FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY GIFT FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY FOUNDATION
We are delighted to have received a substantial gift of 57 computer-generated drawings from the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. Hammersley created the drawings in 1969, not long after moving from Los Angeles to Albuquerque to teach at the University of New Mexico, where he used the university's new IBM mainframe computer to generate geometrical compositions. The computer program ART I had been developed by Richard Williams in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, containing approximately 350 statements in FORTRAN IV. Hammersley made his drawings using the 26 letters of the alphabet, 10 numerals, and 11 symbols, creating seemingly endless combinations.
Image: Frederick Hammersley, CLAIROL, #70, 1969, from one incomplete set of the series of 72, computer-generated drawing on paper, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
I WAS RAISED ON THE INTERNET MCA CHICAGO
Jun. 23 - Oct. 14, 2018
The Thoma Foundation is the lead supporter of the upcoming exhibition I Was Raised on the Internet at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Opening next month, I Was Raised on the Internet explores the effects of the internet and digital culture on our perception of the world, including the production of art from 1998 to the present. Artwork from the Thoma collection by John Gerrard, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Jon Rafman, and Elias Sime will be on view alongside nearly 100 works. Image: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Please Empty Your Pockets, 2010, conveyor belt, Mac mini, HD projectors, HD camera
YORGO ALEXOPOULOS: EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM
May 17, 2018 - May 31, 2019
Thoma collection work Everything In-Between by Yorgo Alexopoulos moves this month from the New Mexico Museum of Art, where it has been on view as part of Contact: Local to Global, to the New Mexico History Museum. To create Everything In-Between, Alexopoulos journeyed across the Land of Enchantment capturing digital landscape imagery and displaying it in fractured geometric patterns across six synchronized screens.
Image: Yorgo Alexopoulos, Everything In-Between, 2014, 4k digital animation on 6 synchronized LCD monitors, customized electronics
PRETTY COOL VOICES OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Spring 2018
Carl Thoma sat down recently with Kate Lewis, Agnes Gund Chief Conservator at MoMA, to discuss his passion for collecting and supporting digital art. The interview appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of VoCA Journal, a special series focusing on media arts published by the nonprofit organization Voices in Contemporary Art.
Image: Carl Thoma, photo by Kim Richardson
TRANSFER DOWNLOAD ART HOUSE
Opening June 15, 2018
We are excited to participate in several Santa Fe-based initiatives to promote the arts, science, and technology. As part of this summer's Currents New Media and Futurition Festivals, Art House will open TRANSFER Download, an exhibition of new digital art showcased in an immersive and interactive hyperspace chamber. The Thoma Foundation is a member of the Emerging Media Alliance committed to fostering the growth of the media arts and technology economies in Santa Fe.
Image: Carla Gannis, Portraits in Landscape, Sunrise, 2018, 3-channel HD video
OUR MISSIONThe Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation recognizes the power of the arts to challenge and shift perceptions, spark creativity and connect people across cultures. We lend and exhibit artworks from our collection and support innovative individuals and pivotal initiatives in the arts.
