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From Portable Studio to Digital Archive: Otto Piene's Sketchbooks
The Harvard Art Museums was recently gifted more than seventy sketchbooks by artist Otto Piene (1928–2014), a pioneer in multimedia and technology-based art. Piene was long interested in optical perception and kinetic forces, resulting in a body of work that emphasizes collaboration and the intersections of art, science, and nature. Postdoctoral curatorial fellow Lauren Hanson and museum data specialist Jeff Steward share how they have coupled curatorial practice with computer science and data visualization to expose hidden stories, spawn new conversations, and transform our understanding of Piene’s artistic practice.
The temporary museum installation, Processing the Page: Computer Vision and Otto Piene’s Sketchbooks, offers a glimpse into Lauren and Jeff’s experimentation with human and AI-generated data—a preview of what will launch later this spring as a virtual exhibition and expansive digital resource, Animating the Page: Otto Piene’s Sketchbooks. Processing the Page is on view March 15-20, 2022 in the Harvard Art Museums Lightbox Gallery as part of the exhibition Curatorial A(i)gents | Living by Protocol: metaLAB in the Lightbox.
When: Mar 23, 2022 2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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