MCASD
JANUARY 17, 2008 THROUGH MAY 4, 2008
Erwin Redl: MATRIX II is the premiere showing of the artist's theatrical scale light-emitting diode (or LED) artwork since it was acquired by MCASD in 2007. This room-size work offers viewers a space that seems to recede in all directions, as if the walls were mirrored. Floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall, the room is filled with grids of phosphor green LEDs, creating an immersive web of light.
Announcement of Erwin Redl's LED installation MATRIX II at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. See below for an excerpt from the artist's statement.
My work reflects upon the condition of art making after the “digital experience.” The formal and structural approach to various media I employ, such as installation, CD-ROM, internet and sound, almost requires binary logic, because I assemble the material according to a narrow set of self-imposed rules which often incorporate algorithms, controlled randomness and other methods inspired by computer code.
Since 1997, I have investigated the term “reverse engineering” by (re-)translating the abstract aesthetic language of virtual reality and 3-D computer modelling back into an architectural environment by means of large-scale light installations. In this body of work, space is experienced as a second skin, our social skin, which is transformed through my artistic intervention. Due to the very nature of its architectural dimension, participating by simply being “present” is an integral part of the installations.
Originally posted on Unidentified Sound Object by Rhizome
