The UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Tech nology is pleased to host a workshop with Getty PST resident artist Lucy H G Solomon of Cesar & Lois in conjunction with the exhibition Future Tense: Art\, Complexity\, and Uncertainty\, presented in partnership with Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide.
RSVP HEREPlease j oin art collective Cesar & Lois on Saturday\, November 2 from 2-4 p.m. in exploring their latest project\, Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado)\, a li ving sculpture incorporating specimens from California ecosystems. Visitor s will discover the magic of photosynthesis\, breathe with microorganisms\ , and create art with living materials.
STEAM Ambassadors from Cali fornia State university San Marcos (CSUSM) will guide guests through a ser ies of art and science activities\, including peering at fungi through mic roscopes\; observing photosynthesis in real time\; creating mini plant lig hts\; and making symbiotic collages with local plant species.
The H yphaenated Workshop is free and may be enjoyed by visitors of all ages.
Guests are invited to experience Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado) o utside of the workshop by visiting Future Tense: Art\, Complexity\, and Un certainty\, on view at the Beall Center for Art + Technology through Decem ber 14\, 2024. The gallery is open from 12-6pm\, Tuesday-Saturday. Admissi on is free. Learn more at beallcenter.uci.edu/futuretense
Behind the Science:
Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado) in
vestigates ecological relationships at different scales — as interspecies
exchanges and as part of planetary respiration. The artwork was produced i
n conversation with Kathleen Treseder and researchers at the UC Irvine Tre
seder Lab\, which studies fungi’s role in ecosystems and global change. Li
ve specimens included in the artwork were sourced from the mountain ecolog
y surrounding Escondido\, California. The project asks\, if our technology
were modeled from nature\, might we begin to think of ourselves as nodes
within a community of organisms?
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\n“The whole planet is conn
ected\, and the behavior of one entity can dramatically affect living bein
gs in other parts of the world. If you spend enough time with the sculptur
e\, you will see on its screen how the CO2 you are breathing is changing t
he behavior and signaling of the microorganisms.” - Cesar & Lois
Future Tense: Art\, Complex ity\, and Uncertainty\, part of Getty’s 2024 PST ART: Art & Science Collid e initiative\, offers artistic frameworks for comprehending complex system s in the 21st century. The exhibition presents emerging and established co ntemporary artists who engage with complexity in myriad systems\, includin g robotics\, evolutionary biology\, data surveillance\, global warming\, a nd bacterial intelligence.
Today\, many scientists and scholars acr oss disciplines agree that an understanding of complex systems is vital fo r studying a world where conditions\, events\, and phenomena are too entan gled to be observed individually.
Distinct from scientific models w hich produce predictable outcomes\, complex systems have feedback loops th at can have emergent behavior that organizes into new patterns. It is this constant dynamism between order and chaos that produces the complexity an d uncertainty that is visible in the art in this exhibition.
Cesar & Lois\, Chico MacMurtrie\, Laura Splan\, Hege Tapio\, and Gail Wight are premiering newly commissioned\, transdisciplinary works under the Beall Ce nter’s Black Box Projects\, a residency program that facilitates collabora tions between visiting artists and UC Irvine faculty researchers. Ralf Bae cker\, Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas\, The Harrison Studio\, Forrest and Lula Kirkland\, Lynn Hershman Leeson\, Julie Mehretu\, Fernando Palma Rodríguez\, Clare Rojas\, Theresa Schubert\, and Pinar Yoldas are exhibit ing existing paintings\, sculptures\, and installations that explore compl exity.
This exhibition is organized by David Familian\, artistic di rector and curator at the Beall Center for Art + Technology\, with Gabriel Tolson\, curatorial assistant. Special thanks to the Beall Center’s staff Jesse Colin Jackson\, executive director\, and Fatima Manalili\, associat e director\, and to the staff of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts who supported this program.
Support for Future Tense: Art\, Complexity\ , and Uncertainty comes from The Beall Family Foundation and from Getty.
Image (top): Cesar & Lois\, Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado) \, 2024. Mycelial networks\, living organisms\, wood growth rings\, glass vessels\, soil\, water\, bio-sensors\, custom electronics\, lights\, iron supports\, and visualized AI on monitor\, 50 x 53 x 49 inches. Courtesy of the artists. Commissioned by the Beall Center for Art + Technology’s Blac k Box Projects residency program. Image (above): DaTA Lab’s graphic render ing of Cesar & Lois’s artwork Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado) (2024) wi th planetary respiration diagram. Courtesy of Lucy HG Solomon. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250920T015124Z SUMMARY:Workshop: Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado) TRANSP:OPAQUE X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:Workshop Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado) Re sident artist Lucy HG Solomon of Cesar & Lois Saturday\, Nov. 2\, 2024
The UC Irvine Beall Cente r for Art + Technology is pleased to host a workshop with Getty PST reside nt artist Lucy HG Solomon of Cesar & Lois in conjunction with the exhibiti on Future Tense: Art\, Complexity\, and Uncertainty\, presented in partner ship with Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide.
RSVP HEREPlease join art collective Cesar & Lois on Saturday\, November 2 f rom 2-4 p.m. in exploring their latest project\, Being hyphaenated (Ser hi fanizado)\, a living sculpture incorporating specimens from California eco systems. Visitors will discover the magic of photosynthesis\, breathe with microorganisms\, and create art with living materials.
STEAM Ambas sadors from California State university San Marcos (CSUSM) will guide gues ts through a series of art and science activities\, including peering at f ungi through microscopes\; observing photosynthesis in real time\; creatin g mini plant lights\; and making symbiotic collages with local plant speci es.
The Hyphaenated Workshop is free and may be enjoyed by visitors of all ages.
Guests are invited to experience Being hyphaenated (S er hifanizado) outside of the workshop by visiting Future Tense: Art\, Com plexity\, and Uncertainty\, on view at the Beall Center for Art + Technolo gy through December 14\, 2024. The gallery is open from 12-6pm\, Tuesday-S aturday. Admission is free. Learn more at beallcenter.uci.edu/futuretense< /p>
Behind the Science:
Being hyphaenated (Se
r hifanizado) investigates ecological relationships at different scales —
as interspecies exchanges and as part of planetary respiration. The artwor
k was produced in conversation with Kathleen Treseder and researchers at t
he UC Irvine Treseder Lab\, which studies fungi’s role in ecosystems and g
lobal change. Live specimens included in the artwork were sourced from the
mountain ecology surrounding Escondido\, California. The project asks\, i
f our technology were modeled from nature\, might we begin to think of our
selves as nodes within a community of organisms?
“The whole
planet is connected\, and the behavior of one entity can dramatically affe
ct living beings in other parts of the world. If you spend enough time wit
h the sculpture\, you will see on its screen how the CO2 you are breathing
is changing the behavior and signaling of the microorganisms.” - Cesar &
Lois
Future Tense: Art\, Complexity\, and Uncertainty\, part of Getty’s 2024 PS T ART: Art & Science Collide initiative\, offers artistic frameworks for c omprehending complex systems in the 21st century. The exhibition presents emerging and established contemporary artists who engage with complexity i n myriad systems\, including robotics\, evolutionary biology\, data survei llance\, global warming\, and bacterial intelligence.
Today\, many scientists and scholars across disciplines agree that an understanding of complex systems is vital for studying a world where conditions\, events\, and phenomena are too entangled to be observed individually.
Distin ct from scientific models which produce predictable outcomes\, complex sys tems have feedback loops that can have emergent behavior that organizes in to new patterns. It is this constant dynamism between order and chaos that produces the complexity and uncertainty that is visible in the art in thi s exhibition.
Cesar & Lois\, Chico MacMurtrie\, Laura Splan\, Hege Tapio\, and Gail Wight are premiering newly commissioned\, transdisciplina ry works under the Beall Center’s Black Box Projects\, a residency program that facilitates collaborations between visiting artists and UC Irvine fa culty researchers. Ralf Baecker\, Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas\, Th e Harrison Studio\, Forrest and Lula Kirkland\, Lynn Hershman Leeson\, Jul ie Mehretu\, Fernando Palma Rodríguez\, Clare Rojas\, Theresa Schubert\, a nd Pinar Yoldas are exhibiting existing paintings\, sculptures\, and insta llations that explore complexity.
This exhibition is organized by D avid Familian\, artistic director and curator at the Beall Center for Art + Technology\, with Gabriel Tolson\, curatorial assistant. Special thanks to the Beall Center’s staff Jesse Colin Jackson\, executive director\, and Fatima Manalili\, associate director\, and to the staff of the Claire Tre vor School of the Arts who supported this program.
Support for Futu re Tense: Art\, Complexity\, and Uncertainty comes from The Beall Family F oundation and from Getty.
Image (top): Cesar & Lois\, Being h yphaenated (Ser hifanizado)\, 2024. Mycelial networks\, living organisms\, wood growth rings\, glass vessels\, soil\, water\, bio-sensors\, custom e lectronics\, lights\, iron supports\, and visualized AI on monitor\, 50 x 53 x 49 inches. Courtesy of the artists. Commissioned by the Beall Center for Art + Technology’s Black Box Projects residency program. Image (above) : DaTA Lab’s graphic rendering of Cesar & Lois’s artwork Being hyphaenated (Ser hifanizado) (2024) with planetary respiration diagram. Courtesy of L ucy HG Solomon. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR