Brian M. John
Artist Bio
I am an artist and photographer interested in human relationships to the world as mediated by technology and technical media. Believing that technology must be understood not only as a tool, but as a material, I investigate the process of mediation through photography, video, sound, music and software. Engaging critically with contemporary apparatuses, both technical and systemic, I aim to demonstrate their malleability as mediums of aesthetic expression. As a trained photographer working in many mediums, I manipulate images and technology in order to subvert the desired and expected outcomes of representational media. Raised in Texas and residing in Santa Fe, my current work is intrinsically tied to and born of the landscape of the Southwest and concerned with the environmental issues of the region and contemporary uses of its land and resources.