Blinking rectangles of various sizes dominate our digital daily lives. Cameras and sensors capture our every move. Networks, algorithms and protocols, document, predict and alter our behavior. Theoretically, human beings are more connected than ever before.
But are we?
While some view the analog to digital transition as a great equalizer, and a unifying force, others see it as quite the opposite—a secularizing, divisive means to a lonely, uber-fractionalized society.
Regardless of where you stand on the matter, it is inarguable that the shift from analog to digital has influenced almost every facet of our lives—from how we consume information and exchange goods to how we meet, date, shop and travel. In virtually every industry and in every home, the analog to digital transition has had a profound impact.
What we want to know is: How has the analog to digital transition impacted you—the artist? How does it make you feel? Cynical or hopeful? Free or confined? Connected or marginalized? How has it affected your work? Has it freed you or constrained you?
In the medium of your choice—painting, mixed media, video, audio, sculpture or photography —Beacon Gallery would like you to explore how the Analog to Digital transformation has impacted your work, your identity, your family, your community, your (metaphorically) “pixelated” view of the world at large.
You are invited to include a poem, paragraph or essay to be published along with your artwork explaining your experience, if you wish, as well.
