Plugged In: New and Electronic Art

Opening reception: Friday, Oct. 3, 7 - 10 pm
Exhibition runs through Nov. 30, 2003

The same words that are used to create engineering manuals can also be used to create poetry. This logic also applies to the new technologies of the modern world. While computers and television are a part of our everyday lives, these technologies can also provide a new medium for artists. Plugged In: New and Electronic Art is an exhibition which abandons the traditional notions of art as an object, such as a painting or sculpture. This medium evolved out of a world that is increasingly dominated by media and television. Included in the exhibition is Siebren Versteeg’s Dynamic Ribbon Device, a digital program using an Internet connection to format a live scrolling news feed from the Associated Press into a popular soft-drink trope.

Troika Ranch Digital Dance performance to be presented in conjunction with exhibition.

Image: Siebren Versteeg, Dynamic Ribbon Device, 2003, digital output from computer onto 54 in. plasma screen

Funding Acknowledgements

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported in part by its members, admissions, private entities, the City of Hollywood, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the Kresge Foundation. We welcome donations from all members of the community who wish to support our work.