“I'm interested in rendered shapes and atmospherics spaces. Just different ways of seeing an image.”
—Austin Lee
Rendered Birds represents a merging of digital and traditional printmaking techniques. While Lee initially drew these birds in virtual reality and ‘photographed’ them in the three-dimensional space, Pace Prints assisted the artist in translating the digital image into an intaglio print through a photogravure process. The resulting print, published in celebration of Earth Day, sees Lee utilize his continued experimentation in combining digital technologies with traditional media for the benefit of environmentalism. “I love birds and computers and nature and people, and I don’t think these things have to be at odds,” Lee remarked. “I am hopeful that there are solutions to environmental challenges that can make a safer world for everyone.”