Cory Arcangel, Super Mario Clouds (still), 2002. Handmade hacked Super Mario Brothers cartridge and Nintendo NES video game system © Cory Arcangel
Cory Arcangel
Masters
3 November 2012 – 27 January 2013
at Forum Gallery, Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, PA
Employing readymade digital technology as his primary medium, New York–based artist Cory Arcangel applies a hacker’s sensibility to a wide range of work that incorporates web, video, sound, performance, and photography. Arcangel’s appropriated source materials—ranging from obsolete video games to YouTube clips, and from Hollywood films to underground music—all become fodder for his visual and sensorial modifications. His artistic pursuits live as witty and informative interventions into contemporary culture at a time when we witness its rapid and frequent obsolescence before our eyes. [read the full text here]
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Cory Arcangel, Infinite Fill Wallpaper, 2004. Installation detail, welcome to the infinite fill zone, FACT, Liverpool, UK, 2004 © Cory Arcangel
Cory Arcangel, Sans Simon (still), 2004. Single-channel video, 3:16 min. © Cory Arcangel
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