The Coded Image (exhibition)

3/07/2015 - 3/26/2015

î€ THE_CODED_IMAGEî€ The Coded Image features five artists wrestling with the increasing instability of images in the present information age.

More and more of the images we encounter today are mediated by electronic technologies—from big screen televisions to smart phones, from mass media to social media. The distribution of this electronic content involves a process of breaking down images to streams of data that are later reconstituted on our screens.

This inherently destructive/reconstructive process challenges the perceived stability and continuity that were early distinctives of photography.

By employing a variety of innovative photographic, video, and new media techniques, these artists offer fresh perspectives on the heavily mediated and abstract nature of these informationimages. Some prioritize the consumer/viewer presence by imposing new physical contexts or visual effects that open the door to the creation of new narratives within the familiar.

Others fully embrace the image as data, seeking to re-interpret images through processes of analysis and the visual encoding of new layers of information.

ADAM FERRISS Enceladus, 2015 Archival pigment print, 44” x 36” Courtesy of the artist

ADAM FERRISS Europa, 2015 Archival pigment print, 44” x 36” Courtesy of the artist

ADAM FERRISS vernl, 2013 HD video, 4:30 Courtesy of the artist

ADAM FERRISS 437, 2014 HD video, 3:15 Courtesy of the artist

STEPHANIE WASHBURN Telltale (Fire 1), 2013 Digital c-print, 32” x 28” Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery and the artist

STEPHANIE WASHBURN Telltale (Hair), 2013 Digital c-print, 37” x 26” Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery and the artist

STEPHANIE WASHBURN Reception 13, 2011 Digital c-print, 12” x 12” Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery and the artist

STEPHANIE WASHBURN Reception 41, 2011 Digital c-print, 40” x 30” Courtesy of Sweeney Art Gallery Permanent Collection, University of California, Riverside; Mark and Hilarie Moore Collection

JOSH AZZARELLA Untitled #101d (SYNW), 2009 Cibachrome, 19.75” x 35” Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery and the artist

JOSH AZZARELLA Untitled #101c (SYNW), 2009 Cibachrome, 19.75” x 35” Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery and the artist

JOSH AZZARELLA Untitled #100 (Fantasia), 2007-2009 HD video, 12:06 Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery and the artist

JOSHUA CLAYTON Locative Planes (BIOLA), 2015 HD video, 6:00 Courtesy of the artist

JOSHUA CLAYTON Codex Diaphanus, 2015 Mixed media, plexiglass, transparency, 8.5” x 11” each Courtesy of the artist

PENELOPE UMBRICO Range (series title), 2014 Fuji Crystal Archive paper, variable dimension Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery and the artist Left to right: - 29_Photo31104025 - 09_IMG_8949 - 27_IMG_6549 - 14_Photo31120513 - 22_Umbrico_Westonwith35mmMedium FormatandVintageInstant5+Lightleak

ABOUT THE GALLERY: The Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery presents a program of rotating contemporary art exhibitions on the campus of Biola University. Located in the greater Los Angeles area, the Green Art Gallery is well positioned to represent a vital Christian worldview within the critical dialogue of contemporary visual art and to produce engaging exhibitions that grapple with issues concerning the intersection of faith with art and culture.

The Green Art Gallery also provides professional development opportunities for Biola art students through gallery exhibitions and internships.

Cover image: Enceladus, 2015 (detail), by Adam Ferriss All artwork documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery.

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