Our daily lives are increasingly digitized via virtual and simulated experiences. Note the wave of “immersive” exhibitions featuring large projections of famous images (sometimes animated) in place of actual artworks, or interactive light and video experiences. Some professional and amateur creators are exploring the potential of AI text- and image-generation programs, while others have focused on low- or no-tech approaches to art-making, valuing process over product, visceral experiences over high-resolution jpegs.
As a prelude to the’s March/April issue spotlights two artists whose new projects take an experimental approach to materials and exhibition-making, seeking to engage viewers in the tactile, the odorous, the unpredictable, and even the organic in vivo.
