In Conversation about "on water"
David Bowen and art curator and writer Christopher Atkins have a conversation about the on water exhibition in place at the gallery.
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For all four moving or video pieces depicted here, the artist has used available water data to drive his scuptures. In some form that was a bit different than shown here, and to fit the space, each were part of the fall 2020 exhibition at JNG. In February 2021, on water will be essentially reprised at the Rochester Art Center here.
David Bowen is currently Associate Professor of Sculpture and Physical Computing at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
His artist website here: dwbowen.com is a great resource for learning more about his artwork and includes videos of some of these same pieces and others, plus a detailed resume.
recent artist statement:
Using intersections between natural and mechanical systems, David Bowen produces unique relationships within his sculpture and installation. With robotics, custom software, sensors, tele-presence and data, he constructs devices and situations that are set in motion to interface with the physical and virtual world. The devices he constructs often play both the roles of observer and creator, providing limited and mechanical perspectives of dynamic situations and living systems. These devices and situations create a dissonance that leads to an incalculable changeable situation resulting in unpredictable outcomes. The phenomenological outputs are collaborations between the natural form or function, the mechanism and the artist.
David Bowen's recent exhibition on water at JNG which closed in early January 2021, will be shown nearly in it's entirety at the Rochester Art Center (RAC) in Rochester, MN. The exhibition opens February 24 will run through May 2, 2021.
On October 31, 2020, curator Christopher Atkins visited us from Minneapolis. Christopher and artist David Bowen had a conversation about each of the four major works in David's exhibition on water. Film maker Allen Killian Moore recorded the conversation and interspersed video and still images of the works. Here is the link to it on our YouTube channel: the conversation
Here is a link to the essay for on water by Mr. Atkins: the essay
We are pleased to be exhibiting the work of Duluth artist David Bowen in fall 2020. The exhibition will exhibit four of his digital scupltures, all based on water data, and dating from 2015 to 2020.
