Oliver Pauk

Chronos/Synthesis, a solo exhibition that spans dimensions

Physically at 240 Queen St. E, Toronto and virtually on the Art Gate VR platform

2/12/2022 - 28/02/2023.

Oliver Pauk’s work centres around photographic, sculptural, and video-based elements straddling the boundary between physical and digital art. His specific interest lies in exploring the ways in which digitally captured objects can be translated back into the physical realm. Objects in a digital state can fluctuate between mediums as they are edited and reformatted, allowing Pauk to engage with this idea by presenting his work across various mediums. 

Chronos/Synthesis, Oliver Pauk’s inaugural collaboration with Sky Fine Foods, is an accumulation of time and work from the past 5 years. Finely textured forms emerge as attentive explorations of hand and digitally-processed objects, challenging expectations of physical and digital art. 

Expanding the pursuits of earlier work Pauk involves an ongoing investigation of the dimensionality between the digital, abstraction, and representation. In his newest works, an additional, self-referential approach emerges via hand-carving methods on soft woods and high-density foam. 

This progression replicates visual elements and patterns often seen 

in computer-aided fabrication processes. The resulting presentation is a collection of 3D printed, CNC milled, and hand carved sculptures, alongside video and Augmented Reality (AR) objects. 

Video

Sculpture

Augmented Reality