Mimmo Cozzolino

DIGITAL ART artist statement

I often combine snippets of my photographs, drawings and paintings in my digital images. Also found photographs and various paper ephemera.

Inspired by surrealism, I regularly employ chance and random actions in my image making. I particularly admire the philosophy of John Cage and this composer’s predilection for chance to guide creative output.

The element of visual surprise that my process can, and often does produce, is what motivates me to keep creating: I want to be inspired by the images that come to the surface by chance and almost autonomously. They generally suggest other visual paths to explore. Only later do I try to imagine the meaning these images may offer, yet some images puzzle me completely, and I like this too. mc