Michael Rees
Synthetic Cells: Site and (Para)site
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
Published on 7. August 2020
Book
Hardback
116 pages
978-1-78551-317-6 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary artist Michael Rees is an acknowledged leader in the field
of cutting-edge digital art. This volume documents a compelling group of
Rees's colourful inflatable sculptures that incorporate brilliant
structural elements and dynamic interventions of augmented reality.
Commissioned for an exhibition at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New
Jersey (open until January 2021), these objects, alongside augment
works by six other contemporary artists, illuminate how digital thinking
and its rich visual vocabulary are at the forefront of the future of
art. Synthetic Cells features augmented
reality artworks by Michael Rees, Claudia Hart, Chris Manzione, Will
Pappenheimer, John Craig Freeman, Carla Gannis and Tamiko Thiel.
of cutting-edge digital art. This volume documents a compelling group of
Rees's colourful inflatable sculptures that incorporate brilliant
structural elements and dynamic interventions of augmented reality.
Commissioned for an exhibition at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New
Jersey (open until January 2021), these objects, alongside augment
works by six other contemporary artists, illuminate how digital thinking
and its rich visual vocabulary are at the forefront of the future of
art. Synthetic Cells features augmented
reality artworks by Michael Rees, Claudia Hart, Chris Manzione, Will
Pappenheimer, John Craig Freeman, Carla Gannis and Tamiko Thiel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 295 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
1315 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78551-317-6 (9781785513176)
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Persons
Tom Moran is Chief Curator at Grounds For Sculpture,
Hamilton, New Jersey. He is a sculptor, curator and internationally
renowned expert on sculpture and public art. Murat Orozobekov and Edward Winkleman are co-founders of Moving Image Art Fair, New York, London and Istanbul. Dr Edward Shanken
is an Associate Professor Arts Division and Senior Researcher at the
Center for the Study of the Force Majeure at the University of
California Santa Cruz. Michael Rees is an artist renowned in the field of cutting-edge digital art.
Hamilton, New Jersey. He is a sculptor, curator and internationally
renowned expert on sculpture and public art. Murat Orozobekov and Edward Winkleman are co-founders of Moving Image Art Fair, New York, London and Istanbul. Dr Edward Shanken
is an Associate Professor Arts Division and Senior Researcher at the
Center for the Study of the Force Majeure at the University of
California Santa Cruz. Michael Rees is an artist renowned in the field of cutting-edge digital art.