Drew Connor Holland (b. 1994) is an artist based in Sydney, Australia. His work is about how we catalogue memories: in digital archives, in junk drawers, in our heads. Holland sees his work as contemporary archaeologies, collating our experiences of love and anxiety through the transformation of hoarded data. Using screenshots as his starting point he corrodes each image with analogue reproduction processes; the finished pieces reading as dilapidated visions of their original states. These works question how we value the data which surrounds us and act as an avatar or the myriad of reference points which we collate into our perception of ourselves.
Every work is rendered as fragile; each differing surface absorbs or rejects elements of the image depending on their material qualities. Instead of slick and new their finish is battered and old — like a crumbling fresco or tapestry. In this state they force a gentle hand and ask for care.