanner transformed static textures into unstable visual structures.
The resulting images exist between documentation and interference — somewhere between textile patterns, geological formations, digital artifacts and liquid motion.
The resulting images exist between documentation and interference — somewhere between textile patterns, geological formations, digital artifacts and liquid motion.
PROCESS
Each image was produced without digital compositing.
Distortion was generated physically in real time during scanning through movement, displacement and layered material interaction.
The scanner became both a recording device and an active image-making tool.
Distortion was generated physically in real time during scanning through movement, displacement and layered material interaction.
The scanner became both a recording device and an active image-making tool.
RHYTHM GRID
DETAILS
REFLECTION
The work examines the instability of reproduced images and the fragile boundary between physical matter and digital translation.
