Brett Amory: Silence is Louder than Sound

All inquiries: brettamory@gmail.com

Opening Reception: November 8, 4 - 7pm

Minnesota Street Project @ 1275 Minnesota St

The Space Program and Minnesota Street Project are proud to announce Silence is Louder than Sound, a compelling solo exhibition by contemporary artist Brett Amory that investigates the unseen yet pervasive influence of algorithms and digital networks on our perception of reality.

In this new body of work, Amory departs from digital spectacle, choosing instead to embody the algorithmic substratum through large scale paintings that emphasize material presence and tactile complexity. These works evoke the digital realm and feature motifs reminiscent of memes, captchas, and code while resisting their ephemeral, pixel-based nature through textured surfaces and layered materials. The resulting artworks invite viewers into a dialogue between the immediacy of physicality and the abstract processes shaping online life.

At the heart of the exhibition lies Amory's innovative custom Al system, zOglyphic 913, a symbolic language designed to constantly remix and evolve, mirroring the undecidable nature of computational logic. The glyphs and semiotic distortions generated by this system serve as visual embodiments of the limits and ambiguities inherent in algorithmic processes highlighting the inescapable presence of undecidability and indeterminacy in contemporary digital culture. Through Silence is Louder than Sound, Amory offers a poetic reflection on the interface between the symbolic and the subsymbolic, the human and the machine. His works echo the pioneering spirit of Harold Cohen's glyph-based series AARON while also questioning the nature of meaning and communication in an era dominated by algorithmic mediation. The textured, embodied surfaces challenge viewers to experience the saturation of digital influences through physical presence, emphasizing that even in silence, the computational encroachment is profoundly felt.

This press release was derived from an essay by Stanford professor Shane Denson.

For press inquiries, please contact: Jud Bergeron jud@spaceprogramsf.com