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Born and working in Dublin, Ireland, Cian Fanning is a graduate from the National College of Art & Design. Holding both an MFA and BA, he practices under the title 'Artist 2426.' This identifier, followed by a numeral, is a reference to mass production and the relationship between automation and consciousness. While the number is arbitrary, it is, nonetheless, constant. Currently his work is driven by the concept of 'lost knowledge' and the constructs of knowledge based industries. Technology and the application of scientific knowledge is clearly apparent, so too is ownership of such material, whether esoteric or exoteric. On a wider perspective, questions of automation and dexterity, individuality and compliance, the artisan and the mechanism prevail throughout his work. Each individual work often interrogates the framework of its own placement and presentation. Whether being cinematic, photographic or neither in its nature, the resulting output is influenced heavily by lens based media.
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Born and working in Dublin, Ireland, Cian Fanning is a graduate from the National College of Art & Design. Holding both an MFA and BA, he practices under the title 'Artist 2426.' This identifier, followed by a numeral, is a reference to mass production and the relationship between automation and consciousness. While the number is arbitrary, it is, nonetheless, constant. Currently his work is driven by the concept of 'lost knowledge' and the constructs of knowledge based industries. Technology and the application of scientific knowledge is clearly apparent, so too is ownership of such material, whether esoteric or exoteric. On a wider perspective, questions of automation and dexterity, individuality and compliance, the artisan and the mechanism prevail throughout his work. Each individual work often interrogates the framework of its own placement and presentation. Whether being cinematic, photographic or neither in its nature, the resulting output is influenced heavily by lens based media.
copyright © artist 2426 : designed by
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