“Immersive” is a word you read a lot in descriptions of digital art. But Digital Dimensions at P61 Gallery legitimately earns that tag, so hypnotic are its artworks. Glossy, synthetic, swirling and saturated, the installations make no pretense to be naturalistic. They are precision-engineered to appeal to the senses. Occupying eight rooms of a postwar utilitarian block in Schöneberg, the 300 works are broadly organized into three themes: “Physic-Flow Art”, “Liquid Universes”, and “Rhythmic Math Art”. Whatever the subject, the visuals have a flow and geometry that gives them a techno-psychedelic quality. A total of 40 artists were commissioned for the computational artworks, digital objects and motion design, including the likes of 3D artist Vincent Schwenk. The otherworldly atmosphere of the artworks and soundscapes is mesmerizing, pulling you in and holding you there until you look down and realize twenty minutes have passed. “Math art”, it turns out, is more than the sum of its parts…
Text: Benji Haughton / Credits: P61 Gallery
P61 Gallery, Potsdamer Str. 61, 10785 Berlin–Schöneberg; map
Digital Dimensions. Tickets are available online.
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