The Beauty In Machines September 6, 2012

Contemporary new media artists take center stage as the Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago presents “Machinations: Kinetic Sculpture in the Age of Open Source.” The exhibit features works by a cast of tinkerers, hackers and inventors utilizing and re-contextualizing technologies to create works of art that illuminate the magic behind the machine.

The exhibit features a group of artists and experimentalists who share and create with a communal spirit, seeking to change the perception of what is possible by using technology as an extension of the human hand. Participating artists include Daniel Jay Bertner, Jeremy Boyle, Stephen Cartwright, Paul Catanese, Paul Granjon, Theo Jansen, Joseph Morris, Anat Pollack, Chris Reilly, Randy Sarafan and Pencil Studios (Sabrina Raaf and Travis Saul).