The work that you see here comes from my first long-term college project. As a person born in the Internet era, I am exposed to a large variety of images everyday; and just like everyone else, I started feeling a bit lost. And that’s when I started to think: Where do these images come from? Where are they going?So, I started collecting the images I saw on the Internet every day. One by one, I selectively deconstructed them, reorganized them, reconfigured, and interpreted their visual information, and shared the final result on the Internet again. This process eventually became one of the ways I understood images. The result of this project is something I didn’t expect, but kept expecting.

I am Seika Kawaguchi. My background is Japanese, but I have been staying in Singapore since I was 7.Art has helped me grow a unique skill and helped me express my feelings and emotions in ways that are personal to me. Since my kindergarten years, I have been inspired by myriad of things, which has made drawing an obsession. This obsession grew as I discovered different mediums and experimented even further. Digital art is no exception, as it has definitely improved my skills in realism to unimaginable extents. However, with this as my starting point, I aim to further advance the quality of my artworks to greater heights.In the future, I see myself potentially studying at one of the top art colleges for Fine Arts, and pursuing a career in the art industry.

I am a photographer! I also shoot music videos, dance Krump and hit tattoos. In my photographs, it is important for me to emphasize the image, what atmosphere it creates, and what associations it can evoke.I do all my work on freestyle, from the beginning of painting models to post processing. I make art every day and the only thing that helps me to push off is feelings. I give names to my works only based on what I felt myself during the period of work. And now it is difficult to remember the whole history of one work, but the sensations remain!

I like to combine my experience of living in a city with absurd fundamentals of daily life dynamics in the prints I create. I value works that capture the essence of orientalism, the structure of living. I draw inspiration from the idea of remembrance and the way I see and analyze them, specifically patterns from Turkish culture. The idea of displacement and diaspora in Istanbul plays a big role in my art practice.I use printmaking as my main medium as the act of creating a pattern onto a block surface is meditative for me. Making multiples is essential to printmaking and the way images can expand in directions in controlled continuity fascinates me. Most of the imagery originates from the number “3” and each pattern is generated from lines of intuition. Creating these works encouraged me to explore how printmaking is affected by technological influences and a combination of interdisciplinary media. The introduction of the laser cutter eliminates the surprise factor in printmaking. All the effort of carving can only be visualized in one’s head until it is printed. I moved away from two-dimensional flat surface prints into sculptural and modular works. The initial process of designing the image involved digital drawings and illustrations. This interaction of mediums manipulates the image from analog to digital and vice versa, while retaining the integrity of the painter and tactile quality of printmaking.The steps in creation include; Arriving at a spark which could be a symbol, a shape, an irregular area, or just a concept. This is inspired by Turkish culture and the streets of Istanbul. I then explore the interactions between lines, colors, and most importantly: layers.The next steps include brainstorming a pattern that emerges from these interactions.Most of these patterns are inspired by the Turkish Iznik tiles and the binary system of computing in the digital realm. This game of pattern-making results in each section alternatively colored or plain, thereby alluding to the patterns of zeros and ones.Another important aspect of my work is the collaboration involved- not just with traditional and modern forms of art, but also with other artists who inspire me.

Every artwork I create is an experiment and, hence, a new learning experience. I allow my hands to dictate what should be created rather than have a pre-planned blueprint. This is why my work oscillates between reality and abstraction – a highly nuanced vision that transforms into something spectacular.

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