With a focus on radical, engaged, conceptual and digital art Upstream Gallery Amsterdam brings pioneering and critical works from international artists.
Amsterdam, Nederland
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OPENING TOMORROW: TOKYO JAZZ CLUB
From today until 8 November, Upstream Gallery takes part in Tokyo Jazz Club
during Tokyo Art Week, where we'll be showing works by @constantdull @_joid, @TaborRobak, @newafaël.
ARTWORK HIGHLIGHT: OXO (2028) by JODI
In a medium-specific way, they (de)construct and analyze the languages of new media: from visual aesthetics to interface elements, from codes and features to errors and viruses.
Once upon a time at Upstream Gallery: Exhibition Complex Computational Compositions by Rafaël Rozendaal (@newrafael).
Artwork highlight: Abstract Browsing (2016)
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Internet art and the loom are less far apart than one might think. Rozendaal: ‘It feels natural to work with this technique. The loom stood at the beginning of the industrial revolution; the punch card for mechanical looms was the first form of digital image storage.
Once upon a time at Upstream Gallery: Exhibition Deep Epoch (2016) by Constant Dullaart (@constantdull).
Artwork highlight: ConvNet paintings (2016).
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Dullaart translated these early machine visions into oil paintings through the human painting factories of Dafen Village, extending the chain of automation through outsourced labour. The surfaces were finished with automotive clear coats and "ghost pearls."
