010101: Art in Technological Times.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Perhaps it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to look at "newmedia art" as a response to new media (rather than as work that merely incorporates aspects of the digital world). That, at least, is the premise behind this ambitious, Intelsponsored exhibition. At precisely one minute after midnight on Jan. x, commissions by Mark Napier Mark Napier can refer to more than one person: - Mark Napier (historian), a Scottish historian
- Mark Napier (ice hockey), a professional ice hockey player
- Mark Napier (artist), an American internet artist
- [Mark Napier](water purification specialist-Napiertech.com)
, Belgium's Entropy8Zuper!, and other early Net-art stars will be launched online. The real-world component of "010101," opening in March, will feature digital art and, surprisingly, some analog works as well: a Brian Eno Brian Eno (pronounced IPA: /ˌbraɪən ˈiːnəʊ/) born on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) is an English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. sound installation, a Sarah Sze Sarah Sze (born 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American artist and sculptor based in New York and Cambridge. She is known in particular for site-specific ephemeral sculptures, in which thousands of small everyday objects are assembled into fragile, sweeping forms. assemblage, a Lee Bul sculpture. But the inclusion of Luddites isn't paradoxical: All the works here address the ubiquity of digital technology. Mar. 3-July 8.
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