ROCKELMANN &

VOLTA 13 BASEL

MARKTHALLE, VIADUKTSTRASSE 10, CH-4051 BASEL

ALGORITHMIC GRIDS purpose is to explore the alternative uses of materials and functioning concepts we overlook or take for granted in our daily lives. Through traditional art practices, western culture often encourages us to stay on one steady path and not to stray from accepted practice. The artists Yasmin Alt, Sebastian Biskup and Kai Franz’s varying practices all include ‘hacks’ of sorts; from Alt’s repurposing of timber from flooring to abstract sculptures, to Biskup’s digital breakdown of art historical pieces and their color grouping on self-modified software and ending with Franz’s unnatural figures created by the reconfiguration of a 3D printer, each artist dared to stray from the path of “traditional practice” and to challenge the idea of traditional structures. Each artist dares to ask the question; Do things really have to exist just as they are?