Techspressionist Salon 87 – Wild and Newfangled Techspressionism // October 3, 2024
This Salon commemorates the opening of Wild and Newfangled Techspressionism, an exhibition of Techspressionist artists’ works at the Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art (MOWNA).
Exhibition Info: https://www.mowna.org/museum/techspressionism
Exhibition Dates: Oct 3, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Press Release: https://www.mowna.org/press/techspressionism
The Salon was moderated by MOWNA founders cari ann shim sham* and joey zaza.
They take us on a walkthrough of the VR Installation of the exhibition in the Loop MOWNA room, with participating artists present in the zoom session providing live commentary on their work from around the world. Experience the exhibition in VR here.
Artwork by:
Adelfino Corino
Adrianne Wortzel
Ahmed Esh
Alan Kinnard
Andrew Reach
Ann R. Shapiro
Annette Weintraub
Béatrice Coron
Benna Gaean Maris
Caro Ramonde
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Chalda Maloff
Cindy Hawkins
Colin Goldberg
Corina Lipavsky
Cynthia Beth Rubin
Cynthia DiDonato
Deann Stein Hasinoff
Diana de Avila
Dr Kim Hamilton
Farnoosh Doroodgar
FLUOR
Galina Shevchenko
Ira Upin
Javier Aparicio Frago
Jenni Bee
Jody Zellen
Judith Carlin
Judith Jacobs
Karen LaFleur
Kathleen Dobrowsky
Larry Akers
Lee Musgrave
Lee Schnaiberg
Lineadeluz
Lucy Boyd-Wilson
Malavika Mandal Andrew
Max Dalí Kamilla Kulova
Michael Pierre Price
Michael Woodruff
Moritz Albrecht with Sofia Tsantos
Negin Ehtesabian Lichty
Nina Sobell
Patrick Lichty
R. Gopakumar
Reese Schroeder
Renata Janiszewska
Robert A. Ripps
Roz Dimon
Sahar Moussavi
Sandra Pipken
Sandrine Deumier
Sara Radomirovic
Sherry Karver
Skye X
Stefano Contiero
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Stephen Paré
Susan Detroy
Tim Cierpiszewski
Tommy Mintz
Treeskulltown
Una Raneta
Verneda Lights
Violet Bond
Xiaobi Iris Pan
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WHAT IS A TECHSPRESSIONIST SALON?
Techspressionist Salons are a time and place in cyberspace where artists gather once a month to hang out, share their work and discuss matters relating to art, philosophy, and technology.
These meetups were conceived as a modern counterpart to the Surrealist salons of the 1920’s, in which artists could meet informally to socialize and discuss ideas. Techspressionism is a 100% volunteer-based international artist community.
The First Techspressionist Salon was held on September 1, 2020, and included artists Colin Goldberg, Patrick Lichty, Steve Miller and Oz Van Rosen, as well as art historian Helen Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, the former home and studio of painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. During this first Salon session, the working definition of Techspressionism was decided upon by the participants as: “An artistic approach in which technology is utilized as a means to express emotional experience.”
Artist Davonte Bradley (aka DAVO) proposed the idea of recording the Salons and publishing them on the Techspressionism YouTube Channel, which was implemented starting with Salon #8.
Salons are moderated by a rotating panel of artist volunteers. After the recording ends, artists are welcome to hang out for the afterparty (aka advisory board meeting), in which the topic for the next Salon is decided upon, and other community-related ideas are discussed.