Sounds like a great exhibition... however... I think it would be more correct to say that it has been "mostly rejected" as opposed to "mostly neglected". There have been many attempts to highlight the role of code in digital art but they haven't really managed to arouse much interest beyond the duration of single events. There was the Ars Electronica theme in 2003, "Code: The Language of our Time", the Whitney ArtPort's "CodeDoc" project in 2002. Plus, I personally participated in a number of exhibitions that were focused on artists' application of code including MakeArt in France, chmod +x in Holland, PixelAche in Finland and Programs At an Exhibition with Nick Montfort in Boston. These were all successful events but ultimately failed to spark an enduring interest in the code-side of digital and electronic artwork.
I'm not saying that we should stop trying. Just pointing out that it hasn't been neglected but rather, previous attempts haven't had much of a lasting impact. On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 6:37 AM furtherfield <furtherfiel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Preview: Friday, 8 April 2016, 7-9 PM > Exhibition: 9 April - 4 June 2016 > > CODE + POETRY > > Driessens & Verstappen, NL > LAb[au], BE > Manfred Mohr, USA - D > Frieder Nake, D > Casey Reas, USA > Sommerer & Mignonneau, AT/F > Roman Verostko, USA > > The exhibition `Code + Poetry´ refers to an aspect of coding, which has > been mostly neglected so far - the relationship between the written program > and its execution as an artwork on the screen. > > Since the 1960s the term `Concrete Poetry´ is a recurring topic. It is not > a coincidence that the influential philosopher Max Bense plays an important > role. His research on the aesthetics of digital art is significant as it > shows, that coding can be viewed as `Concrete Poetry´. > > The group exhibition at DAM Gallery displays international artists and > puts the written code into dialogue with the executed software. The > software manifests itself as an interactive installation, as a kinetic > sculpture or as endless developing software art on a screen. > > http://bit.ly/22xvZKx > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- P Thayer, Artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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