“Hello Brooklyn!” Techspressionism 2024

The Kingsborough Art Museum is delighted to present “Hello, Brooklyn!” // Techspressionism 2024, a group exhibition of digital artists curated by Associate Professor Tommy Mintz, Seungjin Lee, Oceana Andries and Giovanna Sun. Techspressionism is “An artistic approach in which technology is utilized as a means to express emotional experience.” Techspressionism is an international community of artists who meet online in monthly Salons to share their work and discuss ideas related to art and technology. It is also a widely used hashtag on social media, used on over 75k Instagram posts by artists worldwide since 2021.

Artist Colin Goldberg coined the term Techspressionism in 2011. During the pandemic, Goldberg began developing this idea into a global community of digital artists in collaboration with art historian Helen A. Harrison and fellow artists Steve Miller, Patrick Lichty, and Oz Van Rosen.

“I believe that the computer, and technology in general, are not separate from humankind, but are a natural extension of us,” Goldberg explains. “Technology is a continuum which is as old as humanity, not a novelty or fad, and the computer is just one of a long string of tools which have enabled human expression, including the typewriter, the camera, the printing press, the pen, the pencil, and paint.”

Helen Harrison adds, “The search for effective means of visualizing subjective, intangible content goes back to the early 20th-century expressionists. Jackson Pollock and his generation took it to new levels of abstraction. The Techspressionists […] are carrying it forward, using innovative tools and techniques to communicate their personal visions […] Techspressionist imagery generates its own aura, deriving its authenticity from the artist’s intention.”

“Hello, Brooklyn!” // Techspressionism 2024 presents over 100 expressive, innovative works in a variety of styles and mediums. Sponsored by PSC-CUNY, the Kingsborough Art Museum will display the exhibition from August 7th to September 25th, 2024. An opening reception will be held on Friday, August 9th, from 5 to 7 p.m.