IAWP Founding Director and Professor of Art and Art History Mark Amerika鈥檚 exhibition "GlitchMix, not an error"听opened on March 24, 2017 and is the first exhibition of Amerika鈥檚 work in Havana. The exhibition takes place at The Estudio Figueroa-Vives and the Norwegian Embassy in Cuba. This is the first exhibition in Cuba featuring glitch art and also includes Amerika鈥檚 early works of net art "GRAMMATRON" (1997) and "FILMTEXT" (2001-2002).听
Other works in the exhibition include "Lake Como Remix" (2012), "Getting Lost The Long D茅rive"听(2012),听"Micro-Cinematic Essays on the Life and Work of Marcel Duchamp dba Conceptual Parts, Ink"听(2012), "Crapshoot"听(2015)听and wall-sized prints from Amerika鈥檚 "8-Bit Heaven"听series (UK, 2012; Brazil, 2016). The exhibition also features new听work from Yonlay Cabrera and Fidel Garc铆a, two of Cuba鈥檚 most exciting and internationally exhibited contemporary digital artists.
"GlitchMix, not an error"听is curated by the Estudio Figueroa-Vives and is the gallery鈥檚 ninth exhibition in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy and the first one that includes an international artist. According to the gallery, 鈥淸g]litch art is the practice of using or appropriating digital or analogical errors, either by corrupting data or software听or [by] physically manipulating electronic devices, TV, videos, music and web sites. The exhibition "GlitchMix, not an error"听showcases contemporary art practices that research new forms of digital video, sound art, net art, photography and/or installation that investigate the creative use of error and the aesthetics of 鈥榯he happy accident鈥� 鈥� prompted or spontaneous 鈥� in contemporary art.鈥�
Over 250 people attended the opening, including the U.S.听ambassador to Cuba and his wife, as well as locally based artists, curators and students from MIT.
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