Joan Heemskerk
REc+
>>>
Finissage Saturday 2 September, 2–6pm
13 July – 2 September 2023
Open Friday and Saturday, 2–6pm
Waldburger Wouters Gallery
Bd d’Anvers 49, 1000 Brussels
Rectangle is pleased to present REc+ >>>, a solo exhibition by Joan Heemskerk.
In our digital age, beyond the surface of the latest Zoom calls, Netflix shows, or digital art, lies a world of intricate data and their never-ending journey. These delicate bits, the raw material of our computerised existence, undergo processing, encryption, and transmission, becoming the substrate for the artist’s exploration. Joan Heemskerk’s practice is often described as “infrastructure poetry,” as she uncovers the beauty and complexity within the very framework that shapes our digital landscape. Through a series of existing and new works, this exhibition delves deep into the interconnected realms of networks, data, and cryptography.
Joan Heemskerk
Untitled
2023
base 2-8-16 conversion into color cubes (Hello, world!)
wood and acrylic paint
61 x 122 cm
Unique
Joan Heemskerk
Chameleon
2021
Generative video
Edition of 256 (NFT)
Joan Heemskerk
0 ∞, ibmq_armonk : 4f428318-7b29-4df9-9fa9-094b15a8cb04
2023
engraved brass
20 x 20 cm
Unique
Joan Heemskerk
CABLE–
2023
Animation/.SVG on chain
various dimensions
Edition of 545 (NFT)
Joan Heemskerk
SAT-HEX
2022
html, interactive, various dimensions
Joan Heemskerk
PROTOTYPE
2022
html, various dimensions
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Joan Heemskerk
Recovery
2023
html, various dimensions
Edition of 111 (NFT)
Works
JOAN HEEMSKERK
Recovery
2023
html
various dimensions
Edition of 111 (NFT)
Documentation
Text : Joan Heemskerk
Edited by Rectangle
pdf (NFT)
By Adam Satariano, Scott Reinhard, Cade Metz, Sheera Frenkel and Malika Khurana
July 28, 2023
Biography
Joan Heemskerk is a Dutch contemporary artist. Her artistic practice is centred around the internet, with a current focus on exploring the potentials of web4, spanning from cryptography systems to the realm of quantum non-binary computing. Her diverse body of work includes photography, video, software, games, websites, NFT, performances and installations.
_ She is also a member of the art collective JODI >>>
JODI, or (jodi.org) – pioneered net.art in 1995. JODI were among the first artists to investigate and subvert conventions of the Internet, computer programs, and video and computer games. Radically disrupting the very language of these systems, including visual aesthetics, interface elements, commands, errors and code. JODI stages extreme digital interventions that destabilise the relationship between computer technology and its users by subverting our expectations about the functionalities and conventions of the systems that we depend upon every day.
JODI’s work is featured in most art historical volumes about digital and media art, is exhibited worldwide in ; Documenta-X; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; ZKM; ICC; CCA; Guggenheim; IMAL; Centre Pompidou; Eyebeam; FACT; MoMi; Harvard Art Museums; Rhizome; MoMa, among others.