Peggy Ahwesh, Nancy Burson, Copper Frances Giloth, GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS (Kurt Hentschläger & Ulf Langheinrich), Claudia Hart, Julia Heyward, Les LeVeque, Michael Rees, Chico MacMurtrie, Will Pappenheimer, Jennifer Steinkamp, Nina Sobell, Leslie Thornton, Penelope Umbrico, Susan Gamble & Michael Wenyon, Paul Wong, Grahame Weinbren, Adrianne Wortzel
Curated by Claudia Hart and Natasha Chuk
Opening Reception: Thursday July 17, 6-8pm
Opening Performance: 7pm by Chico MacMurtie
Other Performances/Presentations:
Sunday July 20, 4pm: Will Pappenheimer / Grahame Weinbren
Sunday August 3, 4:30pm: “Gamma Time” by Nina Sobell
w/ Ed Bear & Lucinda Jacobson
Microscope Gallery is pleased to present “The First Circle: Radical Humanism,” a group exhibition of works and live performances/presentations by groundbreaking digital artists curated by Claudia Hart and Natasha Chuk.
The exhibition was inspired by Hart’s personal search to identify and bring together a group of artists of her generation with similar artistic trajectories such as: transitioning into digital technologies from other mediums; working with “expressive, figurative and representational” imagery, rather than algorithmic and abstract; and creating innovative works that do not easily fit into prevailing and historical narratives.
The works in “First Circle: Radical Humanism” were made between 1974 and 2022 and represent a wide-range of approaches and technologies including computer drawings, 3-D animations, Machinima, installation, sculpture, holograms, mixed-media, photography, video, robotics and more. Restorations of several of the historical works that were completed within the past two years will be on view.
The curators also have plans for a catalog for their project which will feature the “computer origin stories” of thirty-seven artists including those in this exhibition.
Read the curator's statement and artist bios HERE:
https://tinyurl.com/4dmapd5k
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