Digital Art: Peter Burr | ARCHITECTURE MACHINE #10
Urban elements every day from 6 p.m. CET every 30 minutes on the Jenoptik high-rise in the heart of the City of Light, Jena. The exhibition of the New York artist runs from November 1st to 17, 2024.
Ernst-Abbe-Hochhaus, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
Peter Burr reflects our modern life, which is always on the move. The projection ARCHITECTURE MACHINE #10 shows a labyrinth of contrasting patterns of various urban interiors. In their dynamics, they seem to expand beyond the boundaries of the Ernst Abbe high-rise, a projection of contemporary urban development. Boundaries between inside and outside become blurred, thus showing the merge between private and public space. The projection helps us open our eyes to urban potential, the integration of new technologies and modern architectural concepts into existing urban structures.
Inspired by Bauhaus style, Op Art and Glitch
The constant pulsation of the architectural units and the patterns of crowds creates a composition with strong references to the Bauhaus style that emerged in Thuringia, mixed with elements of Op Art and the artist's own digital glitch art, an aesthetic of random and audiovisual error art.
About Peter Burr
Peter Burr is an award-winning artist from Brooklyn, New York. His practice often engages with tools of the video game industry in the form of immersive cinematic artworks. These pieces have been presented internationally by various institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, The Barbican Centre, Documenta 14, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Previously Peter Burr worked under the alias Hooliganship and founded the video label Cartune Xprez through which he produced hundreds of live multimedia exhibitions and touring programs showcasing a multi-generational group of artists at the forefront of experimental animation.
His practice has been recognized through grants and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Creative Capital Grant, and a Sundance New Frontier Fellowship. He is a current PhD candidate in video games at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
More informationen about Peter Burr can be found on his website.
Video art at the Ernst Abbe building
Jenoptik has been holding its own art exhibitions since 1996. Under the name “tangent”, they offer points of contact between business, technology, art, light and perception.
In 2022, Jenoptik launched the exhibition series “tangent digital art”, which shows international and national digital art at the high-rise headquarters, thus bringing its commitment to art into the broader public sphere. The artworks are projected onto two of the high-rise's facades, each measuring 960 and 625 square meters respectively, in the center of Jena.
This art projection is Jenoptik's sixth "digital art" exhibition after the Berlin artist Julian Loscher in spring 2022, the Canadian artist Sabrina Ratté in spring 2023, the Berlin video artist Robert Seidel in November 2023, the interactive installation by the Jena VJ Kurt Komell in December 2023 and GIF collages by the Canadian artist Lorna Mills in spring 2024.
Thanks to the artists and our partners
For the realization we thank not only the fantastic artist but also our engaged partners who have accompanied and supported the further development of our art engagement and thus facilitate the exhibitions: JenaKultur, Huber & Treff gallery for curating our exhibitions and the LEC laser event company for the maintenance of the video mapping facility.
Read more about the video mapping technology and equipment in our blog article Video mapping for “More Light” in the city of lights, Jena.
