Although Benjamin Pompe (b. 1997) primarily works with digital media, his pieces often take on a physical form through the application of 3D printing/sculpture, installation and performance. He creates imagined scenes that draw on a variety of sources to investigate the position of the self in fictionalised spaces. Pompe uses these contemporary techniques to interpret stories and tales, ultimately to reflect on the liquid state of the self in a world dominated by technology. Visually, his work references and samples symbols of the online world and video games and connects with a range of historical narratives, artefacts, architectures and mythologies. The collaged nature of this production process introduces a tension between the tangible and the virtual, and between fact and fiction.
