Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art

Beall Center for Art + Technology presents Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art, organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum and curated by Tina Rivers Ryan and Paul Vanouse.

In response to ongoing conversations about systemic inequities, Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art presents a diverse group of seventeen artists and collectives who creatively reimagine the digital tools that shape our lives. The exhibition includes projects that span the last three decades, ranging from software-based and internet art to animated videos, bioart experiments, digital games, and 3-D printed sculptures.

Artists include Morehshin Allahyari, Zach Blas, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, A.M. Darke, Stephanie Dinkins, Hasan Elahi, Sean Fader, Rian Ciela Hammond, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Joiri Minaya, Mongrel, Mendi + Keith Obadike, Sondra Perry, Keith Piper, Skawennati, Saya Woolfalk, and Lior Zalmanson.

Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art  is supported by The Beall Family Foundation.