Random Access: Data as Art

February 3 – March 31, 2012

Reception: Thursday, February 2, 5 - 8 pm

Joelle Dietrick Artist Talk: 1/30 11:30 am
Reese Inman Artist Talk: 2/28 11:30 am

Joelle Dietrick, Data House Cloud, 2010, Digital animation (4:05)

Joelle Dietrick, Sherman's Wall, 2012, Latex paint on wall, site-specific installation

Reese Inman, Discovery Channel Super Mario, 2010, Digital video

Reese Inman, Invention II, 2009, Acrylic on panel

Nathalie Miebach, Hurricane Noel II, 2009, Paper, cardboard, bamboo, data

Nathalie Miebach, Hurricane Noel (Score), 2010, Ink on paper, data

Nathalie Miebach, Loneliness of a White Knuckler, 2009, Reed, wood, wire, paper, data

Nathalie Miebach, Loneliness of a White Knuckler, 2009, Ink on paper, data

Nathalie Miebach, Sun Gnomen for Stormy Night, 2009, Wood, reed, data

Nathalie Miebach, External Weather Internal Storm (Score and Legend), 2009, Ink on paper, wood, reed, data

Casey Reas, Process 14, 2008, Text, unique custom software, projection, documentation

Casey Reas, Process Compendium (Introduction), 2004 - 2010, Digital video

Featuring Joelle Dietrick, Reese Inman, George Legrady, Nathalie Miebach, Casey Reas

Each of the artists in this exhibition uses data as a source to define the visual outcome of the pieces. Random Access explores the stories that are revealed as data becomes visualized as works of art. Joelle Dietrick mixes data regarding foreclosed homes and Sherwin-Williams 2007 Color Forecast paints. Reese Inman uses mapping source imagery of an existing space and remixes it with the visual surface of another to create a visualization of the space between them. George Legrady focuses on aesthetic research through integrating data mapping, data visualization and self-organizing algorithms into interactive art installations. Nathalie Miebach translates scientific data related to astronomy, ecology and meteorology into woven sculptures. Casey Reas illustrates the forms, behaviors, and elements that are the foundation of software that combines drawing with generative processes to explore a network.