"Cable Network", 1989

scanner print
30 x 74.1 cm (11 13/16 x 29 3/16 inches) (plate)
Gift of the artist in honor of Franklin Robinson 1992.037
Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI.

"As a sci-fi aficionado with a background in illustration and graphic design, I was ready to engage software programs when computer-scanner linkups to large format printers became available. 

"Cable Network" was the 3rd image in sequence using new digital tools. Prominent art writer Peter Frank cited my work as a pioneering influence of the early 1990's.

In context of "Robotic Portaiture", my travelling solo, "Cable Network" circulated to domestic and overseas venues for two decades. Independently, it was the first-ever computer print to be exhibited in the "International Graphic Triennale, Krakow", 1991.

In 1992, The Providence Journal featured "Cable Network" with review for a breakthrough exhibition at the Warwick Center for the Arts.

The favorable exposure lead to acquisition of the exhibit piece for the RISD Museum print collection."

—Deena (Coty) des Rioux