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
Link: More Info

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

On display Available

Black Box

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Bulkhead

Art Machines | 03 Dec 2021

Campfire

Art Machines | 01 Jul 2019

On display Available

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

On display Available

Margins (JTNP)

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

On display Available

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

On display Available

This Machine Hates Kids

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

On display Available

Uncontrollable Light

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

On display Available

Vaporware

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

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