Art of Alex Fischer
Alex Fischer is a Canadian artist based in Toronto whose practice bridges painting and digital media. On this site each zoomable artwork opens on the Stage: a live 3D landscape made from the work itself — its height read from the brightness of the image — that you can fly over or walk on, under a sun and sky that follow the real time of day, with gigapixel detail you can zoom into down to the brushwork.
- Works — Every artwork and project: digital collage, painting, sculpture, animation and installation.
- Play — Solitaire, Mahjong, Jigsaw and Pairs dealt on the artworks.
- Life — Artificial life that grows and evolves on the artworks, seen as 3D landscapes.
- CV — Exhibitions, publications, awards and residencies.
- Writing — Essays, statements and notes on art, technology and the studio.
- Ideas — The ideas the work runs on, from philosophy to media and science.
- People — Collaborators, curators and the people in the work.
- Info — About Alex Fischer, the studio and how to get in touch.
