Sorry for any cross posting... Ultimate Synaesthesia: Brian Eno's exhibition 77 Million Paintings.
Review by Ellen Pearlman. Ellen visits Brian Eno's exhibition 77 Million Paintings and attends his talk, both at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. These works consist of constantly evolving sound and image-scapes, in which Eno continues his exploration into light as an artist's medium and the aesthetic possibilities of "generative software." Both the music and the visuals in 77 Million Paintings are "generative" - a technique where the artist establishes specific parameters for the artwork to exist within, then lets a computer arrange the pieces. As Eno says, "We’re not seeing a film. There’s no beginning, there’s no progression, there’s no end, there’s no narrative, there’s no drama. In fact everything is missing that would normally be called art or entertainment." http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews/ultimate-synaesthesia "Ambient pioneer, glam rocker, hit producer, multimedia artist, technological innovator, worldbeat proponent, and self-described non-musician -- over the course of his long, prolific, and immensely influential career, Brian Eno was all of these things and much, much more. Determining his creative pathways with the aid of a deck of instructional, tarot-like cards called Oblique Strategies, Eno championed theory over practice, serendipity over forethought, and texture over craft; in the process, he forever altered the ways in which music is approached, composed, performed, and perceived, and everything from punk to techno to new age bears his unmistakable influence." Summery by Jason Ankeny. Ellen Pearlman is currently a Ph.D student at the University of Calgary, Canada in Computational Media and Design with a focus on Telmatics or artistic collaborations over the Syneme high speed networks She is Artistic Adviser to the Yuanfen Gallery, the very first gallery of new media in Beijing, China and part of the Yuanfen Flow (TM), the first independent, privately owned new media research institute in China. Ellen was on the Art Panel Review Board for SIGGRAPH ASIA in Yokohama, Japan and lectured on New Media at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), and the Communications and Animation University in Beijing, the Songzhuang Art Center, and universities in Wuhan and Tianjin as well as Columbia University and the MA Program in Digital Design at Parson School of Design. ————> Other Info: A living - breathing - thriving networked neighbourhood - proud of free culture - claiming it with others ;) Furtherfield – online arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the intersections of art, technology and social change. http://www.furtherfield.org http://identi.ca/furtherfield http://twitter.com/furtherfield Gallery/Space/Lab – physical media arts Gallery, London (Formally known as HTTP Gallery). http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibitions Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. http://www.netbehaviour.org _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
