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voidAwake (){

December 10 – Feburary 1, 2019

voidAwake (){ { will open on December 10 to Feburary 1, 2019 at the New Media Artspace gallery in Baruch's Library and Information Building, 151 E. 25th Street.

There will be a casual discussion and reception with the Baruch student artists on Monday, December 10th, 2018 from 1:30 to 3:30 P.M. in the New Media Artspace in the Library and Information Building.

Curatorial Statement

The exhibition voidAwake (){ collects the capstone projects of Baruch’s New Media Art minor students into a programmed gallery show that questions humanity, agency, and perception in an ever-evolving, technological world.} The main title, voidAwake (){, and the subsequent sub-groupings are modeled after C# code syntax. C# functions as the primary coding language of 3D video game construction. By using it to organize our work, we are symbolically positioning ourselves as artists and the viewers of our work as programmable objects.

The titles for each sub-group of our showing, BuildHumanAvatar, RenderMeaning.active, and transform.Translate(x, y, z), and compass.Enabled(urban), echo the questions we asked while creating these works: Do we “look at” of our own accord? Is it our choice to create meaning? Are we following the programming of another? Are we transferring our agency to the code itself? Have we become a product of the code?

In any artistic practice, the artist struggles to mold a flexible, yet unyielding, medium to a desire, expression, or vision. New Media Art is no different. By handing our works over to this algorithm, we make our ties — our collusion — with the digital realm transparent for the viewer. We invite you to accept your programming and see what we see.}

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Public Hours

Week of May 13, 2019

M: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
T: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
W: 1:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Th: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
F: CLOSED
Sa: CLOSED
Su: CLOSED

Week of May 20, 2019

M: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
T: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
W: 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Th: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
F: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sa: CLOSED
Su: CLOSED

Location

151 E. 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
Located in the Newman Library

About Us

The New Media Artspace is a teaching exhibition space in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Baruch College, CUNY. Housed in the Newman Library, the New Media Artspace showcases curated experimental media and interdisciplinary artworks by international artists, students, alumni, and faculty.
The New Media Artspace is open to CUNY students, faculty and staff during regular library hours. Members of the public should request access at the security desk at the second floor entrance to the library. During public hours, ask security to DIAL A DOCENT at x1664