This essay was written in conjunction with Ernst Fischer: 18%, on view at CUE Art Foundation February 7 - March 14, 2015.

Through the lens of a camera, an object is captured. But what happens when you zoom in on an object to such a microscopic degree that the picture no longer resembles the thing it’s supposed to portray — or even its molecular components? The image collapses in on itself, until it is nothing more than a pixelated, flat plane that transmits no information.