VIDEO: Installation Preview

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

150 Media Stream is proud to present “Four Techspressionist Artists”, a new exhibition of four video works by four leading voices in the Techspressionist movement: Colin Goldberg, Renata Janiszewska, Karen LaFleur, and Jan Swinburne.

Using a dynamic blend of digital media, motion graphics, and abstract visual language, these four artists work at the intersection of technology and expression. Despite vastly different aesthetics, the exhibition’s four pieces all represent unique perspectives into the essence of Techspressionism, a global, community- driven art movement that embraces technology as a tool for emotional and aesthetic exploration.

The exhibition will be on view April 28 – July 20, 2025, in the lobby of 150 North Riverside Plaza, with a public event for the exhibition on Thursday, May 1st. Free to visit and consisting of a 150-foot LED wall, 150 Media Stream is a public digital art installation curated by Chicago-based video artist Yuge Zhou.

ABOUT THE WORK

Colin Goldberg’s Interior Landscape borrows ideas from Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism, applying early 20th-century principles in a digital context. The abstract movement of colorful geometry leaves the piece intentionally open to endless interpretation. Score by Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky).

Renata Janiszewska’s Souffles Pastels (Pastel Sighs) presents a stylized femininity through the eyes of a modern-day romantic. A palette of blush pinks, powder blues, and creams evokes traditional fashions. Intricate textures like lace and embroidery reference heritage and domestic arts. Portraiture co-exists with abstraction, suggestive of femininity’s responses to social changes.

Karen LaFleur’s Mycorrhizal takes its name from a type of symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi, in which both organisms benefit from combining their root structures. With visuals that appear as organic circuitry, this work grows and moves through rapid changes. Score by Nancy Tucker.

Jan Swinburne’s SONIC FLIGHT: Towards Peace is a site-specific iteration of the artist’s larger SONIC FLIGHT project, which transforms a harsh sound into a place of blue serenity. The slow-moving visual is derived from the waveform image of a sonic boom recorded as a war jet flew over the Toronto Air Show.

ABOUT 150 MEDIA STREAM

Located in the lobby of 150 N Riverside Plaza in Chicago, the 150 Media Stream is a public digital art installation divided into 89 LED blades. It stretches over 150 feet long and reaches 22 feet high, the largest structure of its kind in the city. Launched in 2017, the 150 Media Stream has showcased over fifty commissioned works by emerging and renowned local and international media artists.
Curated by Chicago-based video artist Yuge Zhou, the 150 Media Stream Arts Program forges strategic partnerships with many of Chicago’s major academic and artistic institutions, providing a forum for students and cultural practitioners to exhibit and promote their work in a dynamic and iconic environment.