Run the Code

08 Mar – 02 Aug 2026
Austin, USA
blantonmuseum.org
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Run the Code examines how algorithms and data function as artistic material. Drawing from the Thoma Foundation’s Digital and Media Art Collection, the exhibition presents works by artists including Refik Anadol, Jenny Holzer, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, teamLab, and Leo Villareal. Across immersive installations and screen-based systems, code generates shifting images, responsive environments, and reconfigured archives.

Several works rely on custom software that produces images in real time, while others incorporate sensors that react to a visitor’s movement or presence. Generative landscapes draw on environmental data, and machine processes reinterpret historical paintings and cultural records. Rather than treating technology as a neutral instrument, the exhibition frames it as a medium that shapes authorship and the circulation of information.

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