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The Coded Image features five artists wrestling with the increasing instability of images in the present information age. More and more of the images we encounter today are mediated by electronic technologies—from big screen televisions to smart phones, frommass media to social media.The distribution of this electronic content involves a process of breaking down images to streams of data that are later reconstituted on our screens. This inherently destructive/reconstructive process challenges the perceived stability and continuity that were early distinctives of photography. By employing a variety of innovative photographic, video, and new media techniques, these artists offer fresh perspectives on the heavily mediated and abstract nature of these information- images. Some prioritize the consumer/viewer presence by imposing new physical contexts or visual effects that open the door to the creation of new narratives within the familiar. Others fully embrace the image as data, seeking to re-interpret images through processes of analysis and the visual encoding of new layers of information.
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