All images Courtesy by the artist
City scapes, from London to Tokyo, feature as a backdrop for his investigation into the tool of photography. Fascinated by its reproductive nature, Cairns explores never-seen-before processes and formats to create his work.
TYO2_080
2018
Inkjet on 247 blue and green computer punch cards Negative date 2016
157.7 x 243.1 cm
TYO2_107
2018
Inkjet on 247 cream with coloured stripes computer punch card Negative date 2016
157.7 x 243.1cm
TYO3_072
2019
Inkjet on 70 orange and peach computer punch cards negative date 2019
83 x 131cm
CTY
Installation view
Akio Nagasawa Gallery, Aoyama, Tokyo Japan
April 2019
NYC05
2020
Inkjet on cream with blue coloured stripe computer punch cards Negative date 2015
83 x 131 cm
LA LV 57
2018
Inkjet on 70 pink peach and orange computer punch cards Negative date 2015
83 x 131 cm
OSC
Installation view
The Tale of Gordon Earl Adams
Installation view
Festival Image, Vevey, Switzerland
September 2018
LDN06
2019
Inkjet on 70 blue and pink computer punch cards Negative date 2010
83 x 131 cm
SHAPE OF LIGHT 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND ABSTRACT ART
Tate Modern, London
May - October 2018
Photo: Ollie Hammick
SHAPE OF LIGHT 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND ABSTRACT ART
Tate Modern, London
May - October 2018
Photo: Ollie Hammick
TYO2 LDN4
installation view
Roman Road London, 2017
Courtesy of Roman Road and the artist
Photo: Ollie Hammick
IBM OSC56
2018
Photo: Bas Czerwinski
OSC56
2016
Inkjet on 108 cream, green and blue computer punch cards Negative date 2015
96 x 168.3 cm
Photo: Ollie Hammick
framed TYO4_014
InkJet on Original IBM cobol form
21.5 x 34.2 cm
Printed 2020
LDN4_20
2018
Inkjet on 108 cream with coloured stripes computer punch cards negative date 2015
99.6 x 168.3 cm
E.I. OSC2_015
2021
E-ink screen encapsulated in Perspex box
Negative Date 2019
10.1 x 12.9 cm
20 x 20 x 3.2 cm with frame
E.I. LA-LV_120
2021
E-ink screen encapsulated in Perspex box
Negative Date 2015
10.1 x 12.9cm
20 x 20 x 3.2 cm with frame
E.I. LA-LV_57
2016
E-ink screen encapsulated in Perspex box
Negative Date 2015
10.1 x 12.9cm
20 x 20 x 3.2 cm with frame
PXL CTY
Installation view
What Remains, Encoutner Contemporary, 2021
