Michael Rees: Synthetic Cells: Site and (Para)Site

This stunning catalogue documents Michael Rees's colourful inflatable sculptures that incorporate dynamic augmented reality elements, thus revealing the rich visual vocabulary of digital technologies. Contemporary artist Michael Rees is an acknowledged leader in the field of cutting-edge digital art. This volume documents a compelling group of Rees's colourful inflatable sculptures that incorporate brilliant structural elements and dynamic interventions of augmented reality. Commissioned for an exhibition at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey (open until January 2021), these objects, alongside augment works by six other contemporary artists, illuminate how digital thinking and its rich visual vocabulary are at the forefront of the future of art. Synthetic Cells features augmented reality artworks by Michael Rees, Claudia Hart, Chris Manzione, Will Pappenheimer, John Craig Freeman, Carla Gannis and Tamiko Thiel.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785513176
• ISBN13: 9781785513176
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Inc.
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.6" x 11.4"