Aniko Berman

aesthetics & technology | @AOTMgallery | MBA @chicagobooth

[Aniko Berman @anikojay]

Notes from AOTM AiR VII

Learning how to meaningfully convey complex ideas succinctly is useful in art and in life
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We have finished initial “studio visits”

thoughtful and in-depth presentations of the artists' practices either using decks, or more informally sharing screens and walking us through folders of source images to final artworks
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Artists working digitally -

especially those working on long-form, narrative-driven projects whose meaning is particularly enhanced by the viewer’s understanding of the artist’s (often nonlinear, complex, and multi-media) -

arrive at a particular challenge:

how to meaningfully explain your art practice in a distilled way?

(What is your “pitch”?)
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This week our focus is refining / paring down messaging when it comes to artistic practice

Each of the artists will contribute their own brief 1-2 sentence description of each other’s practices (I will too)

We will review these together and see what kind of useful insights are gleaned
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@0xVestica @desultor @ivonatau @AOTMgallery

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@lovidlovid @ScreenSlate @outland_art Happy happy birthday!

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GM

Paul Cézanne, The Card Players, 1890-92

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Join us TOMORROW 5/27 @ 5pm ET

A conversation with AOTM's newest Artists in Residence

@0xVestica
@ivonatau
@desultor

Co-hosted by @GeorgiaOEth & @anikojay

https://t.co/OXTA16iHC3

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A message from our team 👇

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@scrptdfntsy Packaging

[VincentVanDough @Vince_Van_Dough]

Gm

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@graceb_art @ChristiesInc I adored that little Mondrian…

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3 record-breaking art sales last night @ChristiesInc

Pollock ($181m) & Brancusi ($108m) from SI Newhouse collection (publishing magnate)

Rothko ($98m) that held pride of place in Agnes Gund’s living room for decades (major patron and MoMA Trustee)

The Rothko in particular is notable here - Gund acquired it directly from the artist in 1967 following a studio visit when she was in her thirties, 3 years before his own suicide

It represents a link to a creative and collecting past that has since shifted into art historical mythology

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Today @ 5pm ET

@deltasauce & @photonisdead on their Oculus collab and the final release

Co-hosted by @GeorgiaOEth & @anikojay

https://t.co/QhiPjsLOiV

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@deltasauce Omg

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Notes from AOTM AiR VII now that we have kicked off w/ @0xVestica @desultor @ivonatau

(I’ll be sharing more updates throughout the next 3 months…)
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We began the first of many “studio visits”

This means the artists presenting their practice through the lens of particular projects or artworks, and sharing their process

Some themes/ideas that arose:

the meaningful merging of digital/physical

in particular for narrative-driven projects comprising multiple facets (physical objects / experiences as well as digital presence / user journey / tokenized works)

as a counterpoint, when does physical + digital detract or complicate (also a question of different audiences here)

maintaining the beautiful “imperfection” of the handmade while also employing the slickness / structure / efficiency of blockchain and the digital

We’ll continue “studio visits” next week…

@AOTMgallery

[Aniko Berman @anikojay]

Very happy to get this term started 🌟

Dedicated calls with artists are highlights of my week

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Thrilled to announce the 7th cohort of AOTM Artists in Residence:

@0xVestica
@ivonatau
@desultor

Weekly sessions May through July

Curated collections in September

Welcome AiR VII

For more information: https://t.co/yiq1y2etT1

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Technically speaking, you generated an image that is a digital shadow simulacrum of a Monet painting

Yes it has many of the characteristics easily legible from what is effectively a thumbnail version of a Monet painting

But a Monet painting is not just an image - it is a canvas plane and the site of the artist’s grappling through paint with space and light and air, or “l’enveloppe” as he would have described it

Monet paintings are also about time in that they are about light changing and unifying his subjects, and the artist’s experience of that time, externally and subjectively

That aspect is completely removed through this process

So yes, it’s a generated image suggesting Monet but not at all a Monet painting

That said - interesting exercise that is hopefully making people think about the difference between an image of a painting, and an actual painting (or other physical art object), as well as artistic intent and the meaning derived from that

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Positioning galleries and artists native to our subset of digital art alongside traditional exhibitors and artists operating within the larger digital art space is exactly the move for the third Zero 10

Particularly in this way, with a legitimate and rigorous curatorial POV providing context and history

There is more to digital art than NFTs in the past 5 years

(And really, it is all Art)

We are part of a longer and larger legacy, an important chapter in a narrative that continues to take shape

as a space that prides itself on innovation, we should champion those trying new things and taking risks

Excited to see how this unfolds

@trevorpaglen
@eli_schein

[Art Basel @ArtBasel]

Now in its third edition, Zero 10—Art Basel’s global initiative dedicated to art of the digital era—makes its debut at our flagship fair.

➡️ Discover more of the Swiss edition of the initiative: https://t.co/fLl8zVCHm6

[matdryhurst @matdryhurst]

Anyone mad at Paglen co-curating Zero 10 is confused. Big win.

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GM

Édouard Manet, Two Roses, c. 1882

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Join us Thursday 5/7 @ 1pm ET

@ArchanNair on Zero Point, the prequel to Echoes Within Mūori - his new ongoing series developed over more than a year

Co-hosted by @GeorgiaOEth & @anikojay

https://t.co/bvcTnkIG62

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Back to the basics