Eryk Salvaggio
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Eryk Salvaggio STATEMENT My work is influenced by surrealism, Dada, and pataphysics, but also 19th century investigations into thought and spirit photography. I am fascinated by the language and structure of the unconscious, as described by Freud and Lacan. I approach collage making as a form of Freud’s “dream-work,” drawing new stories from the archives of our collective visual history. I connect this to false spiritual photography mediums of the past, which relied on camera tricks to bring the dead to life or materialize unconscious thoughts on photographic plates. Much of my work is an attempt to connect to the uncanny through digital media. I imagine my work as a way of setting some ghosts free. BIO Eryk Salvaggio is an artist and writer living in San Francisco, California. Once dubbed “the Harry Potter of the Digital Vanguard” for his internet art work, Salvaggio has exhibited internationally and his work has been covered by publications including The New York Times, Mute Magazine, Neural, Flannel, and Detritus. He now focuses on digital collage and experimental films, distributed exclusively in short-run artist’s books and on Instagram. These materials are created from digital collections, primarily the Internet Archive and Flickr Commons. He earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics in 2013 and two undergraduate degrees from the University of Maine in 2010. ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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