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George Legrady: Stardust
A machine looks, observes, and calculates in deep space. An artist imagines the implications.
Stardust is the result.
Edward Cella Art+Architecture is pleased to announce an exhibition entitled, Stardust, a limited
edition
portfolio of works on paper by George Legrady. The portfolio of computationally created visual
renderings of celestial objects in space, based on NASA data, is the outcome of research for the “We
Are Stardust” installation concurrently on view in the exhibition entitled Observe at the
Alyce de Roulet
Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Created in software that allows for
3-
D visualization of the positioning of deep-space objects in spatial relation to each other, using the
archive of locations of celestial bodies studied by NASA scientists through the infra-red Spitzer
Orbiting Telescope, the exhibition opens new and innovative doorways to the subject of astronomy and
its implications for humanity with the goal to engage new audiences and forge new perceptions by
reaching across the disciplines of art and science. ECAA will exhibit still images from the installation.
Realized in collaboration with the Art Center College
of Design and the NASA Spitzer Science Center
at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Stardust considers the physical and
spatial
relationships of distant stars and the various forces that bind them. George Legrady contextualizes
this vast expanse of information by visualizing its inherent ephemeral nature and profundity.
Known for his ambitious interactive installations and data visualization projects, Legrady’s artwork
of
the past twenty years has focused on the exploration of complex digital technologies and their
potentials in developing new forms of cultural narratives. Bridging art, science and technology, Legrady
is recognized for creating experimental installations and computational photographs integrating data
mapping and data visualization through systematic categorization and self-organizing algorithmic
processes. His installations have been exhibited at museums throughout the world. His newest
project, Stardust, seeks to visualize space and time outside the range of what is perceptual
utilizing
information only recently available due to the innovations in enhanced mechanical vision and
computational technological processes.
To learn more about Legrady’s sources and creative process please visit:
http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/~g.legrady/glWeb/Projects/spitzer/spitzerTech.html
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