QUANTUM OF DISORDER

4. February 2015

A collaboration project between the ICS/ZHdK artists-in-labs program and Museum Haus Konstruktiv, curated by Sabine Schaschl and Irène Hediger.
Opening: 4th of February 2015 at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv

The group-exhibition "Quantum of Disorder" and its supporting program are a result of the eponymous collaboration project between the ICS/ZHdK artists-in-labs program and Museum Haus Konstruktiv. Established ordering systems and design systems, the definition of algorithms and parameters, with which certain forms are generated or functions are activated, mathematical calculations, and scientific deductions all serve as a basis for constructivist-concrete art, and for the artists exhibited. Here, the incorporation of disorder and deviation is an essential and (to equal extent) inter-linking element.

The exhibition presents a number of artists, and groups of artists, who create their works by means of new technologies and programming engendered by the interplay between order and disorder, system and deviation.
This collaboration project does not put forth any hypothesis, and it is not intended to convey any fining. Instead, it is to be seen as an experiment, in which issues pertaining to art encounter the process and achievements of the natural sciences. Principles of oder emerge as a common denominator, providing the basis for both artistic and scientific practice. The exhibition presents nine artists, or artists' groups, who offer an insight into various possibilities regarding algorithmic and systematic applications. Here, the spectrum ranges from computer-controlled plotter images to kinetic installations where one geometric form is transformed into another, through to computer-generated all-over image that call our spatial perception into question, or to video recordings, in which invisible magnetic rays in a research laboratory are made visible.

The comprehensive supporting program, developed in cooperation with ETH Zurich and the University of Geneva, brings various disciplines together within talks, panel discussions, lectures and presentations pertaining to particle physics and cutting-edge robotics research, thus enabling an active exchange of knowledge. The publication "Quantum of Disorder" was released during the exhibition and features artist interviews and texts by various authors as well as comprehensive images of the installations in the exhibition.

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The collaboration project "Quantum of Disorder" is supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia as part of its "Digital Culture" initiative.

Further we thank: Bundeskanzleramt Österreich Kunst, Österreichische Botschaft Bern, Österreichisches Kulturforum, ETH Zürich-Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC), Université de Genève: Faculté d. Sciences, Section de physique, Stiftung Erna und Curt Burgauer, Egon-und-Ingrid-Hug-Stiftung, Migros Kulturprozent