Yellow Peril Gallery Presents Paul Myoda at Contemporary Istanbul 2014

Providence, RI, November 01, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Yellow Peril Gallery is pleased to present an installation of interactive illuminating sculptures that respond to the presence of viewers by Paul Myoda at Contemporary Istanbul 2014 in PLUGIN, the New Media Section, which focuses on the wide array of genres that make up the digital and design scene: video art, sound and light installations, interactive and generative design, indoor mapping projects, robotic designs and more.

The 9th edition of Contemporary Istanbul, the leading international art fair that draws attention to the dynamic art scene of this unique metropolis, will take place from 13-16 November 2014 at the Istanbul Congress Centre (ICC) and the Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC).

Since 2008, Paul Myoda has been working on cybernetic sculptures, which are dynamic, interactive works of art that investigate and borrow from various biological systems (i.e., communicational, behavioral, and environmental). In an age where the screen mediates every single one of our computing experiences, the field of cybernetic sculpture is in a break-out moment. Myoda states the basis for this claim: "The graphic user interfaces that allow us to interact with our computers and other electronic devices are beginning to feel too narrow, too constricting, too separating, too disembodied. Sculpture demands an awareness of the material qualities and symbolic potential of objects and spaces."

The design of Myoda’s sculptures is informed by bioluminescent fauna, crystal morphology and computational geometry. An example of hybrid arts practice and cybernetic sculpture, the series bridges the disconnections and eases the anxieties of the post-industrial world through affect, presence and responsive gesture.

“In addition to having different structures, motions, lights and lenses, all of the machines have different circuits and coding, giving each sculpture a different interactive potential or behavioral attitude,” explains Myoda. “These attitudes range from predictability to spontaneity, the propensity to attract or repulse a viewer, and that to camouflage or reveal.”

Behind Myoda's multi-faceted sculptural project is the passionate conviction that exploring different ways for computation to exist and interact physically in our world will combat this century's version of alienation. His work does this beautifully and with an engineer's attention to intricate detail and functional potential.

Contemporary Istanbul 2014 opens to the public on Thursday, 13 November; Preview will be on Wednesday, 12 November. Yellow Peril Gallery will be in the PLUGIN section of Contemporary Istanbul in Booth P11. This is the Providence-based contemporary art gallery’s first international art fair appearance outside the United States.