Walking through the desert to where technology meets art

Being mistaken for a pornographer and visiting a Chinese military facility were all part of the preparation for a John Gerrard piece that forms part of a fascinating exhibition at the Glucksman, writes Colette Sheridan

THE synergy between art and technology is exemplified in Irish artist, John Gerrard’s exhibit, Exercise (Dunhuang), which is on show at UCC’s Glucksman Gallery as part of Boolean Expressions.

This exhibition reveals how artists use logic and technology. Gerrard’s three-screen piece portrays a simulated maze-like desert landscape populated with the avatars of 38 Chinese factory workers, traversing the arid territory in different directions based on the algorithms used in GPS systems.