Welcome to the monthly update on the Computer Arts Society, where BCS members can hear from the specialist group and hear all the latest on new exhibitions, lectures, events and competitions.
BCS Moorgate holds exhibitions of digital art year round, including the Paul Brown retrospective last spring, the Quantel paintbox exhibition through May and June featuring works by Keith Haring an David Hockney, and the first ever CAS Members’ exhibition in July. The exhibitions provide a fantastic chance to explore the world of digital arts and the more creative side of technology, and the Moorgate offices are also where BCS host events for the Lumen prize.
From February to September 2024, the Moorgate office exhibition showcases the work of Peter Hardie (1945 - 2019), providing an insight into his exploration of 3D computer animation and stills to explore the intersections of realism and abstraction in studies of natural phenomena.
In a digital take on the method of traditional landscape artists, Hardie produced short pieces which captured his response to the seemingly simple phenomena of the light, colour and movement of the natural world.
“The serenity of the work gives little clue to the rigorous effort necessary for an artist to bend a 3D computer animation system to their will”
The viewer is led to contemplate their relationship with everyday natural phenomena, stunningly reimagined through Hardie’s use of digital media; as the described on the CAS website, ‘the serenity of the work gives little clue to the rigorous effort necessary for an artist to bend a 3D computer animation system to their will, but what it does do is draw our attention to look anew at the kind of natural phenomena that he chose as his subject matter.’
Peter Hardie has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at ACM SIGGRAPH Art Shows in the USA (2004, 2006, 2007), Glastonbury Festival (2009) and ISEA Istanbul (2011), and this exhibition will remain at BCS Moorgate until September 2024.
Members in Leicester can also enjoy a retrospective of electro-mechanical drawings from artist Jack Tait in the Phoenix Arts Centre café bar until May 2024; creating his pieces since 1960, Tait has used a wide range of machines to create fascinating artworks over his long career.
You can find out more about all BCS exhibitions and more at www.computer-arts-society.com.
