Penelope Umbrico
Writer: Joven Delay
Editor: Jiani Wang
Image Credit: Artist
Videographer: Jiani Wang
Photographer: Jiani Wang
Salvaged from the junkyard that is the online web, Penelope Umbrico emerges as a master of appropriation, transforming discarded images into compelling artworks that delve into the depths of our consumerist world and the technology that appears to have, in turn, consumed it. Umbrico experiments with media to create her installations, videos come to life, large-scale collages take form, and collections of forgotten items find new purpose. Umbrico's process involves a relentless indulgence in open-sourced media, rescuing images left to gather digital dust. Disassembling and reassembling, she skillfully dissects, rearranges, and prints them, unveiling a visual tapestry that captures the essence of our digital age—full images, or perhaps, a collage of fragments.