About
Join the MacKenzie Art Gallery as we celebrate the closing of Travess Smalley’s exhibition “Chance Language Resource Pack.” During this livestreamed program, the artist will take audiences through a meditative minecart ride to the borders of his exhibition’s world. “Chance Language Resource Pack” replaces Minecraft’s textures with words, transforming the game into a landscape of generative poetry. This final event also marks the end of Ender Gallery’s inaugural programming year, which brought artists and audiences from across the world to Minecraft as an artistic platform. Travel along with us as we watch the ever-changing textual landscape and reflect.
Audiences can view the livestream through the MacKenzie’s social media accounts including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. The event is free and does not require a Minecraft account to participate.
About the Artist
Travess Smalley is an artist working with computation to make generative image systems. Smalley is interested in painting software, chance, computer graphics, and drawing. His artwork is represented by Foxy Production in New York and he is currently teaching and studying towards a MFA in Digital + Media at Rhode Island School of Design. Smalley has exhibited and lectured on his generative image making practice widely and internationally since 2008, including a lecture at the Bibliothèque Kandinsky – Centre Pompidou in Paris during spring 2016 about his ongoing series of self-published print-on-demand books. Smalley’s artwork is also in the permanent collections of the High Museum of Art and Hood Museum of Art. His work has been shown at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Kunsthal Rotterdam, and International Center of Photography, New York City.