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ARTCAT



Peter Vogel: Interactive Sonic & Light Sculptures

bitforms gallery
529 West 20th Street, 2nd Floor, 212-366-6939
Chelsea
April 20 - May 20, 2006
Reception: Thursday, April 20, 6 - 8 PM
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Peter Vogel (b. 1937, Germany) is a pioneer in the field of interactive electronic sculpture. He was formally trained in Physics, but has explored technology’s intersection with dance, musical composition and visual art since the late 1960s. Vogel’s minimalist musical compositions share territory with that of Detroit techno, Phillip Glass and Steve Reich, where variations and increasing complexity result from the addition or negation of repetitive phrases. This exhibition highlights new work by Peter Vogel in addition to covering the range of his production since the early 1970s.

Vogel’s interest lies in both interactive and musical structures. His is an active art that encourages viewers to discover communication structures through repeated interaction. Red, green, and blue light-emitting diodes, wire, photo cells, bare speakers, resistors and capacitors are the raw materials with which Peter Vogel crafts audiovisual constellations. The interactive sensitivity of Vogel’s constructions utilizes photocells and microphones that react to spectators, creating an experience of seeing and hearing unique improvisations triggered by light and shadow. Merging form and function, the delicate electronic circuits in Vogel’s artworks are elegantly arranged. Electronic logic of each sculpture is determined through circuitry, but the reactions may sometimes feel random because of their sensitive dependence upon the time patterns of input.

Live Performance: During the opening; and 3 pm, Saturday April 22

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