Class Presentations

Living Computers:

Laurent Mignonneau and Chirsta Sommerer joined with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer were the artists that were focused on the exhibition. While Mignonneau and Sommerer focus on smaller, scientific aspects of their work, Hemmer focuses more on the architectural principles. Hemmer, a electronic artist, uses robotics, projections, sound, sensors, internet, and large scale installations with new technologies. Pulse Park, located in Madison Square Park, was a fascinating piece that was presented. The park lights up according to the individual’s heartbeat, lighting up the whole park. Midnonneau and Sommerer use interactive computer installations and scientific principles in their work. In their Interactive Plant Growing, the sensors correspond to touch onto artificial plants. This gives the viewer a greater appreciation for plants as it changes color, which was my favorite part of their work. The artists use human interaction as well as hands on qualities into their work. These artists were really a great pair.

Independence:

The presentation of Q.S. Serafijn and Gerhad Mantz showed great beauty in their artwork. While Serafijn uses digital media to explore free of gravity and sees hidden beauty and adds to reveal it, Mantz takes the beauty of nature and makes it digital; he sees the hidden beauty and digitally manipulates the images to capture it. Serafijn’s D Tower is an interesting piece that involves with the viewers; the tower changes colors according to how the majority of the people feel. This exemplifies the concept of taking digital features and making them into reality.

Define Structure:

This exhibition incorporated Erwin Redel with Hani Rashid and Lisa Anne Couture. This was especially interesting to me because Emma and I focused on Redel as well. They focused on his larger scale works, using LED lighting. Redel plays with simplicity and emotions, while the others focus on the subconscious. Rashid and Couture’s work were very large and extravagant. As the artists produce experimental art, they fit very well together, making the exhibition a unique place.


Future Shock/ Love Sounds:

Dan Deacon and Danny Perez were the artists in the exhibition. would make a perfect pair in an exhibition such as this, their stylistic manner and synesthesia being so cohesive; this exhibition would truly be a sublime juxtaposition. The information provided and the videos displayed offered the viewer with vast understanding and comprehensions of both individual artists. All I have to say now is when this exhibit is comes into play, sign me up for opening night.

Perceptions:

The two artists that challenge the same types of themes and create new environments are Gregory Scott and Oliver Wasow. Both dealing with perception, the two artists differ in various ways. Scott challenges definitions of photography, painting, and video. He challenges the viewer’s perception of truth and reality, art and non-art. Intentionally showing the difference between mediums, the artwork suggests issues of isolation. Wasow, however, makes the separation between the mediums less apparent, making the works seem more realistic, but surreal. These artists make a great exhibition and I really enjoyed the pieces they presented.

Future Shock Love Sounds:

This exhibition differed from all the rest because of the sound artists that were used. Dan Deacon and Danny Perez were the focus of this exhibition and both are known for their sound art and sound manipulation. They both relate in their experience and long lasting effects of new technology and instruments with psychedelic art. Deacon is known for starting wham city and works with other artists. I was really fascinated that Dan Deacon made the music videos for Animal Collective, especially because I love their music.

Mechanical Creations:

Ken Rinaldo and Ken Feingold deal with technological elements with natural elements. While Fiengold studies more in depth, Rinaldo focuses more on darker topics that require the viewer to think more. Blurring the boundaries between the organic and inorganic, he uses the movement of the body and converts it into something robotic. Feingold, known for video, drawing, and film, deals with the interaction between humans and the virtual world; he questions the meaning of intelligence, something that is hard to define in our everyday lives.