The One Pixel Camera: Copy Work
An extension of the original One Pixel Camera project commissioned for Small Squares: The Pixel as Material and Metaphor (2020) curated by Matthew Ryan Smith at the Glenhyrst Gallery in Brantford, Ontario.
In this case The One Pixel Camera was used to produce photographic duplications of various artwork in the Glenhyrst's collection. The One Pixel Camera: Copy Work works with the initial ideas behind The One Pixel Camera Project, while also connecting it to a questioning about the fidelity of artwork reproduction and potential issues of copyright. For instance, in this very redacted, pixelated form, is it still a photograph/reproduction of Warhol’s painting of Wayne Gretzky, and if not, at what resolution does it become an actual legitimate copy of the work.
The One Pixel Camera: Copy Work was also featured in Prefix Photo (41 Spring/Summer) 2022.
One Pixel Camera: Copy Work (installation view) -
One Pixel Camera: Copy Work (installation view) -
One Pixel Camera: Copy Work (installation view) -
One Pixel Camera: Copy Work (behind the scenes - performing the camera) -
The One Pixel Camera (isometric view) - Wooden box, tripod mount, Zeiss lens, LCD viewfinder, custom electronics and software.
The One Pixel Camera (internal view) - Internal Components: 1) An industrial colour sensor, 2) A Zeiss lens from an old process camera, 3) Ground-glass for “image” formation, 4) A microcontroller programmed to acquire sensor data, 5) A miniature Linux-based computer that runs the python code which functions as an operating platform for the camera, 6) A small flat-screen display to act as viewfinder and interface, 7) A speaker to produce an audible “click”, 8) A circuit for power distribution, 9) A battery for untethered use in the field.
The One Pixel Camera (front view) - Wooden box, tripod mount, Zeiss lens, LCD viewfinder, custom electronics and software.
Jason McLean - There is a moon over Brantford (2016) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch).
Aidan Urquart - Canadian Cabin Series 13 (2017) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
Doris Titus - Unititled (1962) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
Andy Warhol - Wayne Gretzky 99 (1984) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
Michael Snow - Three Chords (1973) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
George Thomson - Lingering Snow (nd) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
John Sloan Gordon - Moonlight After Rain (nd) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
Hortense Gordon – Enigma (nd) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
John Hick Whale - Marsh Birds (1878) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
Robert Reginald Whale - Deer in forest Glen (nd) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch).
Jean Claude Whale - Log Cabin (nd) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
William Henry Clapp - Landscape with Tree (nd) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
Homer Watson - Fall Wheat (nd) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)
David Milne - After sunset (1948) - Date: 2019 Format: One Pixel Image, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” (printed at 0.0667 pixels per inch)