1275 Minnesota St /
bitforms gallery SF
Group Exhibition: A Generative Movement
Opening reception: October 2, 2021 | 2–7 pm PST
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday | 11 am–6 pm PST
On the occasion of bitforms gallery’s 20th anniversary, we are pleased to present A Generative Movement in San Francisco at Minnesota Street Project. Join us for the opening October 2, from 2–7 pm. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer will be present from 5–7 pm to discuss his work and solo exhibition at SFMoMA.
A Generative Movement showcases generative artwork from Refik Anadol, Daniel Canogar, LIA, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Manfred Mohr, Casey Reas, Siebren Versteeg, and Marina Zurkow. The exhibition celebrates artistic vision through computational innovation with works spanning from 1971–2021. Although algorithmic in part, exhibited works are a human exploration of process—each piece is guided by unique parameters to construct a desired outcome. A Generative Movement showcases generative software’s ability to act as an artistic tool with evolving outputs.
bitforms gallery has long celebrated software-based artworks. Previous exhibitions have contextualized generative work as a performative extension of conceptual art—a set of rules encoded in software that unfold in real-time. A range of forms including plotter paper drawings, morphing natural landscapes, and stacking geometric compositions demonstrate how this premise invites a series of chance outcomes that are impossible to predetermine. Generative art has recently found a new audience through the prominence and success of NFTs through the immensely popular Art Blocks platform. They specialize in on-demand generative content stored immutably on the Ethereum Blockchain. Within their marketplace, collectors are able to purchase a work that is randomly generated by an algorithm. Over the course of this exhibition many of the artists will be minting a series of works on Art Blocks. More details will be coming soon.
The gallery would like to thank StandardVision for their contribution of the Luma Canvas to present Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Saturation Sampler. We are pleased to exhibit this work in tandem with the artist’s solo exhibition, Unstable Presence, on view at SFMoMA through March 6, 2022.