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\nFrom “the _______ of strings and objects”, 2013,\u00a0browser-based moving image installation, 25-minute sequence
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\n new works by Ray Sweeten & Lisa Gwilliam<\/strong><\/span>
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\n OCTOBER 19 – DECEMBER 1<\/span>
\n Opening Saturday October 19, 6-9pm<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\nMicroscope Gallery is very pleased to present\u00a0Thresholds<\/em>,\u00a0the second solo exhibition of works by the artistic pair Ray Sweeten and Lisa Gwilliam, also known as DataSpaceTime. The artists – whose collaborations to date have centered around works utilizing the QR code – continue their exploration of\u00a0the culture of informatics and the thresholds of visual perception and recognition\u00a0with new browser-based installation works disrupting the\u00a0aesthetic and\u00a0processes of video and animated gifs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both works in\u00a0Thresholds<\/em>\u00a0utilize original videos recorded by the artists that have been deconstructed into as many as 25,000 animated gifs and then reassembled across a grid of phasing pivot points to create moving image works that play in localized browser windows (not through video playback devices).<\/span>
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\nIn “the _____ of strings and objects\u201d, images from the original video \u2013 escalator stairs, subway tunnels, burning sparklers, city traffic and other scenes – play, slightly offset, on each of two 60 inch LED screens. Subtle changes in light, motion, and content between and within the grids challenge the viewer\u2019s ability to recognize the familiar in this 25-minute looping work. A third browser, on a smaller screen, offers a real time report of the activities of the main screens – which are able to interact with each other through a web socket (a virtual open \u201cdoor\u201d) – including the rotations of the gifs, the state of the browsers, and other raw event-based messages.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the second installation, “if (an index) is occupied\u201d, a 10-minute, single monitor work based on the same technology as the first piece, the artists take the element of self-reflection further, featuring\u00a0the language and structures of software as both content and subject matter. The imagery \u2013 often seen as viewed through a magnifying lens \u2013 contains among others the actual code of the first written computer program (by Ada Lovelace) as well as the artists code used to generate the work itself. What is seen, although generated by a language is no longer that language, but an aestheticized by-product of its execution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thresholds<\/em>\u00a0by Ray Sweeten & Lisa Gwilliam (aka DataSpaceTime) opens at Microscope Gallery on Saturday, October 19 from 6 to 9pm, and runs through December 1, 2013.\u00a0Gallery Hours: Thurs to Mon 1-6PM, or by appointment.<\/span>
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\nSound and visual artist RAY SWEETEN and artist and set designer LISA GWILLIAM\u00a0debuted as the collaborative duo DataSpaceTime in November 2011 at Microscope Gallery with the exhibition \u201cthe optimal value for y\u201d. Their work most recently exhibited this month at\u00a0Dialogic, a group show at Rowan University Art Gallery in New Jersey. Their work has also been shown at Whitdel Arts, Detroit, Michigan; Festival A-part, Provence, France; Cyber Arts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA among others. Sweeten & Gwilliam\u2019s collaborative work has also been featured in\u00a0Hyperallergic<\/em>,\u00a0Blouin ArtInfo<\/em>,\u00a0Artspace<\/em>,\u00a0Cool Hunting<\/em>, and other publications.<\/span>
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From “the _______ of strings and objects”, 2013,\u00a0browser-based moving image installation, 25 minute sequence
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From “the _______ of strings and objects”, 2013,\u00a0browser-based moving image installation, 25-minute sequence \u00a9 Ray Sweeten & Lisa Gwilliam THRESHOLDS new works by Ray Sweeten & Lisa Gwilliam (aka DataSpaceTime) OCTOBER 19 – DECEMBER 1 Opening Saturday October 19, 6-9pm Microscope Gallery is very pleased to present\u00a0Thresholds,\u00a0the second solo exhibition of works by the artistic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11899","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11899"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12336,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11899\/revisions\/12336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}