Andrew Roberts
Towards Electromateriality
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January 2019
10
Jan
2019
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Feb 2019
Night Screen
Towards Electromateriality
Andrew Roberts
10
January 2019
10
January
2019
1
February 2019
Night Screen
Towards Electromateriality (2018) is the first chapter of a manifesto introducing us the wold of the new flesh; a reconfiguration of reality mediated by the existence of high speed electronics, assassin algorithms and the atomic materiality of all digital media. Recurring to the visual languages of cosmic horror, warfare video games and dystopian science fiction it draws both conceptual and aesthetic parallels between occultism and black box devices; alchemy and electromechanical engineering; the supernatural and the physical invisibility of virtual realms. CreditsWritten, directed and animated by Andrew RobertsMusic by Invitado SorpresaEnergy Sphere Model by SirhaianGalaxy’s Black Hole with Brain Model by Nico TorresCthulhu Model by Allen Lee GrippinKaiju Models by Dope PopeArcheological Models by The British MuseumRobot Model by Jacques AchilleMotion graphics by Andrew RobertsDemonic Morgan Freeman and Ghost of Marilyn Monroe Models by Andrew RobertsNarrated by an algorithmically generated clone of the artist’s voice.
Towards Electromateriality (2018) is the first chapter of a manifesto introducing us the wold of the new flesh; a reconfiguration of reality mediated by the existence of high speed electronics, assassin algorithms and the atomic materiality of all digital media. Recurring to the visual languages of cosmic horror, warfare video games and dystopian science fiction it draws both conceptual and aesthetic parallels between occultism and black box devices; alchemy and electromechanical engineering; the supernatural and the physical invisibility of virtual realms. CreditsWritten, directed and animated by Andrew RobertsMusic by Invitado SorpresaEnergy Sphere Model by SirhaianGalaxy’s Black Hole with Brain Model by Nico TorresCthulhu Model by Allen Lee GrippinKaiju Models by Dope PopeArcheological Models by The British MuseumRobot Model by Jacques AchilleMotion graphics by Andrew RobertsDemonic Morgan Freeman and Ghost of Marilyn Monroe Models by Andrew RobertsNarrated by an algorithmically generated clone of the artist’s voice.
Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts (b. 1995, Tijuana) incorporates elements from gameplay, roleplay and worldbuilding into his multi-platform practice, recognizing in these mechanisms a cultural structure where consumption and production become one. Exploring the material dimension of horror, Roberts’ digital animations, installations, sculptures and poetry treat colonial agents as possessed images and haunted spaces. He is primarily concerned with representational systems and the geographical tensions between Mexico and the United States of America. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Pequod Co., Mexico City (2023, 2020); House of Chappaz, Valencia and Barcelona (2022); Best Practice, San Diego (2022); and Delaplane, San Francisco (2021). Significant group exhibitions include the Institut Culturel du Mexique, Paris (2023); the Whitney Biennial: Quiet As It's Kept, NYC (2022); the Institute of Mexico in Spain, Madrid (2022); the 7th Athens Biennale: ECLIPSE (2021); the Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2021); and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (2018); amongst others.