bitforms gallery LA
bitforms gallery is pleased to announce the continuation of their Los Angeles debut at the ROW DTLA with a unique presentation of artists critically engaged with new technologies. Founded in 2001, the gallery spans the rich history of media art through its current developments, offering an incisive perspective on the fields of digital, internet, time-based, and experimental art forms. The exhibition presents a selection of immersive, time-based media work including artworks by R. Luke DuBois, Daniel Canogar, Carla Gannis, Manfred Mohr, Jonathan Monaghan, Casey Reas, and Siebren Versteeg.
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bitforms gallery is pleased to announce the continuation of their Los Angeles debut at the ROW DTLA with a unique presentation of artists critically engaged with new technologies. Founded in 2001, the gallery spans the rich history of media art through its current developments, offering an incisive perspective on the fields of digital, internet, time-based, and experimental art forms. The exhibition presents a selection of immersive, time-based media work including artworks by R. Luke DuBois, Daniel Canogar, Carla Gannis, Manfred Mohr, Jonathan Monaghan, Casey Reas, and Siebren Versteeg.
In conjunction with this presentation from our collection, bitforms gallery presents Extract, an exhibition investigating image and data circulation, in an adjacent space at the ROW DTLA. Works by Petra Cortright, Theo Triantafyllidis, Siebren Versteeg, and Addie Wagenknecht instantiate information overflow through painterly gestures in an effort to translate software into a corporeal experience. Technology as a medium foregrounds this inquiry towards surface abstraction and performative mediation.
Projectors and LED video wall generously provided by Barco.
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