
Art and alchemy meet in equal measure for Casey Reas’ first solo exhibition with Unit, _Wet and Saturated Process. _Colliding historic photographic practices with machine-learning and generative AI, the artist’s interdisciplinary picture-making reveals novel approaches to understanding the intricacies of the natural world. In collaboration with Erika Weitz, an expert in 19th century wet-plate collodion photography, Reas transforms his machine-generated images into analogue abstractions, probing our perception on the interconnectedness between natural, artificial and human intelligence. Featuring a plethora of mediums, spanning generative software to a number of highly-technical prints, Wet and Saturated Process traces Reas’ ongoing use of technology to enhance our perception and depiction of the world around u
Casey Reas (b.1972) is an American artist and educator currently based in Los Angeles. His work focuses on examining concepts through the contemporary lens of software, spanning small works on paper and urban-scale installations. In 2001, he co-founded Processing, an open-source programming language and environment for the visual arts. He also co-created Feral File, an online platform for exhibiting and collecting digital art.
Unit seeks to preserve the artist’s essential role as the flag-bearer of creativity in our future.

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