VISUAL RHYTHM

Visual Rhythm presents non-narrative, abstract, and immersive experimental film, video, and digital art, connecting recent directions in media art to earlier modes of expression. The works on view focus on shape, color, design, environment, and audio-visual experience. The range of media presented in the exhibition includes video, interactive media, film, site-specific installations, electronic art, and sound works. While the works differ significantly in ways of presentation and conceptual methodology, each appeals to the sense of seeing as an experience, rather than a means of conveying information or visual meaning. Their non-narrative, impressionistic, sometimes poetic qualities may invoke emotional response to intense sensual stimulation.

Underscoring its universal appeal and the fact that this kind of work is being produced the world over, the exhibition includes national as well as international artists. Significant contributions by Colorado artists are highlighted in the context, with special acknowledgment of the pioneering work of Stan Brakhage.

Visual Rhythm encompasses the entire museum, with different areas dedicated to distinct methods of representation, ranging from film and video projection, to screen and computer based displays. To turn the museum into a black box, Mexican artist Ricardo Rendón was invited to complete an intervention covering the museum windows.