Matthias Danberg

Born in 1981 I grew up in an analog world that just started to make its first steps into the digital realm. I played the first videogames consisting of just a few pixels on a monochromatic screen. I painted my first digital abstract paintings with what will later become mspaint. I watched the polygons grow from simple abstract lines to now high resolution shapes. The landline phones of my childhood were slowly replaced by digital devices smarter than the rockets that landed on the moon. While the digital pushed into our lives the cold war ended, the internet bubble collapsed, the twin towers were crushed, the economy had to be saved a couple of times, social media tried to replace the social life and a virus took the world hostage.

In 2007 I put the oil colors aside and started to work with pixels to find an appropriate form for the monumental changes we face going forward. Based on my studies of fine art and philosophy the idea of the monumental pervades my animations, pictures and 3d-prints. For more uninteressting information take a look at my CV.