Gottfried J盲ger: Generative Color. Photographs
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is pleased to announce 鈥淕enerative Color. Photographs,鈥� German photographer Gottfried J盲ger鈥檚 first exhibition with the gallery showcasing his generative color work from the 1960s to the early 2000s. On Thursday, May 17, starting at 5:30PM an opening reception with Gottfried J盲ger in attendance will be held, followed by an artist talk at 7:00PM with Manfred Mohr, a pioneer of digital art based on algorithms.
To J盲ger, photography is not a reproductive process but a productive system. While pushing the boundaries of the medium in an almost performative manner, J盲ger creates abstract geometric shapes representative of the techniques used. In 1968, J盲ger developed the idea of Generative Photography, which in his words consists of 鈥渇inding a new world inside the camera and trying to bring it out with a methodical, analytical system.鈥� J盲ger鈥檚 generative color work derives from the color spectrum and the refraction of white light. Whether analogical or digital, the work is not a representation of color but a reflection of it.
鈥淕enerative Color. Photographs鈥� is a cross section exhibition of Gottfried J盲ger鈥檚 exploration of the color spectrum made between 1965 and 2000; when he developed an 鈥渁esthetic of transition鈥� through his use of multiple lenses and the use of algorithms and computer programs. In J盲ger鈥檚 words, 鈥淭he objective of my work is to induce a generative effect: to constantly provoke an endless generation of new forms and elements in a continuous process of renewal and rebirth. What is intended is not a standstill, but the image of an exchange, its infiltration, and its conversion. An aesthetic of transition.鈥�
In Polarization, J盲ger exposes cellophane using polarized light on photo-sensitive color paper. Pinhole Structures are J盲ger鈥檚 early experimentations with Generative Photography, using the camera obscura (the pinhole camera). By creating a multi-pinhole camera, J盲ger developed a system that produces unique geometric patterns. The Multiple Optics series is J盲ger鈥檚 most diverse experimentation with color. The use of multiple lenses on a camera enabled J盲ger to perform displacement and translation, therefore creating geometric compositions all designed in camera. Color Systems is a serial body of work representative of the color spectrum that uses multiple lenses as well. The contact of light with photo-sensitive color materials such as paper or negative and positive film generates color effects, producing Luminograms. Finally, through algorithmic experimentations, in Mosaics and Punctum Gottfried J盲ger performed the combination of two generative systems: the camera obscura and the camera electronica.
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is pleased to announce 鈥淕enerative Color. Photographs,鈥� German photographer Gottfried J盲ger鈥檚 first exhibition with the gallery showcasing his generative color work from the 1960s to the early 2000s. On Thursday, May 17, starting at 5:30PM an opening reception with Gottfried J盲ger in attendance will be held, followed by an artist talk at 7:00PM with Manfred Mohr, a pioneer of digital art based on algorithms.
To J盲ger, photography is not a reproductive process but a productive system. While pushing the boundaries of the medium in an almost performative manner, J盲ger creates abstract geometric shapes representative of the techniques used. In 1968, J盲ger developed the idea of Generative Photography, which in his words consists of 鈥渇inding a new world inside the camera and trying to bring it out with a methodical, analytical system.鈥� J盲ger鈥檚 generative color work derives from the color spectrum and the refraction of white light. Whether analogical or digital, the work is not a representation of color but a reflection of it.
鈥淕enerative Color. Photographs鈥� is a cross section exhibition of Gottfried J盲ger鈥檚 exploration of the color spectrum made between 1965 and 2000; when he developed an 鈥渁esthetic of transition鈥� through his use of multiple lenses and the use of algorithms and computer programs. In J盲ger鈥檚 words, 鈥淭he objective of my work is to induce a generative effect: to constantly provoke an endless generation of new forms and elements in a continuous process of renewal and rebirth. What is intended is not a standstill, but the image of an exchange, its infiltration, and its conversion. An aesthetic of transition.鈥�
In Polarization, J盲ger exposes cellophane using polarized light on photo-sensitive color paper. Pinhole Structures are J盲ger鈥檚 early experimentations with Generative Photography, using the camera obscura (the pinhole camera). By creating a multi-pinhole camera, J盲ger developed a system that produces unique geometric patterns. The Multiple Optics series is J盲ger鈥檚 most diverse experimentation with color. The use of multiple lenses on a camera enabled J盲ger to perform displacement and translation, therefore creating geometric compositions all designed in camera. Color Systems is a serial body of work representative of the color spectrum that uses multiple lenses as well. The contact of light with photo-sensitive color materials such as paper or negative and positive film generates color effects, producing Luminograms. Finally, through algorithmic experimentations, in Mosaics and Punctum Gottfried J盲ger performed the combination of two generative systems: the camera obscura and the camera electronica.
Artists on show
