"Her photo collage and video installation, “Soft Confinement,” one of several works at Supermoon Art Space's exhibition for Ridgewood Open Studios, features a lone male figure walking through a hi-tech dystopic landscape while AI-generated images on screens include affirmations and lullabies."
"“We're in a moment right now where a lot of people experience loneliness,” Smolarz told Hyperallergic. “I realized from my students at Pratt how lonely they are and that led me to do work with AI.”"
"Fortunately, life in the neighborhood remains much more connected and communal, as seen during Ridgewood's fourth annual open studios event this weekend, which drew hundreds of people to explore hidden alcoves in converted factories, basement art spaces teeming with sculptures, and printmaking workshops in playgrounds."
"The Western Queens arts scene had long been in Bushwick's shadow (does anyone remember Quooklyn?), participating in the North Brooklyn neighborhood's sprawling open studios festival for several years before growing too large and spinning off in 2019."
Ridgewood Open Studios brought hundreds of visitors to neighborhood art spaces. Supermoon Art Space hosted works including Elisabeth Smolarz’s “Soft Confinement,” a photo collage and video installation featuring a lone figure moving through a dystopic landscape with AI-generated affirmations and lullabies. Smolarz connected the project to loneliness experienced by students and used AI to respond to that isolation. The event also showcased art in converted factories and basement spaces filled with sculptures, along with printmaking workshops held in playgrounds. Ridgewood’s arts scene has grown beyond earlier comparisons to nearby Bushwick, gaining wider recognition and new cultural institutions since the pandemic.
Read at Hyperallergic
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]