X: Variations in Experience
MFA Computer Computers Thesis Exhibition
Tuesday, May 28 – Saturday, June 15
Reception: Thursday, May 30, 6:00 – 8:00pm

School of Visual Arts presents “X: Variations in Experience,” an exhibition of select thesis projects by MFA Computer Arts students. Curated by Chinlung Chuang (MFA 2015 Computer Art) and Jamie Keesling (MA 2013 Critical Theory and the Arts), the exhibition will be on view from Tuesday, May 28, through Saturday, June 15, at the SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor, New York City.

The MFA Computer Arts graduates’ thesis projects on view in this exhibition are a culmination of two years of intensive study. “X” represents an intersection, a cancellation and an unknown variable. Phonetically, it is the first syllable of “experience,” the question of which unites these diverse projects. Artists in this exhibition envision personal transformations, experiment with storytelling and question the relationship between digital technology and human life. To varying degrees descriptive, abstract and humorous, many of the works on view represent struggles to adjust to new situations within ourselves and in the external world. Prepare to encounter dystopian futures, uncanny domestic interiors, goofy aliens and constructed audio-visual environments.

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