I regard the flatbed scanner as a digital camera that takes photographs one sliver at a time over the course of minutes. In "A Form Rut" I take that prolonged exposure as an opportunity to misuse the scanner. During a pass, I take a magazine cover and turn it by hand in a number of choreographed patterns and moves. Though the scanner is an instrument of reproduction built for stillness, it can convey motion in a way particular to its mechanics. The result is a visual anagram reminiscent of a collage but made from a single “exposure” of the scanner.
