ART+TECH EXHIBITION
// the cross section of fine art and creative experimentation with modern technology
OVERVIEW
// Facebook event banner (still from Keven Schlei's TC-11)
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EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Morehshin Allahyari, Bryan Cera, Jessica Ganger, Alycia Griesi, Fred Kaems, Scott Kildall, Pete Prodoehl, Maksym Prykhodko, Kevin Schlei, Nathaniel Stern, Adam Wertel, David Witzling CURATORS: Becky Yoshikane, Cristina Ossers EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING: TC-11 opening reception performance, Kevin Schlei Creativity within Immersion, Chris Willey + Immersive Media Lab Art+Tech Performance, Anthony D'Agostino, C. Olivia Valenza, Maksym Prykhodko DATES // LOCATION: 05 Jan. 2018 - 03. Feb. 2018 Var Gallery & Studios, 643 S 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI |
DOCUMENTATION
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// artwork
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// opening reception reel
// gallery install
// Shout, Maksym Prykhodko (de-install process)
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PROGRAMMING
ART+TECH PERFORMANCE
// 19 Jan. 2018
// Facebook event banner (provided by performers)
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EVENT DESCRIPTION:
As part of the Art+Tech Exhibition, Var Gallery will be presenting an evening of performances that explore the intersection between arts and technology using contemporary forms of music making. Performances will include experimentation with radio signals, light-based synthesizers, live processing, as well as acoustic instruments. Performers: Anthony D'Agostino – double bass, electronics, synthesizer C. Olivia Valenza – clarinet, electronics, synthesizer Maksym Prykhodko – electronics, synthesizer // performance reel
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CREATIVITY WITHIN IMMERSION
// 27 Jan. 2018
// Facebook event banner (provided by C. Willey)
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EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Art+Tech is teaming up with interdisciplinary creative, Christopher Willey for a free Virtual Reality workshop. The workshop will begin at 11:30am with a brief introduction by Chris about creating in immersive environments. Individuals will be able to draw/paint, sculpt, and design in a Virtual Reality. About Chris: Christopher Willey is an interdisciplinary creative and educator in Milwaukee, WI. Willey is a lecturer in Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin’s Peck School of the arts, and the creative director of UWM’s Immersive Media Lab. He teaches all levels of students at the intersection of art and technology. Willey is an accomplished lecturer, curator, and author. About the Immersive Media Lab: Willey founded the Immersive Media Lab at UWM in 2017. This interdisciplinary collaborative research environment focuses on the data and processes that lead to empathetic experiences such as augmented, virtual, and mixed reality. In the lab, Willey is researching the development of curriculum, overseeing new media projects, and exploring best practices within immersive media. |
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// event reel
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// event reel
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PRESS
Art+Tech @ VAR Gallery [ Milwaukee, WI ]
“...I realized I had walked into a show that embodies an animated .gif. Each piece is in motion, or references motion, or waits to be put in motion, or is paused.”
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The Medium Becomes the Message at Var Gallery’s 'Art + Tech'
"...12 artists who fixate on methods and processes of creating art where the medium is integral to the message."
- Shepard Express
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Briefiew: Art and Tech at VAR Gallery, Milwaukee
"How do we interact between the digital, selfhood, consumption, data, projection, play, community, and more?"
- Nathaniel Stern
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