Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) - Art, Science & Technology

EXQUISITE

An International Open Competition & Exhibition
of Digital Prints
at
the New York Hall of Science
October 1, 2005 – January 15, 2006
Organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)

Digital'05: EXQUISITE, ASCI's seventh annual, international open competition and exhibition, examines what artists and scientists would like to reveal to us about the nature of the exquisite in all of its ramifications. Many contemporary artists have become adept at using computer graphics and other imaging and high-tech data translation tools to realize exquisite digital prints. Many of the images in this exhibition could never be accomplished by the human hand alone, and some are those that the human eye cannot see alone. These include: algorithmically hybridized flowers, images produced by computations from Strange Attractor equations, infrared landscapes, images exploring the mathematical structures of nature, and even those made by using computer code that simulates the behaviors of charged particles colliding in a bubble chamber.

Twenty-one artists were selected from 266 international entrants [from as far away as New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Argentina, as well as across the United States and Canada] to create this year's exhibition.

PARTICIPANTS OF EXQUISITE:
Rachel Blaser [Hawaii]; Lucia Bucklin [Conneticut]; Carol Schaller Carmichael [Pennsylvania]; Helyn Davenport [Florida]; Carole Desbois [France]; Abigail Doan [NYC]; Bill Dolson [New Mexico]; Mark Dyer [Colorado]; Brian Evans [Alabama]; Barbara Friedman [NYC]; Robert Gates [NY]; Marjorie Graterol [Texas]; Carter Hodgkin [NYC]; Daniel Howe [NYC]; Shannon Keegan [Oregon]; Robert Krawczyk [Illinois]; Chi Wah Man [Hong Kong]; Patricia Russotti [NY]; Dennis Summers [Michigan]; Rosa Tato [Australia]; and Betsy Weis [NYC].

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
ASCI was one of the first organizations in the world to recognize the digital print as a valid fine art product in 1998 by organizing an afternoon panel discussion, "Collectibility & the Digital Print." This event was held in The Great Hall at Cooper Union, New York City, in conjunction with ASCI's first international digital print competition/exhibition. www.asci.org/Digital98/digipanel.html

ABOUT ASCI:
Founded in 1988, Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) is one of the few art & technology members organizations in the USA. Established primarily as a network for artists who either use or are inspired by science and technology, ASCI has become a magnet for some of the best examples of this type of contemporary art and an excellent resource for scientists and technologists wishing to collaborate. ASCI was instrumental in reinvigorating the art-sci-tech movement in the United States during the 1990's and helped coalesce the nascent art-science movement 1998-2002. It produced seminal public panels on timely topics: from the first "CyberFair for Artists" (1995) to "Bell Labs & the Origins of Multimedia Art" (1998), "Collectibility of the Digital Print" (1998), and explored potential support systems for the first net art at "CyberArt'99." ASCI also produced exhibitions of kinetic art, interactive light art, solar art, digital prints, and a Womentek exhibition.] Since 1998, it has produced four ArtSci international symposia on collaboration and the ArtSci INDEX, an online matching tool for potential collaborators. The monthly ASCI eBulletin [sent to ASCI members] is the most comprehensive resource tools in this highly interdisciplinary, international field. ASCI welcomes partnerships and dialogue with the scientific community. Contact: ASCI Director, Cynthia Pannucci at: asci @ asci.org

Digital'05 exhibition

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