The Weekly Stack: A new experience awaits...
The Weekly Stack: A new experience awaits...
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September Partner Artists
Welcome to the ten new Gamma Partner Artists! Learn more about each artist on our X thread.
Featured Partner: Petra
Welcome to another Featured Artist of the Week, a series highlighting remarkable artists creating through the Gamma Partner Program! Today, meet Petra, an eclectic, improvisational artist interested in identity, synthetic art, transmedia narratives, and generative dance.
Petra’s artistic journey began in traditional Mexican dance, evolved to contemporary and ballet, and this has led to their curiosity in discovery of movement.
In a recent interview with Petra, they opened up about their excitement about all that feels authentic. Read the interview here:
Ordinals Spotlight: Glitch Art
In a world obsessed with perfection, glitch art stands out by celebrating the beauty of errors. Early pioneers like Nam June Paik and Steina and Woody Vasulka used video synthesizers to explore the creative potential of electronic glitches. Later, artists like Rosa Menkman and JODI pushed the boundaries further, turning corrupted files and pixelated images into striking visual statements. All using digital “mistakes” to create eye-catching artworks.
Glitch art reflects the fragility and unpredictability of the digital age, challenging our perceptions of beauty and technology. In this blog we meet five Gamma Partner Artists further exploring glitch and its capabilities.
The body as a canvas: From Handpoke to Brushstroke
Like any other art form, tattoo art has experienced a multitude of trends. As early as the 1990s, tattoo artists began to emerge from Art Schools and creative circles, along with many rising from the underground, apprenticing in shops and practicing on themselves.
Four major fundamental styles laid the foundations for modern tattooing: Japanese, hyperrealism, tribal, and old school. Inspired by iconography and traditional techniques, the art of tattooing absorbs influences, mixes styles, and reinvents its own codes, making it incredibly alive.
Despite its cultural meaning, the art of Irezumi is appreciated worldwide for its beauty and symbolism, and traditional masters often share their art abroad. The art form is generally composed of vibrant colors and often incorporates elements of nature (waves, flowers, clouds, flames...) or literary and mythological characters. Don Ed Hardy, rich in the heritage of the mythical Sailor Jerry, had the idea of initiating exchanges with the Orient as early as the 60s — he was one of the first to confront the iconography and customs of Japanese artists with his own artistic talents. Since then, others such as Filip Leu have taken up his initiative in other forms.
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