"It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to." Jean-Luc Godard
Organized by Viola Lukács and Tamás Banovich for Budapest Art Factory Conversions is a second show of Postmasters 5.0 presenting an international group of artists who work in digital media.
Following the recently concluded Distortions, this exhibition revolves around a different aspect of the transformative action: that of changing something from one form to another. Conversion can be a gradual process, like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, or a sudden one, like a bolt of lightning striking. Metaphorically, conversion can be a revelation of new experience. Literally, it often refers to transforming analog or physical data into digital formats. Digital information, defined by binary code and the pixel, differs from its analog counterpart. Conversion in all its forms, serves as a powerful lens through which we can decipher the complexities of our times in a constant dance between the old and the new. As an ever-growing dataflow transforms at an exponential pace, conversion will undoubtedly remain a central metaphor, shaping perception, and bringing a fundamental change to the aesthetic experience.
Art is the ultimate conversion.
Social media posts, news updates, and online trends, each have the potential to alter perspectives or reshape opinions. Just as a filter can transform a photo, it is artists who can convert us into believers. The artists in the show employ a large spectrum of technologies and methods of delivery including generative software, digital animation and 3D modeling, plotters, ASCII videos, prints, NFTs, and AI collaborations.
(Hungarian translation below)