Digital Capture
Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World
California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts
September 21, 2024 to February 2, 2025
Opening Reception October 26, 2024
Previews of select galleries begin on July 20th, 2024!
Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World is an ambitious exhibition spanning six decades (1962–2020s) that investigates the history and creative uses of digital imaging technology, from the genesis of digital imaging in Southern California research laboratories during the Cold War and Space Race of the 1960s, to the ubiquity of digital media in our contemporary world. The exhibition and accompanying digital publication narrate the ideological shifts that occurred as digital technologies were adopted for artistic ends. Conceptually organized into themes exploring issues of agency, representation, culpability, and connection, Digital Capture features over 40 artists working across several technological, computing, and imaging media.
Participating artists: Rebecca Allen, Refik Anadol, Natalie Bookchin, micha cárdenas, Dynasty Handbag, Liliana Conlisk Gallegos, Nonny de la Peña, John Divola, EPOCH, Elisa Giardina Papa, Goldin+Senneby, Valerie Green, Lucia Grossberger Morales, Maggie Hazen, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Huntrezz Janos, Eugene F. Lally, Brandon Lattu, Ahree Lee, David Maisel, Frank Malina, Judy Malloy and Cathy Marshall, Lynne Marsh, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Mobile Image (Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz), Lee Mullican, A. Michael Noll, Mendi + Keith Obadike, Charles O’Rear, Trevor Paglen, Nam June Paik, Sheila Pinkel, Sonya Rapoport, Marton Robinson, Dean Sameshima, Julia Scher, Ilene Segalove, Sonia Landy Sheridan, Barbara T. Smith, Christine Tamblyn, Penelope Umbrico, Stan VanDerBeek, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Gerardo Velazquez, Andrew Norman Wilson, Amir Zaki
Thematic Sections
In Space, Time, and War: Digital Cosmologies and Militant Terrains
Culver Center of the Arts
September 21, 2024 – April 13, 2025
The Image Is Infinite: Archiving, Digital Reproduction, and Material Obsolescence
Culver Center of the Arts
July 20, 2024 – March 23, 2025
States of Seeing: On the Conditions of Looking
Culver Center of the Arts
July 20, 2024 – March 23, 2025
Digital Ecologies and Terrestrial Plains
California Museum of Photography
August 24, 2024 – February 23, 2025
Media Matters: Spatial Antagonisms and Material Inquiries
California Museum of Photography
August 24, 2024 – February 23, 2025
Glitch Domestic
California Museum of Photography
August 24, 2024 – February 23, 2025
Credits
Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World is co-curated by Nikolay Maslov and April Baca. Exhibition concept by Douglas McCulloh.
Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World is among more than 60 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
This exhibition is made possible with leading support from Getty through the PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. Additional support is provided by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation, Keith Downs, and the Voy and Fay Wong Family (AAPI) Endowment. Programs at UCR ARTS are supported by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) at UCR, and the City of Riverside.
Image: micha cárdenas and the Critical Realities Studio, Sin Sol, screenshot of Augmented Reality app, 2020.
