Amanda Schmitt
183 posts
@markswmeaning
@ASAcurates @ChaosAgency_art
9/ “If artists do not meet the next generation where they are—on the network, on the phone—art as we know it will dry up. The phone is a cultural space of great poetic and transformative power. ”- john gerrard @john__gerrard Flare (Oceania), 2022
john gerrard: SPIRITS → coming soon @john__gerrard collected 96 worn plastic sandals from beaches around the world, each carrying unknown stories of the people who wore them, and turned them into evocative digital sculptures using “gaussian splats.” SPIRITS is a year-long artwork meant to be experienced in the browser and on your phone, where you can interactively unfold a story of the 20th century oil age. The pieces reveal themselves during four 24-hour events tied to the solstices and equinoxes. One spirit rises every hour on LACMA’s homepage, beginning on the first day of winter, December 21. learn more → bit.ly/4pPldww
