Exhibition Opening: ๐๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ / ๆตใใฎใใฟใผใณ
View Now: Patterns of Flow / ๆตใใฎใใฟใผใณ
Feral File is pleased to announce the opening of ๆตใใฎใใฟใผใณ / Patterns of Flow, an exhibition celebrating a new generation of Japanese artists working with code.
Channeling the experimental aesthetics of computer art pioneer Hiroshi Kawano, Patterns of Flow explores the power of generative systems to capture a world in flux. Led by prominent artist and creative coder Shunsuke Takawo โ who inspires the Processing community in Japan with daily coding โ all ten featured artists are united by their love of code as a creative medium.
View IRL and Online
ๆตใใฎใใฟใผใณ / Patterns of Flow represents Feral Fileโs first hybrid exhibition. It will be displayed at NEORT++ in Tokyo from September 25 โ October 6, 2024 and online at Feral File from September 25 โ October 15, 2024.ย
Curated by Yusuke Shono and Alex Estorick, the exhibition is a collaboration with Massage Magazine and Right Click Save. It is accompanied by a special essay by critic and curator Jasia Reichardt. The exhibition features works by 10 contemporary artists inspired by computer art pioneer Hiroshi Kawano, whose work is featured courtesy of Tama Art University Museum. The exhibition is made possible thanks to the support of Noriaki Nakata and NEORT++ with research by artist and academic Hasaqui Yamanobe.
Not in Tokyo, but still want to experience Patterns of Flow IRL? Feral File invites you to download our app (for iOS and Android) to bring the exhibition into your home. For a limited time, our new โDailyโ feature will let you display one artwork from the exhibition every day on your smart TV, so you can become immersed in these phenomenal works wherever you are in the world.ย
Changes, Cycles, and Shapes in Between #1 by mole^3
Collecting Guide
Collecting will open in two phases.ย
Phase 1: Wednesday September 25 - Wednesday October 2
Collect now in person at NEORT++
Purchase an exhibition set (all 10 works) for .575ย ETH by emailing lauren@feralfile.com. To custom-curate your set, include the number from each series that you would like to collect in your email.
Phase 2: Wednesday October 2 - Wednesday October 15
Collect individual artworks from the exhibition (from remaining available artworks) at feralfile.com
Exciting update: Feral File will no longer require collectors to purchase exhibition sets by series number. Instead, collectors can now pick their preferred artworks by artist and assemble their own set. Or, collectors can acquire individual artworks starting October 2.
Sea of Code #1 by Kazuhiro Tanimoto
Get the Full Picture: How Japanese Artists are Shaping Generative Art
โIt was a philosopher Hiroshi Kawano (1925-2012) who pioneered computer art in Japan, expressed through his writings on computational aesthetics and early experiments with an OKITAC 5090A computer at the University of Tokyoโฆ Thanks to the NFT as well as the global profile of the Processing community, a new generation of Japanese creative coders is currently elaborating on the aesthetic universe once imagined by Kawano.โ
โ Curators Yusuke Shono and Alex Estorick