Excited to share that the Pixel Rugs monograph, published by @vetroeditions , is launching this Saturday at @movingimagenyc . I’ll be giving a talk and signing copies of the book. Printed using Quadrifluox, an experimental fluorescent-ink process, the pages translate RGB color into pigment. The afternoon also includes a performance by Edgar Fabián Frías with four local Indigenous artists and a performance lecture by OONA. Supported by @artontezos Free, but RSVP required — link in bio.
✦ Open Worlds: An Afternoon of Digital Art Encounters ✦
Spanning talks, performances, and a book signing across three distinct artist practices during Frieze Week.
Beginning with a book launch by Travess Smalley, followed by a live performance organized by Edgar Fabián Frías featuring local Indigenous artists, and then a performance and talk by OONA.
The event ends with drinks, snacks, and casual conversations with the artists.
🗓16 May, 1:30 – 6 PM EST
📍 Museum of the Moving Image
Free with RSVP, link in bio
This event is organized by MoMI and the Tezos Foundation as part of their annual partnership.
✨Announcing the “Pixel Rugs” book
Rooted in the generative pieces @travess first released on the Tezos platforms hic et nunc, and continues to release on Teia, the book follows the project’s evolution through studio sketches, code snippets, and essays by @reas and @anika .
Discover the process, story and context behind Travess Smalley’s Pixel Rugs series in the artist’s upcoming book, printed using an experimental 5-colour fluorescent ink technique.
Pre-order your copy now with the link in bio or on vetroeditions.com
New on Are.na Editorial**
Artists Travess Smalley (@travess ) and Daniel Lefcourt (@d_lefcourt ) on graphic notation and the various methods used over time for visualizing sound.
https://www.are.na/editorial/visualizing-sound
👋 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁: Travess Smalley (@travess ) works with computational software to create complex generative systems in various forms, including computer graphics, digital images, prints, software, games, and books.
Smalley often extends his generative process using digital printing, scanning, and creative software — incorporating alternative processing methods to produce unimaginable, emergent images. ✨
He is an Assistant Professor at @universityofri , and a Critic at @risd1877 .
Smalley has exhibited his work globally, with recent solo exhibitions through @foxyproduction , @endergallery , and @mackenzie.art.gallery .
This post features a few previous works that 𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘞𝘓 builds on:
• Slide 3: 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 (in the collection of @lerandomart )
• Slide 4: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 (in the collection of @rastereyes_ )
• Slide 5: 08_01_23_𝘗𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘭_𝘙𝘶𝘨_08
With 𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘞𝘓, Smalley continues to explore digital images and unique works on paper — while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of how his images are understood and explored. Head to the link in our bio to explore Smalley’s Catalogue Raisonné on Feral File.
YESSS!!!! "Deep fried" "fungal glitchscape" is my favorite interpretation of Networkbraid! Thank you @edhalter and @4columnsmag for providing such rich language. I'm having trouble expressing my feelings of having my work so generously interpreted.
Landscape Script is on view at @foxyproduction in At Land, a show responding to the experimental film by Maya Deren.
1 - Landscape Script animation running in Photoshop.
2 - Alien Sunset, (Landscape Script for Photoshop), 2022, UV print on dibond, 28 x 15 3⁄4 in. (71.12 x 40.01 cm)
3 - Green Overworld, (Landscape Script for Photoshop), 2022, UV print on dibond, 28 x 15 3⁄4 in. (71.12 x 40.01 cm)
4 - Morning, (Landscape Script for Photoshop), 2022, UV print on dibond, 28 x 15 3⁄4 in. (71.12 x 40.01 cm)
Pixel Rugs, a series of 8 x 8 ft hand knotted wool rugs created from images formed through an evolving computer script that combines JavaScript, chance, Photoshop, and a large library of dither patterns.
My time in @risddm has been spent studying generative systems and how chance operations can effect image making. Each day last summer, I’d create a new Pixel Rug image and post it to Hic Et Nunc and Twitter. From the resulting 140+ works these six have been rendered as actual rugs. A dream come true for me.
These rugs are made in collaboration with @maman_rugs and the weavers Shanti Sunita Aparna, Ramraj Kailash Thakur, Ganesh Subhash Ravi, Ravinder Ashok Surinder, Aakash Raju Shlok, and Dhruv Akshay Vivek at @nityaexports .
I’d also like to thank @tess.oldfield@fhbach@sizod@nick.k.larson and @_kaelanoel_ for help with the transportation, installation, and documentation photos.
