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Blow x Blow at the SCI-Arc Gallery stages a competition between two trends in exhibition: the claiming of gallery space by architects, and the ceding of that space to the ambient possibilities of new media.
The problem with this premise and installation is that it limits “new media” to living only on flat vertical surface in the form of projection. This relationship was clearly defined over 20 years ago in Diller + Scofidio’s Slow House.
Slow House - Diller + Scofidio
Many interesting and relevant new media projects have moved beyond the projection into interactive media. The like of openframeworks and processing have helped artists to developed new systems of “new media.”
The weakest part of blow x blow is the change of language from facet to flat vertical surface. If the installation is truly a reaction to the white box it is placed in, why not project on to those surfaces, putting the box to use?
There are very strong correlations and overlaps between current studies in new media and architecture. It would have been great to see those combined in an inseparable fashion, rather than literally creating a boundary between the two.
Blow x Blow
Blow x Blow by Deegan-day Design
Blow x Blow at the SCI-Arc Gallery stages a competition between two trends in exhibition: the claiming of gallery space by architects, and the ceding of that space to the ambient possibilities of new media.
The problem with this premise and installation is that it limits “new media” to living only on flat vertical surface in the form of projection. This relationship was clearly defined over 20 years ago in Diller + Scofidio’s Slow House.
Slow House - Diller + Scofidio
Many interesting and relevant new media projects have moved beyond the projection into interactive media. The like of openframeworks and processing have helped artists to developed new systems of “new media.”
The weakest part of blow x blow is the change of language from facet to flat vertical surface. If the installation is truly a reaction to the white box it is placed in, why not project on to those surfaces, putting the box to use?
There are very strong correlations and overlaps between current studies in new media and architecture. It would have been great to see those combined in an inseparable fashion, rather than literally creating a boundary between the two.
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