Erwin Redl
dal 16/1/2008 al 3/5/2008
Segnalato da
16/1/2008
Erwin Redl
MCASD La Jolla, San Diego
Matrix II is a room-size installation which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to create a complete sensory experience, offering viewers a space that seems to multiply and recede in all directions, as if the walls were mirrored. The pure light emitted by the tiny electronic components that Redl uses in his pieces become the perfect medium to transfer the mental space of abstraction into sensual architectural installations.
Austrian-born artist Erwin Redl’s room-size installation, MATRIX II, opens January 17, 2008, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s La Jolla location. The work uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to create a complete sensory experience, offering viewers a space that seems to multiply and recede in all directions, as if the walls were mirrored. On view through May 4, 2008, MATRIX II will be exhibited for the first time at MCASD since entering the Museum’s collection in early 2007.
Using LEDs as an artistic medium and working in both two- and three-dimensions, Redl’s works redefine interior and exterior spaces by exploring architectural volumes. Floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall, the immersive work fills the gallery space with a grid of phosphor green LEDs, creating a visual web of light. The pure light emitted by the tiny electronic LED components that Redl uses in his pieces become the perfect medium to transfer the mental space of abstraction into sensual architectural installations.
The work will be on view in the largest and most prominent gallery of MCASD’s La Jolla location—the Carolyn and Jack Farris Gallery. During its time on view, Redl’s work will be seen in context to the MCASD-organized exhibition, Soundwaves: The Art of Sampling, which focuses on technology in a different way: the conjunction of art and sound in contemporary art, and how some artists appropriate the musical process of sampling in their work, either through the incorporation of found sound or through visual and material references.
The work has previously been on view at the Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria (2000); Special Effects, Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea (2002); Riva Gallery, New York, NY (2002); After Image, Wood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2003Borderline, Maubeuge, France (2004); EXIT, Créteil, Paris, France (2004); Licht!, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany (2004); and The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles (2005).
MATRIX II was acquired by MCASD with funds from the International Collectors and the Annenberg Foundation. The exhibition is sponsored by MCASD’s International Collectors.
Related Programs
In conjunction with the exhibition MATRIX II, Erwin Redl will lead a public talk about his work on Saturday, January 19, 2008, at 7 pm at MCASD’s La Jolla location. The talk is free to MCASD Members, $7 Non-Members.
Erwin Redl
Since 1997, Erwin Redl has investigated the term “reverse engineering” by translating the abstract aesthetic language of virtual reality and 3-D computer modeling into a physical architectural environment by means of large-scale light installations. His projects, which range from installations, CD-ROMs, drawings, Internet, and sound pieces, are assembled according to a narrow set of self-imposed rules inspired by computer code, which often incorporate algorithms and controlled randomness.
Redl’s large-scale light installations have been shown extensively in North America, Europe, and Asia. The artist holds an MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts, New York and a BA in Composition and Electronic Music from the Music Academy, Vienna, Austria.
More information on the artist is available online at http://www.paramedia.net/press.
Opening january 17, 2008
Mcasd La Jolla
700 Prospect Street - La Jolla
Hours: 11 AM – 6 PM Saturday through Tuesday; 11 AM – 9 PM Thursday and Friday; Closed Wednesday
Admission: MCASD Members FREE; 25 and under FREE; General Admission 10 dollars; Seniors (65+) 5 dollars; Military (w/ ID) 5 dollars