Atoms + Bytes
March 04, 2016 - June 26, 2016
Atoms + Bytes
Redefining Craft in the Digital Age
Atoms + Bytes
"Anything feels possible—and many of those possibilities are on delightful display in [Atoms + Bytes]" –The Seattle Times
Today's makers have access to a wider array of tools, materials, and processes than ever before. Digital methods such as scanning and imaging, coding, CNC-milling, and rapid prototyping not only influence the way objects are designed, manufactured, and distributed, but also affect our relationships with them.
Atoms + Bytes: Redefining Craft in the Digital Age showcases works by international and local makers situated at the intersection of the digital and the analogue worlds. These artists, craftspeople, and designers excel in material practices that span millennia of craft traditions, while drawing on digital tools to develop innovative ways of making. The integration of these atoms and bytes, building blocks of matter and information, generates the new forms and typologies that shape our changing world.
Through the presentation of works that embody mergers of traditional and digital processes and materials, Atoms + Bytes reframes the conversation about the place of technology within the historical trajectory of object-making and offers an invitation to reevaluate the way we place value on craft and define "hand-made."
Artists
Faig Ahmed, Azerbaijan |
John Balistreri, USA |
Doug Bucci, USA |
Adam Chau, USA |
Emily Cobb, USA |
Michael Eden, UK |
Yael Friedman, Israel |
Front Design, Sweden |
gt2p (Great Things to People), Chile |
Tobias Klein, Germany/UK/Hong Kong |
Joris Laarman, Netherlands |
Aaron Levine, USA |
Ligorano/Reese, USA |
Studio*Mrmann/Geoffrey Mann, Scotland |
Anna Mlasowsky, Germany/USA |
Rael San Fratello, USA |
Unfold and Tim Knapen, Belgium |
Norwood Viviano, USA |
Marcel Wanders, Netherlands |
Tammy Young Eun Kim, South Korea/USA |
Gwendolyn Zierdt, USA |
Amit Zoran, Israel |
Exhibition Credit & Sponsors
Atoms + Bytes: Redefining Craft in the Digital Age is organized by Bellevue Arts Museum and curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken. This exhibition was supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture.
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