bitforms gallery presents works by Addie Wagenknecht and Siebren Versteeg.

Addie Wagenknecht examines visibility with tools of culturally defined “feminine” gestures. In her latestseries of paintings, a Roomba is reconfigured to spread a lush mixture of cosmetic pigments,pharmaceuticals, perfumes, and skin care across canvas by way of a programmed algorithm. The resulting composition is seductively abstract, usurping the intrinsic role of the materials. Through this act,the artist reclaims visibility with devices typically used to conceal.

View her process here.

Siebren Versteeg's exhibited work is a continuously generating touch-scroll composition that can be navigated by the viewer in real-time. On-screen imagery never repeats and is informed by random Google images as well as algorithmic painting gestures programmed by the artist. At the same time each day, the composition selects a new dominant color scheme out of 7 options: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and black. The work can be customized by the collector to refresh its color scheme at a specific time each day.