Exhibition: Industry Standards
- Type
- Solo
- Venue
- McLean Project for the Arts
- Address
- 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, VA, USA
- Dates
- Apr 13th, 2023—Jun 10th, 2023
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Artist's Statement
In “Industry Standards,” reclaimed industrial objects are altered to address technophilia, surveillance, and environmental devastation.
The scarred forms of these works allude to the durability of the aging institutions benefiting most from the control of new tools. Many technologies that seem democratic and empowering on their face, such as gig labor apps, social media, and artificial intelligence, can be deconstructed by a critical eye into new expressions of existing status-quo power structures; the powerful benefit most, and the newly empowered perpetuate hierarchies.
By invoking these power structures, I hope to help us consider them anew.
—Chris Combs
Included Works
Backdriven (Driven Back)
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Birdsight (Develop/Validate/Acquire)
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Black Box
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Bulkhead
Art Machines | 03 Dec 2021
Campfire
Art Machines | 01 Jul 2019
Enigma #QAL
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
F2G (Spoon Theory)
Art Machines | 01 Jun 2022
Gateway (Transmission III)
Art Machines | 02 Oct 2020
Honeypot
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Margins (JTNP)
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Morale is Mandatory (Algorithm Livery)
Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022
Point of Sale
Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020
Shy Light
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Sync/Desync MARL-3
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Takes
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
This Machine Hates Kids
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Uncontrollable Light
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Vaporware
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Exhibition Images
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
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View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
View of the exhibition, 'Industry Standards'
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