Fresh Projects: Shimmer
10 Nov - 30 Dec 2005
Fresh Projects: Shimmer
November 10 - December 31, 2005
New Museum of Contemporary Art / Chelsea
Media Lounge
Fresh Projects act as a showcase for emerging artists working in all aspects of the digital medium. Shimmer presents two installations, created using generative software, that reconfigure the gallery into a laboratory for innovation in the use of scale and material. In Waken, Beth Coleman and Howard Goldkrand use a code that emulates the movement of bees in nature to create sound that is characterized by diversity, accident, and spontaneous growth. This work, which continues their investigation into system design and generative forms, creates a kind of electronic-architectural distortion of space. In Bifid, Alisa Andrasek uses a form of "design intelligence"—a combination of genetic engineering techniques and design software—to create a field of intricate and translucent fabric structures. Here, Bifid takes the form of an architectural installation, but in theory, it could manifest itself as an infinitely customized design product, the surface of clothing, or a dynamic sound pattern.
© Alisa Andrasek, biothing, Bifid, 2005. Photo: Jason Mandella.
November 10 - December 31, 2005
New Museum of Contemporary Art / Chelsea
Media Lounge
Fresh Projects act as a showcase for emerging artists working in all aspects of the digital medium. Shimmer presents two installations, created using generative software, that reconfigure the gallery into a laboratory for innovation in the use of scale and material. In Waken, Beth Coleman and Howard Goldkrand use a code that emulates the movement of bees in nature to create sound that is characterized by diversity, accident, and spontaneous growth. This work, which continues their investigation into system design and generative forms, creates a kind of electronic-architectural distortion of space. In Bifid, Alisa Andrasek uses a form of "design intelligence"—a combination of genetic engineering techniques and design software—to create a field of intricate and translucent fabric structures. Here, Bifid takes the form of an architectural installation, but in theory, it could manifest itself as an infinitely customized design product, the surface of clothing, or a dynamic sound pattern.
© Alisa Andrasek, biothing, Bifid, 2005. Photo: Jason Mandella.