Rules, codes, and choreographies in art, 19652018 whitney museum of american art, new york, september 28, 2018april 14, 2019. Software structures artport whitney museum of american art. Sep 07, 2018 commissioned by the whitney museum of american art for its artport website ap. After working with the lewitt plans, i created three structures unique to software. For each, you may view the software, source code, and comments. Whitney commissioned software structures, an online project by. The main focus is on the use of digital media as part of the art production and the dialogue with digital culture. A critical approach to generative art 29, whitelaw suggests the notion of systemstories to denote. These software structures are text descriptions outlining dynamic relations between elements. Screenshot of the version of artport launched in 2002 following artport 1. Is the history of conceptual art relevant to the idea of software as art. It analyses the research process started in 2001 through classification tables and personal and bibliographic documentation from the last decade to conclude by preparing a definition of the study.
Software structures, artport whitney museum of american art, new york, usa 2016. Casey reass software structures 2004, an artport project inspired by sol lewitts wall drawings and the legacy of conceptual art, will be shown alongside a lewitt wall drawing. Online exhibitions werent born yesterday the whitney launched its. Reas states that he often spends a few days writing a piece of technical code and then works with it intuitively as if a drawing, erasing, reshaping and holding the surface through instinctual. The catalyst for this project is the work of sol lewitt, specifically his wall drawings. Since 2003 wolf lieser has established dam gallery in berlin. Whitney museum of american art 99 gansevoort street new york, ny 10014 212 5703600. This work took me awhile to notice because it took up the whole wall, and the whole color palette is muted and dark, comparing to the other pieces around it. The whitney museum portal to net art macromedia flash. Scroll down to the bottom of the code to launch its results. The recode project invites people to port older works into new languages. Aug 22, 2016 this code explores the potential influences of sol lewitts work on contemporary works of software.
Reas created three unique structures which were then implemented as 26 pieces of software. This code explores the potential influences of sol lewitts work on contemporary works of software. A critical approach to generative art 29, whitelaw suggests the notion of systemstories to denote a translation or narration of the procedural. Code interface concept, literaturhaus stuttgart, 11. It is interesting to note how in software art theory, the formulation of a definition continually interweaves with this retrospective investigation. I began to answer the question by implementing three of lewitts drawings in software and then making modifications. His piece software structures 2004 is part of a larger collection that explores the relationship between naturally occurring systems and those artificial ones. Generative artists 60210a electronic media studio 2. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Screenshot of software structures, by casey reas with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan. To put focus on the process instead of the end product is not new in the art world, but software art exemplifies this approach. Twentysix pieces of software derived from these structures were written to isolate different components of software structures including interpretation, material, and process. Notations, algorithms and codes powerpoint presentation free to download id. Casey reas software structures project at the whitney museums artport is a great example of the application of coding to visual art.
Remove this presentation flag as inappropriate i dont like this i like this remember as a favorite. Whitney museum of american art 99 gansevoort street new york, ny 10014 212. Proposal of strategies to develop a taxonomy of digital narrative. Originally created by casey reas with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan, software structures was restored by reas in 2016 to work well with contemporary web browsers. Whitney is an alum of mtvs the hills, as well as an entrepreneur, podcaster, and lifestyle influencer. The gravity applet provided the background image for this page. But when i look closely at it, the figures are actually changing as time passes. Inspired by sol lewitts wall drawings, software structures explores the relevance of conceptual art to the idea of software as art. Casey reas with robert hodgin, william ngan, jared tarbell. Dam gallery is based on the virtual digital art museum, which was founded in 1998. Conceptual art and software art linkedin slideshare. She found early success on youtube with a parenting series called i. Software art does not take software for granted and therefore it also acknowledges the importance of the creation process of software cramer 2002. Additive manufacturing offers significant benefits to the production of jet engines, said lynn gambill, chief engineer, manufacturing engineering and.
Casey edwin barker reas born 1972, also known as c. Through defining emergent networks and layered instructions, he has defined a unique area of visual experience that builds upon concrete art, conceptual art, experimental animation, and drawing. Software structures was created in 2004 by casey reas in association with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan and was restored in 2016 by casey reas. The original software was created as java applets which are no longer widely supported in web browsers. Reas is perhaps best known for having created, with ben fry, the processing programming language. This exploratory article seeks to justify the development of a personal taxonomy of the. Although the process works originated from the structure works, they are separate projects. Jun 20, 2011 his piece software structures 2004 is part of a larger collection that explores the relationship between naturally occurring systems and those artificial ones. Proposal of strategies to develop a taxonomy of digital. A fantastic web site of generative art links by mikael hvidtfeldt christensen. Barbara lattanzis films, videos, internet art, and generative software works have been screened and exhibited widely, including venues such as the ann arbor film festival, harvestworksnyc, the european media art festival, the new museum, microscope gallery brooklyn, squeaky wheelbuffalo, file festivalsao paulo brazil, albrightknox art gallery, and museum of modern art. Please adjust your java security settings for whitney museum artport, in order to launch the programme. Software art grew out of this situation and so inherits its genealogy, or rather, the tendency to reconstruct its own genealogical tree. Artport commissions whitney museum of american art.
The catalyst for this project is the work of sol lewitt. This set of texts was completed as a part of the software structures project, commissioned by the whitney museums artport in 2004. Inspired by sol lewitts wall drawings, software structures explores the relevance. The restored project launched on september 9 on artport. Working extensively as both artist and scientist, giorgini was one of the first computer artists to combine software writing with early printing technologies, leaving an aesthetic legacy in the field of. Software structures launched 2004, restored 2016 codedoc. Reas or casey reas, is an american artist whose conceptual, procedural and minimal artworks explore ideas through the contemporary lens of software.
They were created for the software structures project, commissioned by the whitney museum of american arts artport in 2004. In the section on commissioned digital art projects, the current lineup includes the dumpster valentines day, 06 by golan levin with kamal nigam and jonathan feinberg, blog posts about breakups scavenged in 2005, and software structures by casey reas with robert hodgin, william ngan, jared tarbell exploring the idea of software as art. The scout report volume 12, number 7 internet scout. To put focus on the process instead of the end product is not new in the art world, but software art exemplifies this approach appropriate to contemporary conditions cox 2007, p. Commissioned by the whitney museum of american art for its artport. A surface filled with one hundred medium to small sized circles. Unless otherwise noted, the software was created with processing. This presentation will be the first time these works have been shown as largescale installations and in dialogue with other work from the collection. First implemented in processing by casey reas in 2004, ported to p5.
The spectrum spans from the pioneers of the 1960s, through the net art artists of the 1990s to the artists after 2000. The adobe flash plugin is needed to view this content. Sol lewitt inspired piece software structures, which was launched in. Commissioned by the whitney museum of american art for its artport website ap. Casey reass writing on software structures and his reference to sol le witts method of wall drawings was an influence on my thinking process. A turing machine applet, with lots of examples and several. Access original works of art commissioned specifically for artport by the whitney. Casey reas created three unique structurestext descriptions outlining dynamic relations between elementswhich were then implemented. Each circle has a different size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate. How can we overcome the common ground in the processes of visual design in. Casey reas has created a marvellous exploration of software structures at whitney artport. Whitney was born on june 18th, 1993 in the czech republic.
Whitney ports office pictures 9 ideas to steal from whitney ports office makeover. In 1975 aldo giorgini developed a software program in fortran called fields, a numerical visual laboratory devoted entirely to art production. Rules, codes and choreographies in art, 19652018 from nam june paiks 1960s experiments to alter images on a tv screen to ian chengs use of chatbots and jonah bruckercohen and katherine moriwakis comments on celebritymaking through software that tracks twitter feeds for reality tv shows, this exhibition spans 50 years of programmed works. His attempt is to compare the similarity to the human systems, but also to signify the quantitative bounds which these systems have. The process series starts its numbering at 4 because of a series of texts titled structure 1 3 that came before. I created three example software structures to search for relationships. Software structures whitney museum of american art. Barbara lattanzis films, videos, internet art, and generative software works have been screened and exhibited widely, including venues such as the ann arbor film festival, harvestworksnyc, the european media art festival, the new museum, microscope gallery brooklyn, squeaky wheelbuffalo, file festivalsao paulo brazil, albrightknox art gallery.
The software structures develop in a vague domain of image and then mature in the more defined structures of natural language. Originally launched in 2001, artport provides access to original art works commissioned specifically for artport by the whitney, documentation of net art and new media art exhibitions at the whitney, and new media art in the museums collection. More generative artists 15104 introduction to computing. Screenshot of software structures by casey reas with jared tarbell, robert hodgin. Casey reas writes software to explore conditional systems as art. Created by casey reas in association with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan. Unless otherwise noted, the code was written with processing and p5. To further define the concept of software structures, i wrote and commissioned twentyfour implementations of these structures to isolate different aspects including. Day, 06 by golan levin with kamal nigam and jonathan feinberg, blog posts about breakups scavenged in 2005, and software structures by casey reas with robert hodgin, william ngan, jared tarbell.
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