November 16, 2004
TIME/SPACE, GRAVITY, AND LIGHT
Opening: Wednesday, November 17, 5:00-7:30pm
November 17, 2004 - February 27, 2005
Milken Gallery @ the Skirball Center
Albert Einstein used the objective logic of mathematics to revolutionize the way we view nature's physical properties. The exhibition Time/Space, Gravity, and Light - which complements the Einstein exhibition - presents ways in which artists use science and technology to evoke a subjective, emotional response from the same physical phenomena. It features three award-winning contemporary art works:
Listening Post by Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin displays online chat rooms to demonstrate how information moves at the speed of light between remote points on our planet, allowing for instantaneous communication.
Protrude, Flow by Sachiko Kodama and Minako Takeno renders visible unseen forces of magnetic attraction, evoking behavior that seems to defy gravity. For the piece, the artists created a sleek fluid that responds to the pull of magnetic attraction and to the sounds in the gallery.
The Ambiguous Icons series by Jim Campbell shows us how much we rely on past perceptions when we piece together what seems to be recognizable imagery from an absolute minimum of information. Campbell's installation is made up of a handful of blinking LEDs and primitive-seeming screens.
$8 General, $6 Students and Seniors (free with admission to Einstein).
Posted by Perry at November 16, 2004 11:02 AM | TrackBackComments
The idea of magnetic fluid installation is great! I remember it's shown in New Media Show for Japanese's Recent 30 years in Beijing a couple of years ago when I was really fascinated by it.
Posted by: yuechuan at November 16, 2004 11:50 PM
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