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ABOUT<\/h3>\n

Steve DiPaola :: Vancouver<\/strong><\/h3>\n

::\u00a0dipaola<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0gmail<\/strong>\u00a0dot\u00a0com<\/strong>\u00a0::<\/p>\n

Steve DiPaola has been pushing the boundaries of computer-based art for over 40 years. His background in fine art practices, and the technicalities of building generative models of cognition and AI inform his trajectory of art making practice, which is situated at the nexus of art and science. Much as all works emerge from their cultural contexts, DiPaola\u2019s art can be framed in the context of both academic research creation, yet also a continuation of the evolution of the methods and tools of art practice. The custom-built computational systems that DiPaola uses, trace a direct lineage back through art history to the red ochre once used to define imaginaries on cave walls, or the utilization of fresh pigments in Italian frescoes. It is with an awareness of these cultural and historical contexts, that DiPaola experiments with the construction and application of digital tools. As such, the tools are not benign, they are politically situated, as all other trends in art and art tools have emerged from their cultural context.<\/p>\n

The many decades of experimentation have enabled DiPaola to build a rich database of script sequences (code potions) which he uses to generate new systems and models for cutting edge creative praxis. These state of the art AI tools are utilized alongside historical code sequences, generating original and dynamic interactions that play with the boundaries between human and machine intelligence. It is from these liminal spaces that DiPaola\u2019s work emerges as a dynamic entity. Invigorated through iterative processes, each work generates tension between the temporalities of code and the vicerality of human embodiment.<\/p>\n

DiPaola\u2019s current work combines old and new code to explore the ways that abstraction offers insight into a subject, yet also alludes to the subject’s spectral and transient qualities. From digital portraits to immersive installations and video works projected onto Canada\u2019s largest outdoor screen (link), each artwork contributes to DiPaola\u2019s expanding narrative.<\/p>\n

Process is the thing that weaves all DiPaola\u2019s works together, everything that emerges is a realization of the process. Process is alive at all times, the ai gives memory, can record and reiterate and build code upon code. The systems emerge from other systems. Different modules of system are built on the ones before. The system as a living thing. The system is steve but it is also the technology. Modules are built on modules. Remixed. Historically always using old codes to build on new<\/p>\n

Born\u00a0\u00a0:: \u00a0NYC<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Art Exhibitions (Performance, New Media and Digital Work)\u00a0<\/strong>(noteworthy shows highlighted)<\/p>\n