Join us for an Augmented Reality (AR) and Digital Art talk and closing reception moderated by LA Weekly’s arts editor Shana Nys Dambrot with artists Jayne Behman and Daniel Leighton at LACDA in #DTLA on Saturday December 1st from 2-5pm. The art talk begins at 3pm.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, “LACDA”, presents “Electric Abstractions”, a traveling exhibition from the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, “SLOMA”, featuring the works of Daniel Leighton and Jayne Behman. They are both California contemporary artists who use technology to create their work. There will be 14 Augmented Reality artworks by Daniel Leighton exhibited. The exhibit was just featured in Artillery Magazine
Daniel Leighton is an AR pioneer. Leighton adds AR to his paintings by combining his backgrounds in filmmaking and computer programming. Using the Daniel Leighton Art + AR app, viewers can experience additional dimensions of Daniel’s AR-enhanced paintings. His AR iPad paintings focus on the importance of identifying, expressing and acknowledging emotions, and about exposing what is there. The AR is applied to the art very intentionally. The purpose of each interaction is to enrich the viewer. It’s a journey from one place to another. Sometimes it’s a journey from where you are to where you want to be. Other times it is going deeper into where you are, so you can focus on what is important. He creates emotional portraits with simple lines and brilliant colors to capture complex states of the human psyche, while exploring the possibilities of technology and human emotion being harnessed for the greater good. Mass shootings, climate change, PTSD, and class divide are some of the matters Leighton chooses to focus on in his work.
Jayne Behman substituted her brick and mortar studio with her iPad years ago to be able to create anywhere, anytime; without borders. It is on the technology “canvas” that she processes her Marks. Using a combination of Apps her paintings reflect her vision of a world reacting to change. Also, she just has some fun, seen in her banners and videos.
The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is dedicated to the propagation of all forms of digital art, new media, digital video art, net art, digital sculpture, interactive multimedia, and the vast panorama of hybrid forms of art and technology that constitute our moment in culture. Digital art defines the contemporary. They are committed to supporting local, international, emerging and established artists through exposure in our gallery. They have an ongoing schedule of exhibits and competitions, produce editions of wide format archival prints, and collaborate in the production of digital artworks in our studio. The are also involved with curating digital exhibits at institutions and festivals outside of the LACDA gallery schedule. LACDA has been supporting and exhibiting artists who use technology since 2004.
Where:
LACDA
Located in the Gallery Row area of
Downtown Los Angeles
104 E. 4th St. Los Angeles 90013
between Main and Los Angeles Streets
When:
Dec 1st 2pm-5pm Art talk is at 3pm
For more information go to:
http://www.lacda.com
