Brandon Morse
dal 16/3/2006 al 28/4/2006
Segnalato da
16/3/2006
Brandon Morse
Conner Contemporary Art, Washington
Static. Using computer generated imagery displayed on LCD screens and projections, the artist programs complex systems that allow abstract elements to interact with one another. Each visual element exists within a set of rules.
Static
Conner Contemporary Art is very pleased to announce our first solo exhibition with
Washington DC based digital artist, Brandon Morse. Morse’s work has been seen at
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, at Strand on Volta, Washington, DC and most
recently in the DC citywide Found Sound project curated by Welmoed Laanstra.
Using computer generated imagery displayed on LCD screens and projections, Morse
programs complex systems that allow abstract elements to interact with one another.
Each visual element exists within a set of rules and those elements exist within a
virtual environment built by Morse. Only the element behaviors have been
pre-determined and not the movements themselves. Once the program is set in motion
the outcome is unknown and uncontrollable. A tension is thus created between the
artist’s invention and the generative capacity of technology.
In Run to Ground, the system is a dark, shadowy mass comprised of thousands of
molecules that slowly overtake and darken five LCD screens. Like ripples from a rock
being thrown into a still pond each of Morse’s molecules spread outward, their
destinies intertwined, their courses and trajectories altered with each collision.
In Spinnaker (the name suggests a type of sail for a boat) a black, vertical column
in a white field begins to unravel and the untangled lines form triangles and other
geometric forms. Eventually the entire structure disintegrates and then slowly
crumbles.
The programs themselves and the way that they behave may serve as a better indicator
of conceptual foundations than the visuals alone. Each of the pieces begins in a
state of order, devolves into a period of chaos, and ends in the absolute
disintegration of the system itself. Morse states that, “systems are created whose
sole purpose is to come undone, one population is overrun by another, objects yield
to the undeniable forces for their environment."
There will be an opening reception Friday, March 17th from 6-8pm. The artist will be
in attendance.
Conner Contemporary Art is also happy to announce a series of artist’s talks,
Discuss. Going beyond the typical artist talk format, these events will pair two
gallery artists in conversation about the current gallery exhibition and their modes
of practice. Attendance is limited to 35 guests; however, a podcast of each
‘conversation’ will be available for download on the gallery website or @
http://www.itunes.com
Saturday, April 1 @ 2pm: Brandon Morse and Dean Kessmann will discuss being
new-media artists.
Saturday, May 6 @ 2pm: Avish Khebrezadeh and Erik Sandberg will discuss figural
imagery / narrative in painting.
Saturday, June 24 @2pm : McCallum & Tarry and Mary Coble will discuss social
viewpoint in contemporary art.
Image: freight of images, 2006, 3 channels computer generated video on dvd displayed on 3 adjacent 15" lcd monitors. Duration: 11 minutes.
Conner Contemporary
1730 Connecticut Avenue, NW - 2nd Floor - Washington