Jack _____
Jack _____
graphite on acrylic ground on paper
13 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in.
2022

To find each image, I typed “Jack” alongside another word into Google Image Search, selecting images from the results and translating them into drawings. Each drawing in Jack _____ is an attempt to give physical dimension to the intangible space of the screen, highlighting the tension between immaterial data and the physical act of drawing.

Jack _____ includes twenty-eight drawings to date.

Our compulsion to discover new stuff once required us to go out and walk around. Now it's gratified with a flick of a finger.

This is what "search" has meant: a journey of exploration and self-creation, not an instant swipe to already composed answers.

Jack Skellington