The first exhibition of the year opened at Sabancı University Kasa Galeri. The “E-Scapes” exhibition portrays the work of an American and a British artist. The fusion of art, science and technology by Jane Prophet and Paul Catanese will be on exhibition until the 1st of March. The curators of the exhibition are Lanfranco Aceti and Özden Şahin from Sabancı University and Vince Dziekan from Monash University, Melbourne.
Jane Prophet’s work in the E-Scapes exhibition at Kasa Galeri is entitled “Explorations of Structure,” and involves the examination and rediscovery of existing works of art. Prophet brings together traditional esthetics and innovative media to discuss the scientific methods and technologies in performing art. In doing so, she chooses a variety of themes from fractal mathematics to the politics of landscape. The innovative esthetics in the myriad forms of Prophet’s work provides elements of surprise in their rediscovery.
Jane Prophet is a professor of art and interdisciplinary computer sciences at University of London’s Goldsmiths College. Her research fields include art, computer science, digital humanities and technology. Among her new work are The Withdrawing Room (2009), laser-cut dictionaries for Samuel Johnson’s House; (Trans)Plant (2008), a kinetic aluminum sculpture inspired by the structure of a plant; a lighting installation made for Australia in 2007, and the Souvenir of England, an apple tree draped in black velvet and displayed ina giant snow globe. Prophet divides her time between London and the US East Coast, where she has a studio.
The second artist of E-Scapes, Paul Catanese, has an exhibition titled “Visible from Space.” Research and implementation for this exhibition was supported by the Goldwell Open Air Museum bordering the Death Valley, where the artist worked for a month in June 2010.
Paul Catanese is a hybrid media artist, Associate Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts at Columbia College Chicago and the President of the New Media Caucus, a College Art Association Affiliate Society. His artwork has been exhibited widely including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, SFMOMA Artist's Gallery, La Villette-Numerique and Stuttgarter Filmwinter among others. Paul is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including commissions for the creation of new artwork from Turbulence.org as well as Rhizome.org. For more information, please visit http://www.paulcatanese.com/
The exhibition is designed by chief curators Lanfranco Aceti and Christiane Paul and curator Vince Dziekan, and is published on digital platformas as part of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (ISAST/Leonardo) Digital Media Exhibition Platform.
Sabancı University Kasa Galeri
“E-Scapes” February 1 – March 1, 2012
Address: Sabancı University Communication Center, Bankalar Cad. No: 2 Karaköy
Tel: 0212 292 49 39
