Art of the app
Mobile apps and their potential for creative expression

LSU Student Union Art Gallery
February 24–March 17, 2016
Opening: March 5, 2016, at noon

Art of the Appis a gallery show about the creative potential of mobile applications curated by LSU digital art faculty and graduate students.In a world with more mobile devices than people, mobile apps have not only become a means of communicating and sharing information but also a widespread medium for artistic expression.In addition to allowing for the rapid consumption of static works, apps are uniquely capable of enabling new forms of interactive, participatory, and generative art.Through the fusion of art and code, artists utilize an array of sensors and inputs such as GPS, accelerometers, cameras, touch screens, and wifi to bridge vast interconnected networks and individual experiences.

Works chosen for the show include applications that push that boundaries of electronic art, music, design, and literature on platforms such as Apple iOS, Google Android, and the mobile web.Selected pieces resonate with the theme of LSU's 2016 TEDx event of how questioning is at the heart of learning and understanding and how asking "why" sparks change in our community and our world.

Participating pieces include:Papers Pleaseby Lucas Pope,Blackbarby Neven Mrgan,Vanitasby Tale of Tales,Energy FlowbyF I E L D, For All Seasons, Andreas Müller,Monument Valleyby USTWO,Tengamiby Nyamyam,Sometimes You Dieby Philipp Stollenmeyer, andElissby Steph Thirion.

Art of the appopens during the TEDxLSU conference at noon on March 5, 2016, at the LSU Student Union Art Gallery and runs from February 24 to March 17.

Visithttp://as.lsu.edu/union-art-gallery/for more information and gallery hours.

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