Glitchener, Glitcherloo, and Cambglitche

Through his experimental photogrammetry process to capture images of publicly-accessible sites throughout Waterloo Region, Gabriel developed a digital landscape from which to isolate abstracted and distorted images depicting glitched local scenery and spontaneously-generated pareidolia characters. 

Gabriel's lens-based practice is the method through which he connected to Waterloo Region in developing Glitchener, Glitcherloo, and Cambglitche, with the intention to "... create large-scale printing installations, with abstracted digital images that could occupy the commercial advertising spaces in the public realm and act as portals to spaces of contemplation existing beyond the image plane. People interact with printed media in public when they see billboards, business signage, and window vinyls; as well as public transportation infrastructure such as bus-stop benches, shelters, and on buses and trains. Because of this constant bombardment of advertising in the public realm, I want to co-opt these spaces and materials such as transparent vinyls, billboards, and bus stop ads, to display images evoking the experience of observing the patterns of nature. Seeing esoteric abstract art in public with no context or message that tells anyone what they are or what they mean will invite the viewer to contemplate the work without pressure. The distorted forms, landscapes, and patterns these images depict will expose the viewer to the mysteries of nature and hopefully make them question the artificial world that we have built to keep nature at a distance."