BIOGRAPHY
Kenneth Burris
My work examines the relationship between constructed systems and natural forces, and the transformations that occur where they meet. I use landscape as a way to investigate how infrastructure, technology, time, and environmental processes shape the world we inhabit.
Rather than treating landscape as a fixed representation of place, I approach it as a structure through which change becomes visible. Technological systems establish forms and patterns, while erosion, atmosphere, water, and time influence how those structures are perceived.
Two bodies of work develop these investigations. Systems Becoming Landscape examines environments shaped by infrastructure and technological transition. Data Becoming Form extends this inquiry by using verified Bitcoin blockchain data as a structural source for constructing landscapes. The underlying information remains fixed, while its visual interpretation develops through artistic decisions.
My practice moves between three-dimensional modeling, AI-directed image development, drawing, print, and oil painting. These processes are recursive rather than sequential. A decision made during painting may return me to an earlier digital model or drawing, while individual works can remain independent of the larger process.
This approach has also informed my Direction Provenance Model, which examines authorship through the decisions, revisions, and refusals that shape a finished work.
Across these investigations, my interest remains consistent: how human decisions, technological systems, and natural processes interact to create the landscapes through which we understand change.