Punch Card: Group exhibition at Catharine Clark Gallery January 19, 2013

Jan 19 - Feb 23; reception Jan 19, 3-5pm

Catharine Clark Gallery announces "Punch Card," a group exhibition of works by Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth, Nina Katchadourian, Ligorano/Reese, Devorah Sperber, and Stephanie Syjuco, January 19-February 23, 2013. The reception will be held Saturday, January 19 from 3- 5pm, with a gallery walkthrough by Catharine Clark at 3pm.
"Punch Card" examines how contemporary artists are merging technology and traditional textiles to redefine and repurpose craft, each uniquely forming their own "digital stitch" as they merge art historical and contemporary references. The exhibition title, "Punch Card," refers to the mechanics of the jacquard loom, suggesting the loom as a precursor for contemporary digital practices. Predating computer pixilation and CNC mechanic precision, the 19th century punch cards guide the design of jacquard weaving: cards of individually punched holes correspond one-to-one to components of the design, combining to form intricate patterns. Whether weaving digitally, pixel by pixel, like Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth, with fiber optic thread in "Fifty Different Minds" by Ligorano/Reese, or directly on commercially produced photographs, as in Nina Katchadourian's "Paranormal Postcards," the artists in this exhibition are openly exploring the possibilities between hand and machinery in the digital era.

Official Website: http://cclarkgallery.com/exhibitions/group-exhibition-2013