Arcade of Hypermodernity
Thank you to those who made it to the extravaganza opening this past weekend for “The Arcade of Hypermodernity” curated by Jason Jenn & Vojislav Radovanovic at the Studio Channel Islands Art Center! You can still visit this show, Tue-Fri 11 – 5 p.m., Sat 11 – 3 p.m, until July 27.
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I am thrilled to be presenting Dancing Wu Li Masters with creative partner Eugene Ahn for this spectacular show, together with a group of super stellar artists!!
Artists: Ismael de Anda III & Eugene Ahn
Dancing Wu Li Masters is an interactive video installation by Ismael de Anda III and Eugene Ahn. Upon approaching the work, participants will encounter a modular perimeter on the ground meant to serve as a minimalist sculpture/ dancefloor/ indexical platform, that they may step on and inhabit as they experience interactive videos activated from above and projected onto the perimeter of the dancefloor. The video projections feature aerial drone video footage flying over the Brito-de Anda ancestral family farm at the US/Mexico Gateway and the Channel Islands and Camarillo region. Stepping on the dancefloor screen is meant to have a flying carpet feel as they stand on moving, spinning, overlapping, and inverted, projections on the ground. The overlapping imagery is meant to provide a fluid, digital, painterly effect. Through an augmented reality feature, participants can use their smartphones or tablets to physically interact with the motion painting projected onto the dance floor and throughout the gallery space.
* The title takes its name from the book Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukov. After 40 years this is still the best introduction to quantum physics. “Wu Li” is the Chinese word for physics. It means “Patterns of Organic Energy,” but it also means “Nonsense,” “My Way,” “I Clutch My Ideas,” and “Enlightenment.” These enchanting ideas form the framework through which Zukav weaves his exploration of quantum mechanics and relativity theory.
