kinetoh
LITERAL:
Mimesis of the Non-Mimetic
Kinetoh is an Italy-based group that produces generative artworks. These authors, following traditions of European Neo-Constructivism, Neo-Plasticism and Lyric Abstraction, make series of software that produce high-resolution images reminiscent of Modernist forms. Kinetoh dismantles the models of the last avant-garde by creating the simulacrum of such from software programs capable of imitating, nearly perfectly, those materials that belong to classic art, like pencil, charcoal, and watercolor. These images stand as the mimesis of art that is inherently non-mimetic. Or, also, the virtual reconstruction of the end of high Modernity. Instead of targeting a movement well-established and recognizable, like Abstract Expressionism or Conceptualism, Kinetoh’s strategy is to examine the second line and not so well-explored spaces in Modern Art. Just because of this, they maintain subversive potential (finally, Vermeer became famous in late 19th century, after the discovery photography). There’s the possibility that without photography we wouldn’t be able to see importance of Vermeer’s work. Similarly, we anticipate perhaps Kinetoh will open new spaces in art through their technologies. – Manik
Fuente: http://rhizome.org/netartnews/story.rhiz?×tamp=20050224
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