Voices in Contemporary Art: Electric Op—Artists Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Casey Reas, and Laura Splan in Conversation with Curator Tina Rivers Ryan
Thursday, September 26, 2024
7 pm - 8 pm EDT
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Mexican-Canadian, born 1967). Method Random 4, RANDU with a seed of 271828, using the most significant 24bits, 2014. Digital chromogenic LightJet print on Kodak Endura Gloss paper. 32 1⁄4 × 55 1⁄4 inches (81.9 × 140.3 cm). Collection Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
FREE
Lipsey Auditorium, Knox Building
Join us for a conversation between artists Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Casey Reas, and Laura Splan and curator Tina Rivers Ryan to celebrate the opening of Electric Op. The artists will discuss their digitally-generated works on view—which include a framed print on paper, real-time animation on a flatscreen, and a hanging textile—in the context of the relationship between abstract art, electronic technologies, and vision.
This event is free and open to the public; no registration is required.
The Stanford and Judith Lipsey Auditorium is located on the second floor of the Knox Building and can be accessed by the elevator across from the Family Room. There is accessible seating along both sides of the Auditorium, as well as in the two back corners. Assistive Listening Devices and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing are available upon request. To schedule an ASL interpreter for an event, please submit a request at least two weeks in advance. The closest restrooms are on the first floor of the Knox Building in the same hallway as the Moog Inc. Visitor Services Desk.
About the Speakers
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (he/him/his) is a media artist who develops platforms for public participation in urban, digital, and performative spaces. He was featured in the special Albright-Knox Northland exhibition Difference Machines and has had major solo exhibitions at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (2020); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2019); and the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada (2019).
Casey Reas is a professor at UCLA’s Design Media Arts program and a computational artist whose works are in collections including MoMA, the Centre Georges Pompidou, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2021 he founded Feral File, an online gallery for editioned digital art, which hosted the Buffalo AKG's Peer to Peer, an online exhibition and fundraiser. He is also renowned as the co-developer of Processing, a widely used programming language for creating visual art.
Laura Splan is an American artist working at the intersections of science, technology, and culture. Her research-based studio practice and interdisciplinary collaborations culminate in multimedia artworks, exhibitions, and events. Through embodied encounters that leverage sensations of touch, light, and sound, Splan’s work engages audiences with complexity through curiosity, wonder, and play. Splan’s internationally recognized artworks and exhibitions have been presented at the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Brooklyn Museum (NYC), Musea Brugge (Bruges), Museum of Arts & Design (NYC), among others and is represented in the collections of Thoma Art Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Sponsors
Electric Op is made possible through the generosity of the Generative Art Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support provided by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation.
The exhibition catalogue is presented by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Additional support for the catalogue is provided by the French American Museum Exchange (FRAME).
Electric Op is made possible through the generosity of the Generative Art Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support provided by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation.
The exhibition catalogue is presented by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Additional support for the catalogue is provided by the French American Museum Exchange (FRAME).
