In this multimedia exhibition consisting of looped video works and digital prints blending vintage and current technologies, self-taught digital artist Katherina Jesek investigates the psychological toll of living multiple lives within digital and physical realms.

The rawness in which her work is compiled and recorded reflects a D.I.Y. attitude that is resistant to corporate polish. Arcade interiors, cyberpunk fiction, programming interfaces, and game design all inspire the work in various ways. Emerald wireframes line the walls of the gallery, created using 80s and 90s cathode ray oscilloscopes and 3D modeling software, though looped in such a way as to reflect early 21st-century GIF culture, which continues to be a favorite shorthand for online communication. A modernist, hard-edge painting influence comes to the forefront in her recent series of amber phosphor photographs. The lofty intentions of modernism are undermined, however, through Jesek’s process, by which compositions are created using early digital painting hardware developed as entertainment for young children. Despite this subversion, Jesek has an authentic passion for abstraction that shines through.

At its heart, Jesek’s work is about intimate communities forged amongst dimly lit rooms and dark screens – a celebration of niche counterculture collectives that persist despite the chokehold of late-stage capitalist ubiquity.

This exhibition is a collaboration with SUNY Westchester Peekskill Center for the Digital Arts.

About Center for the Digital Arts

Center for the Digital Arts is a dedicated facility that nurtures creativity, technical skill, and innovation in the digital arts. Located at SUNY Westchester Community College Peekskill, it offers a dynamic learning environment for artists, students, and professionals working in areas such as digital media, graphic design, animation, interactive multimedia, and digital filmmaking.

*SUNY Westchester Peekskill Center for the Digital Arts located at 27 N Division St, Peekskill, NY 10566.