Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts

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Location: Plug In ICA

Exhibition Runs: March 7, 2014 – May 11, 2014

Opening Reception: March 7, 2014, 7:00PM


 

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to invite you to the Opening Reception of Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts on Friday, March 7 at 7:00pm. The reception is free, and all are welcome.

Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts considers the impact of technology today by exploring how it was addressed in the practice of the Hungarian polymath artist László Moholy-Nagy (1895 – 1946), a key figure in the history of Modernism.

Curated by Oliver Botar, Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts combines historical artworks with works by contemporary artists. These artists include: Eduardo Aquino (Winnipeg); the team of Nike Arnold, Andreas Haus, Aline Helmcke, Frédéric Krauke and Walter Lenertz (Berlin); Naomi Claire (Baltimore); Lancelot Coar (Winnipeg); Olafur Eliasson (Berlin); Oskar Fischinger; Ken Gregory (Winnipeg); Patrick Harrop (Winnipeg); the team of Gottfried Jäger and Karl Martin Holzhäuser (Bielefeld); Eduardo Kac (Chicago); György Kepes; the team of Jörg U. Lensing, Gudula Schröder, Jürgen Steger, Thomas Neuhaus, Malou Airaudo and Sascha Hardt (Düsseldorf); Erika Lincoln (Winnipeg); Norman McLaren; the team of Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Bob Kotyk and Ryan Simmons (Winnipeg); Bernie Miller (Winnipeg); Lucia Moholy; Francisco Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (Madrid); Freya Olafson (Winnipeg); István Sebök; and Peter Yeadon (New York).

For more information, please visit the Plug In ICA event page.