Joanne Handley - "Plugged In " Exhibition

"...... In five years’ time it will be interesting to see whether or not the co-dependency upon traditional art making techniques combined with the new is the norm. Perhaps an exhibition whereby art relying upon new technologies entirely as a direct source of image making with no intermediary between concept and end-product might be possible. Here the work of Joanne Handley and the team of Gary Green, Chris Hoffmann and Jan Piribeck are excellent examples.
. . . . In the meantime, this exhibition calls our attention to a seeming decisive shift among a growing number of Maine artists where machines are replacing the painter’s brush or the lithographer’s stone with increasing frequency as a viable method of expressing artistic visions."

Bruce Brown, Curator

		Plugged In - at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine, till May 4, 2002 is an exhibition of 36 artists who have engaged the use of electronic or computer technologies as a creative vehicle in their artmaking process. In conjunction with the Maine New Media Arts Project (MNMAP), CMCA will also host a two day cyberfest featuring new works, information and discussion by twelve new media artists. The Science Fair format will allow the public to have interaction with the artists and an opportunity to discuss both technical and artistic aspects of their work. The Fest runs April 6 - 7. Boundaries between media are being continually challenged by artists who are seeking alternate and innovative ways to embrace the possibilities that advanced technologies are providing. This emerging medium paves way for a multitude of applications, allowing artists the capacity to define or redirect the course of New Media art as they ply their processes and tools. Plugged In participants include Reed Altemus, Robert Barancik, Audrey Bechler, Marcie Jan Bronstein, John Paul Caponigro, Avy Clarie, Kelly Cowan, Debora Rustin Cyr, George De Wolf, Francoise Gervais, Gary Green, Horst Hamann, Joanne Handley, Chris Hoffmann, Pamela Johnson, Alex Kahn, Brook Knight, Cher Knight, Michael Kolster, Nancy Manter, Dirk McDonnell, Elke Morris, Toby Mussman, Elise Nicol, Dee Peppe, Jan Piribeck, Ellen Roberts, Jan Rosenbaum, Karen Rowantree, Roy Shigley, Joanne Steinhardt, Owen Smith, Alan Stubbs, Sam van Aken, Shoshannah White, and Henry Wolyniec.