Robin Tarbet is a London based artist born in 1981. "Robin Tarbet's practice is concerned with the physical materiality of everyday technology, and he approaches familiar consumer products from a wondrous and inquiring perspective..." This leads him to "dismantle, dissect, and distort everyday technologies and appliances."
Monitored Landscape Series is an installation that Tarbet has assembled in different formations in various galleries. It features a model train journeying round a landscape constructed from computer circuitry. The train is mounted with a camera which relays the view from the train to a television screen in the hallway.
The landscape is built on a wooden table that stands at chest height which immerses you in the landscape. The circuitry is stacked in towers reminiscent of urban office blocks.
Walking around the table offers you a view of the landscape from every direction. Hanging on the walls were printed images from the train camera in previous installations which I enjoyed seeing. They are visually stimulating prints and you can't help but look for the point in the landscape where the train passed and took the image.
www.robintarbet.com
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