'Interference' is a solo exhibition at Yoshimi Arts, Osaka. The drawings and two sculptures that make up the exhibition examine the shared history of textiles, craft and computer technologies. 'Interference', the drawings from which the show takes its title, employ a range of computer-based processes and are created with a digital pen plotter to establish a reciprocal exchange between the artist and technology. The original photographs of computer circuitry are transformed into a series of fragmented lines, reminiscent of frayed thread, from an intricate, mechanical system. The series is displayed on a rack system to evoke the processes of circuit design in the early digital age, when it was still paper-based.
The two sculptures in the exhibition engage with the same themes. 'Irrational Cabinet (Open Rack 3)' uses a readymade rack, often used for home networking, in conjunction with recycled textiles, forming a complex macramé knot pattern. This work materialises the historical connection between the countercultural movement and the development of personal computing in Silicon Valley. 'System/360 Principles of Operation (Working from Home)' is a printed, dyed and shredded version of International Business Machine's (IBM) manual of the same title. The IBM System/360 was one of the first computers to consider the operators 'environment and transformed how we consider computing for personal, business and home use. In this sculpture, shredded paper moves throughout the gallery, echoing the insidious nature of digital structures.
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Show/Exhibition
Uncontrolled Keywords:
digital technologies, drawing, plotter, labour, craft, textiles, artistic practice, materialisation