Jolanta Rejs (b. 1982)

Jolanta Rejs (b. 1982, Szczytno, Poland) previously studied at Goldsmiths, University of London.

For Rejs, process is almost more important than product. Taking old photographs from a number of sources, Rejs scans and breaks them down into their digital components. These images are then transferred onto paper through a large wooden printing block, its face precision-cut into a grid of small blocks.

Echoing the pixels of the digital deconstruction, Rejs works her way across the reverse of the paper like a scanner, applying extra pressure to each relevant block and transferring the image onto the paper. This is an on-going inquiry into the shift between perception of photography as reality-related medium, and the post-modern approach to it as a constructed image.

The mix of techniques employed, from the most basic form of printing to that of computer technology, allows Rejs to successfully transfer analogue to digital and back again.

Profile

Born: 1982 in Poland

RA Schools student from 2009 to 2012

Gender: Female

Contact information:

jolantarejs@gmail.com

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