{"id":9168,"date":"2021-04-06T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=9168"},"modified":"2025-02-23T21:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T03:59:13","slug":"ian-cheng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2021\/04\/06\/ian-cheng\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Cheng"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday, April 06, 6:30 p.m.<\/span>\u20137:45 p.m. CT<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Live captions available.<\/em><\/p>\n

Join us live for a virtual lecture by artist Ian Cheng followed by an audience Q&A. Presented in partnership with SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program.<\/p>\n

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Ian Cheng, Emissary Forks at Perfection (still), live simulation and story, infinite duration, 2015-2016. Courtesy of the artist, Pilar Corrias, London and Gladstone Gallery, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Drawing on principles of video game design, improvisation, and cognitive science, Ian Cheng’s practice explores the nature of mutation and the capacity of humans to relate to change. He produces computer-generated simulations whose complex ecosystems are programmed to evolve without end. These projects culminated in the\u00a0Emissaries<\/em>\u00a0trilogy (2014\u201317), a set of works in which the motivation of a narrative agent\u2014the emissary\u2014is set into conflict with the open-ended chaos of the simulation. In 2019, he debuted BOB (Bag of Beliefs), an AI creature whose personality, body, and life story evolve across exhibitions, what Cheng calls \u201cart with a nervous system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent solo exhibitions include:\u00a0Life After Bob<\/em>, The Shed, New York (2021);\u00a0Ian Cheng: BOB<\/em>, Gladstone Gallery, New York (2019);\u00a0Ian Cheng Emissaries<\/em>, Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin (2018);\u00a0Ian Cheng: BOB<\/em>, Serpentine Gallery, London (2018);\u00a0Ian Cheng: Emissaries<\/em>, MoMA PS1, New York (2017);\u00a0Ian Cheng: Forking at Perfection<\/em>, Migros Museum, Zurich (2016); and\u00a0Ian Cheng: Emissary in the Squat of<\/em>\u00a0Gods<\/em>, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy (2015). Recent group exhibitions include:\u00a0Mud Muses<\/em>, Moderna Museet, Stockhom (2019);\u00a0If the Snake<\/em>, Okayama Art Summit, Japan (2019);\u00a0May You Live in Interesting Times<\/em>, Venice Biennale (2019);\u00a0New Order: Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century<\/em>, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2019);\u00a0Leaving the Echo Chamber<\/em>, Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates (2019);\u00a0Low Form. Imaginaries and Visions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence<\/em>, MAXXI, Rome (2018); and\u00a0I Was Raised on the Internet<\/em>, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2018).<\/p>\n

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, April 06, 6:30 p.m.\u20137:45 p.m. CT Zoom Live captions available. Join us live for a virtual lecture by artist Ian Cheng followed by an audience Q&A. Presented in partnership with SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program. Drawing on principles of video game design, improvisation, and cognitive science, Ian Cheng’s practice explores the nature of mutation and […]<\/p>\n

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