Digital Subculture Meets Material Research: Prophecies of Dust by Groovido.
For years, people have been painting over brick (much to my dismay). Whether artistically or just to treat a wall surface` with a ‘fresh look’, painted brickwork can be found almost everywhere. With DIY home renovations booming all over Australia, it would be no surprise to hear of paint stripper shortages across local Bunnings stores. And rightfully so! There’s always something quite exciting about stripping brick. There’s the thrill of not knowing what you’re going to find behind — a clinker, a cream brick, or a traditional red. Imagine though, stripping back a wall to find a brick imprinted with an image. Not an image you can scrape back, but a digitally engrained image that’s embedded into the masonry.