above: detail of The Radiant Proliferator
David Trautrimas, the Canadian artist about whose steampunk-like architectural art, The Habitat Machines, I blogged about once before, has a wonderful new series of work called The Spyfrost Project.
The Spyfrost Project illustrates David's hypothesizing the origins of modern iconic appliances by reassembling them into top secret Cold War era military outposts. These hybrids of machinery and architecture stand as colossal weaponized ancestors to common objects, such as refrigerators, lawnmowers and washing machines.
Carbon Inversion Device:
detail:
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 30” x 20”. 2010. Edition of 14. $1400.00 each.
Micro Re-Instigator:
detail:
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 40” x 30”. 2010. Edition of 10. $2600.00 each.
Mnemonic Doppelganger:
detail:
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 22.5” x 35”. 2010. Edition of 12. $1725.00 each.
Seismic Conduction Tower (and detail):
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 20” x 30”. 2010. Edition of 14. $1400.00 each.
Storm Crown Mechanism:
detail:
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 40” x 30”. 2010. Edition of 10. $2600.00 each.
Terra Thermal Inducer:
detail:
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 35” x 22.5”. 2010. Edition of 12. $1725.00 each.
The Aurora Maker (and detail):
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 14” x 17”. 2010. Edition of 16. $925.00 each.
The Brilliant Device:
detail:
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 30” x 20”. 2010. Edition of 14. $1400.00 each.
The Fragment Accumulator (and detail):
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 20” x 30”. 2010. Edition of 14. $1400.00 each.
The Radiant Proliferator:
Digital print on archival paper (framed). 30” x 20”. 2010. Edition of 14. $1400.00 each.
The Toronto launch of his latest series will be opening at LE Gallery on Friday April 30th and the exhibition runs from April 28th to May 30th. In Europe, The Spyfrost Series will be exhibited at the Eckhart Gallery in The Hague, Netherlands from May 2nd to June 11th.
See David's Habitat Machines And Factories here.
