The group exhibition “Punch Card II” is on view through April 27 at ARENA 1 Gallery in Santa Monica Art Studios at the Santa Monica Airport, 3026 Airport Ave.
The show comprises works by six artists who merge technology and traditional textiles to create their own unique “digital stitch.” Collectively, the works suggest the loom as a precursor for contemporary digital practices. Included are the team of Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth, Nina Katchadourian, Victor De La Rosa, Devorah Sperber and Stephanie Syjuco.
Whether weaving digitally, pixel by pixel, using computer graphics and hand looming on commercially produced photographs, or melding digitally printed patterns and outsourced fabrication with traditional 19th-century fabrication, or inverting and deconstructing art- historical or pop culture iconography and recomposing the image with individual spools of thread, these artists are purposefully exploring the possibilities between hand and machine in the digital age.
“Punch Card II” is a second iteration of an exhibition initially organized by and exhibited at Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco earlier this year.
Contacts: Call (310) 397-7456 or visit arena1gallery.com.
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