Art: Matthew Plummer-Fernandez turns digital distortions into mind-boggling sculptures

We’ve all been there: sitting cozily in bed, finally watching the new sense-crushing episode of Game of Thrones, when suddenly an unexpected interruption of pixels shatters the harmony of your screen, distorting the familiar and creating in its stead an array of jagged and perplexing malfunctions.

British/Colombian artist and designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez turns these irritating incidents into art, giving shape to the the fleeting but frequent battles that occur between pop-culture and the medium of its consumption.

Using 3D printing to transform everyday images into sculptural glitches, Matthew critically and playfully examines contemporary technological entanglements. On his site he explains that his artistic interests lie in examining “span bots, algorithms, automation, copyright and file-sharing”: his intriguing renderings manage to give these shapeless online obstacles a solid, interrogative form.