LAPTOP LOVERS
James Hutchinson, Clive Jackson, Dominic Smith, Sneha Solanki
4 Dec - 10 Jan 2003
ICA Digital Studio, opening times Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 4-8pm, Saturday 2-6pm
A curated exhibition showcasing new work from four
leading new media artists based in the North East of England. All the artists
playfully explore the use of software as a tool to create work that subverts the
conventional use of the technology. 'Beautiful Square' by James
Hutchinson depicts the movement of a white pixel (extracted from Final Cut
Pro software) across black space. By removing the square from the original
software and controlling its movement through key frame animation he alludes to
both retro computer game Pong and inverts Malevich's painting 'Black Square'.
Clive Jackson's work follows this aesthetic of the pixel, in 'Laptop
Dancers' we are presented with moving black pixels and random ASCII characters,
which gradually emerge into a figurative image of male and female club dancers.
Jackson is interested in the process of stripping images to their core
components of black and white values. Dominic Smith works with live
streaming and also performs as gameboy musician Spoonbender. 'Micro Psychic' is
a live streaming project linking a local clairvoyant in the northern seaside
town of South Shields to the ICA. A remote digital fortune telling
experience! Sneha Solanki will be creating a new
networked piece for the ICA based on an earlier installation ‘The Lovers’.
'Timebomb' is a three machine networked piece that transfers strings of code
from a popular virus between each of the networked machines.
Additional programming on James Hutchinson's work by Andrew Richardson.
LAPTOP LOVERS OPENING EVENTS
Live: Micro Psychic
4 December, 4pm-7pm
A one off chance to hear your fortune read by our resident Micro Psychic in South Shields. To book your appointment please contact ICA Box Office on 020 7930 3647.
Talk: James Hutchinson & Clive Jackson
4 December, 7-8pm
James Hutchinson and Clive Jackson will talk informally about their work in conversation with exhibition curator Rebecca Shatwell.
LAPTOP LOVERS CLOSING EVENT
Talk: Dominic Smith & Sneha Solanki
9 January, 7-8pmJoin the artists Dominic Smith and Sneha Solanki for an informal discussion about their work and the role of human intervention in new media art.
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