Getting caught in the ephemeral seems impossible, but when encountering images that move and delve just as one begins to see their vitality, it is possible to transfix the cerebral and sensuous in a constant process of becoming.

Geometry Teacher Obsessed by Charlie Brown

Geometry Teacher Obsessed by Charlie Brown by Ben Austin

Ben Austin, Internet artist and poet is murooned on Tumblr, leaving the viewer with images that seem to move, morph, dabble in the constantly new, mimicking the state of mind and activity when scrolling through a Tumblr blog.

That Gumball Machine You Like Is Going To Come Back In Style by Ben Austin

That Gumball Machine You Like Is Going To Come Back In Style by Ben Austin

Playful titles such as “That Gumball Machine You Like Is Going To Come Back In Style” may offer context, but movement and layers are inviting enough to itch curiosity, which grows as the gaze moves downward; while scrolling, meaning-making becomes an active process.

Mini Golf

Mini Golf by Ben Austin

Movement tyrannizes the gaze with luscious colour scooped out of a sunny day. The cursor moves vertically, in opposition to the eyes, which move horizontally—both work simultaneously to trace the tongues of active colour. A change in the pace of consumption is achieved.

Aloe Subsidies

Aloe Subsidies by Ben Austin

Retinal stains synthesize in neon shock before the slow follow of pulsing bodies in heat. In purple whispers, a threshold is exceeded.

Movie Director Sitting on a Stoop by Ben Austin

Movie Director Sitting on a Stoop by Ben Austin

Sometimes comical, a potential subject lapsing in waves of gloom and rage. It’s all fun.

Here Comes Nothing by Ben Austin

Here Comes Nothing by Ben Austin

Pathways to a script or fabric overturn the purple approach. Ambiguity is invitation, subject is amalgam; the gaze is teased and you are scrolling slowly, staring.