VOID: The Presence of Absence

In communications, a code is a rule for converting a piece of information into another form or representation, not necessarily of the same type. In communications and information processing, encoding is the process by which a source performs this conversion of information into data, which is then sent to a receiver, such as a data processing system.
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“Code is the only language that is executable.”
Lev Manovich

VOID: The Presence of Absence
Opening May 18, 2007

In January of 2007, fourteen artists at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago began a fourteen-week investigation of the practice of programming for drawing.  According to Whitney curator Christiane Paul, code is the “paint and canvas” of the digital artist.  Yet code transcends traditional mediums because it enables artists to literally create their own tools.

VOID: The Presence of Absence exhibition presents a glimpse of the process of learning how to sketch in code.  The display of algorithmic drawings includes a series of emulators, or software that generates art using the compositional rules of Giorgio Morandi, Piet Mondrian. Sol Lewitt, and Ellsworth Kelly.  Other works include a group of information visualizations and creative responses to depicting time. 

Please join us for a reception on May 18th from 6-9pm.