Shadow Monsters
Artist
Philip Worthington(British, born 1977)British, born 1977
CultureBritish
Titles
- Shadow Monsters
Date2004–ongoing
MediumJava, Processing, BlobDetection, SoNIA, and Physics software
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2016.156
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Touch Me," Victoria & Albert Museum, London, June 16–August 29, 2005.
"Design Mart," Design Museum, London, September 20, 2006–January 7, 2007.
"Design and the Elastic Mind," Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 24–May 12, 2008.
"Experimenta Playground," Carriage Works, Sydney, Australia, May 8–June 7, 2008; Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia, August 29–October 17, 2008; Western Australian Museum, Perth, November 15, 2008–January 27, 2009; Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia, April 25–June 7, 2009; Albury Library Museum, Australia, July 25–September 7, 2009.
"Shadow Monsters," EMP [Experience Music Project] Museum, Seattle, August 1, 2011–October 1, 2014.
"Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000," Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 29–November 5, 2012.
"Shadow Monsters," Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, ongoing.
"Phil Worthington: Shadow Monsters," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 23–November 1, 2015.
"Immersed: Local to Global Art Sensations," McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, June 7–September 2, 2018.
Published References Exhibitions, catalogues, and articles: Philip Worthington (interview), Design Mart (London: Design Museum, December 2007); http://design.designmuseum.org/design/philip-worthington Paola Antonelli et al., Design and the Elastic Mind (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2008), 63. Fay Huang and Reen-Cheng Wang eds., Arts and Technology: First International Conference (Yi-Lan, Taiwan: National Yi-lan University: 2010), 81–82. Deena Engle and Glenn Wharton, “Source Code Analysis as Technical Art History,” Journal for the American Institute of Conservation 54, no. 2 (May 2015): 91–101. Reviews and notices of MFAH Installation: Tarra Gaines, “Shadow Monsters Invade Museum,” Culturemap Houston, May 28, 2015. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/arts/05-28-15-shadow-monsters-invade-museum-create-a-creature-with-21st-century-technology-for-ferocious-fun-1/ Molly Glentzer, “Shadow Monsters Creator Keeps Things Fun for the Summer,” Houston Chronicle, May 29, 2015. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Shadow-Monsters-creator-keeps-it-simple-fun-6295157.php?t=16ac637ee5&cmpid=email-premium Michael Hagerty, “Shadow Monsters Brings Out Houston’s Inner Child,” Houston Matters, May 29, 2015, http://www.houstonmatters.org/segments/segment-e/2015/05/29/shadow-monsters-exhibit-takes-brings-out-the-inner-child-and-creature Katricia Lang, “Delight to the Fright with MFAH’s Shadow Monsters,” 365 Houston, June 27, 2015; http://365thingsinhouston.com/2015/06/27/shadow-monsters-mfah-exhibit-summer-2015/ Trey Strange, “Finding the Kid [and Monster] in All of Us,” Houstonia, June 1, 2015; http://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2015/6/1/finding-the-kid-and-monster-in-all-of-us-may-2015 Susie Tommaney, “Shadow Monsters,” Houston Press, http://www.houstonpress.com/event/shadow-monsters-7449723
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