Ryan Sargent

Ryan is a London-based designer whose research-driven practice is situated at the intersection between graphic design and fine art and aims to challenge the boundaries between these disciplines by exploring alternative modes of presenting research.  

He graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2015 with a BA (Hons) in Design and has since been freelancing and collaborating on various projects with design studios such as Studio Wan, Spencer Fenton, Hypebeast, Superimpose Global and It’s Nice That. 

My relationship to the digital is intense. I am chained to it. This dependency is evidenced by the marks and discolouration that are literally “burnt” onto my screen – shadows and memories of web browsers and applications long since closed. My weekly “screentime reports” serve as an unwelcome reminder of my hunger for more. But I carry on regardless, yearning more for the new view in than the view out. 

Is it possible to alter this relationship?  

My research over the last two years particularly the most recent project Screen Burn focuses on the space between the digital and physical. It explores how the physical world is being compressed and flattened onto the shiny surfaces of screens. Landscapes and horizons, from the Sierra Nevada to Yosemite Valley, are uncannily framed as views out of a window.

Viruses, Webs, Harvests, Streams, Torrents, Bugs, Farms, Queues and Clouds add yet more dimension to these landscapes forming a new view into the digital world. 

Is the view out being replaced by the view in?