{"id":5913,"date":"2015-03-01T12:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T18:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2025-01-09T22:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T04:43:07","slug":"mar-5-john-gerrard-networks-and-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2015\/03\/01\/mar-5-john-gerrard-networks-and-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar 5 &#8211; John Gerrard: Networks and Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday, March 5th<\/strong>\u00a0| <em>John Gerrard\u00a0in person!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5839\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2015\/01\/Gerrard_Kistefos_JPG_015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5839 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2015\/01\/Gerrard_Kistefos_JPG_015-1.jpg\" alt=\"John Gerrard, Pulp Press (Kistefos), 2013, Kistefos-Museet Sculpture Park. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Jiri Havran\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2015\/01\/Gerrard_Kistefos_JPG_015-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2015\/01\/Gerrard_Kistefos_JPG_015-1-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Gerrard, Pulp Press (Kistefos), 2013, Kistefos-Museet Sculpture<br \/>Park. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Jiri Havran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The works of John Gerrard (MFA 2000) often take shape as large-scale projections of meticulously crafted virtual worlds, astonishing in their scope and execution. Driven by sophisticated military modeling and video game software, they recreate the outposts of human industry\u2014a 19th-century paper mill in Norway, mysterious roadways along China\u2019s Silk Road, a solar power plant in Nevada, factory farms in Oklahoma\u2014to address the networks of energy and power that have fueled modern life. Gerrard presents five recent interrelated projects\u2014including <i>Solar Reserve (Tonopah, Nevada) <\/i>(2014), <i>Exercise (Dunhuang) <\/i>(2014), and his latest work-in-progress <i>Farm (Pryor Creek)<\/i>\u2014and discusses the themes and technology that have informed his practice.<\/p>\n<p><i>2009\u201315, China\/Norway\/US, multiple formats, ca 60 min + discussion<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">John Gerrard (1974, Dublin, Ireland) received a BFA from Oxford University in 1997 and an MFA from SAIC in 2000. His work has been exhibited around the world. Recent solo presentations include Solar Reserve, Lincoln Center in association with the Public Art Fund, New York (2014); Sow Farm, Rathole Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2014); Exercise, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Pulp Press (Kistefos), a permanent installation for Kistefos Museet, Norway (2013), among many others. Gerrard lives and works in Dublin, Ireland and Vienna, Austria and is represented by Thomas Dane Gallery, London, and Simon Preston Gallery, New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2015\/05\/John-Gerrard.pdf\">John Gerrard Program Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1422230041402567\"><strong>Facebook Event Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1422230041402567\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 5th\u00a0| John Gerrard\u00a0in person! The works of John Gerrard (MFA 2000) often take shape as large-scale projections of meticulously crafted virtual worlds, astonishing in their scope and execution. 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