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Spirit of BEIGE

Details

  • Location: Artifaq
  • Date: 2018

Description

image BEIGE was a computer programming artist collective formed in 2000 as an extension of Paul B. Davis and Joe Beuckman’s Beige Records. Members included Cory Arcangel, Joe Beuckman, Joseph Bonn and Paul B. Davis. Their practice primarly focused on the hacking of obsolete 8-bit computers and video game systems. The New York TIMES named BEIGE in their "best moments in art" poll in 2002. Their last release on Beige Records, "The 8-bit Construction Set", is notable for using vinyl as a medium for software distribution of encoded samples and data that were programmed in 6502 assembly language.

BEIGE received New York State Council for the Arts grant sponsored by Harvestworks to complete a limited edition Nintendo cartridge and have had solo shows at DEADTECH in Chicago, Lothringer13 in Munich and Space 1026 in Philadelphia. Performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, "The Summer of HTML" Tour across the USA with PaperRad, the Whitney Museum (NYC), and the 2004 Liverpool Biennale. BEIGE members have shown work internationally at venues including the Guggenheim (NYC), Whitney Biennial 2004 (UK), Foxy Productions (NYC), Vilma Gold (UK), and Tate Britain, among others.

Please add to or improve on this list of notable works:

  • The 8-Bit Construction Set
  • Super Mario Clouds
  • Super Mario Bros. MovieSuper Mario Bros. Movie
  • Super Abstract Brothers
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