Plexus Projects is pleased to present Homage to the Wind, a solo exhibition by Gail Wight. Wight's videos, inspired by Joseph Albers' Homage to the Square, explore the square as a visual device and its impact on the function of the human eye and visual perception. The wind emerges as an invisible apparatus made visible by its impact on the movement of water, birds and foliage. The compositing of the footage activates the technology of the video medium itself as geometric squares intersect with organic forms and are momentarily perceived as “glitch” or digital artifact.
Gail Wight is Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University where she focuses on experimental media. Her work has been exhibited internationally in venues including: the Natural History Museum, London, UK; the National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK; and Foxy Productions, New York City, NY. Wightʼs art has been featured in: Art & Science Now by Stephen Wilson; Ingeborg Reichleʼs Kunst aus dem Labor and Art in the Age of Technoscience; Sherry Turkleʼs Evocative Objects; thing world: International Triennial of New Media Artedited by Zhang Ga and Fan Diʼan; and Bioart by William Myers as well as many other books and catalogs. Collections include: MoMA, Yale University, San Jose Museum of Art, Sevilleʼs Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo; Rene di Rosa Foundation; and Berkeley Art Museum among others. Wight was nominated as a Visionary Pioneer of Media Art by Ars Electronica in 2014.
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