DIGITAL BREATH AT NEWPORT: VIDEO ARTISTS SHOCK US BACK TO REALITY
According to Tom Robbins, in a 2014 article in Harpers, “…When Oscar Wilde allegedly gestured at the garish wallpaper in his cheap Parisian hotel room and announced with his dying breath, ‘Either it goes or I go,’ he was exhibiting something beyond an irrepressibly brilliant wit.”
Breath. Breathing.
It is also defined as a respite or a suggestion. With that in mind, checkout the “Digital Breath: Video and Sound Art in the Age of Global Connectivity” installation that’s on view through June 6 at the Newport Art Museum. Organized by guest curator and multimedia artist Brian C. O’Malley, along with his own work, the show brings together the work of Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Steven Subotnick, John DeVault, Daniel O’Neill, Lauren Mantecón and Andrea Pérez Bessin.
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