RISD Sol Koffler Gallery, 5 Traverse Gallery and venues throughout Providence
September 24 through October 11
As part of FirstWorks’ annual performing arts festival, the Pixilerations new media showcase has evolved into an anticipated Providence gateway to the “wired and weird.”
An outlet for new media art across a dizzying list of disciplines (including
sound, video, performance and installation), Pixilerations intrigued
me when I made my move from Boston to Providence two years ago, and was
something of a deal-clincher when I joined the FirstWorks staff in late 2008.
Fast-forward to present, as we wade bravely in to make Pixilerations
[v.6] a reality (with the help of our partners at Brown and RISD, and
hard-won NEA funding). Apparently, it’s my job to make Pixilerations legible for the general public. Truth? Even for a halfway insider like me, this is no small task.
Comprised of new media curators, artists and educators, the Providencebased
curatorial team that shifts the pixels in 2009 represents several
strata of the Brown and RISD tower to enlightenment. For the first time, this
year Pixilerations plugs in with a private gallery partner,