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Artist Joel Swanson sustained his momentum over the summer months, adding to his chain of shows and awards both locally and abroad.
An听assistant听professor with the ATLAS Institute, Swanson's听newest commission, opened at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver this summer.听听Another of Swanson's听works,听"," continued听streaming through the summer on听, a 150-foot long听by 22-foot听high array of 89 LED blades located in the lobby of the iconic听150 North Riverside building in Chicago.
This summer Swanson also showed his work at the Glucksman, an art museum in Cork, Ireland as part of a group show entitled, 鈥淧eripheries,鈥� which explored the relationship between literature and technology. Coinciding with Peripheries, he also gave an artist talk at the Electronic Literature Organization鈥檚 (ELO) annual conference, also held in Cork.听
The future? Besides teaching digital art, media theory听and the history of design for ATLAS'听Technology, Arts & Media (TAM) program, Swanson solo show, 鈥淓ight-and-a-Half by Eleven鈥� opens in December at David B. Smith Gallery in Denver. The gallery is also producing a catalog / monograph of his work covering his work 2010-2020. In addition, Swanson is听working on a projection mapping project, 鈥淭ypography Choreographies鈥澨齠or the Clocktower in downtown Denver, commissioned by the Denver Theater District. The project has a planned听launch in early November.
Swanson鈥檚 essay on art and language will be听published听this winter by Tilt/West language. Another essay will be included in the book: "The Future of Text: A 2020 Vision," to be听published later this year. The project grew out of the annual Future of Text symposiums.
Swanson, who听previously听served as director of the TAM program from 2007 to 2016, has exhibited his work extensively, including the Venice Biennale 2017; Republic Plaza in Denver (solo exhibition through June 12); the Broad Museum in Lansing, Michigan; The Power Plant in Toronto; the North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art; and Denver鈥檚 Museum of Contemporary Art, where he had a solo exhibition.