Josh Liesicke

Originally, Cold Gold and Silicon were created to express my frustration with having to rely on digital communication throughout the UK’s first national lockdown. This started by creating darkroom prints and scans of computer parts and wires. As the work progressed, it started to move in more of an explorative direction, and my attitude towards the subject shifted. While I was initially using the project as a way to cope with the anxieties and disconnects that come with forced online spaces, I later found it to be a comfort. It became another means of escape – I was creating, designing, and owning my own digital world, to come to peace with my initial negative and difficult feelings.