Michelle Gay: have less be more

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Other associated events: Sherwood Village Branch Gallery Opening reception Wednesday, November 16, 6:00 pm. Exhibition tour with artist, 7:00 pm. Return shuttle bus available to Central Gallery in conjunction with the opening of Contactos y mediaciones: Poeticas de lo digital en el arte cubano/ Contact and mediation: Poetics of the digital in Cuban art.

Michelle Gay's interactive digital art works utilize custom built computers and innovative computer programs while also incorporating drawings originally produced by the artist in various conventional media. She collaborates with her brother, Colin Gay (who is a particle physicist at Yale University) in the development of the hardware and software used in her work. Of particular interest are pressure sensitive input devices developed for the Canadian Space Agency. Developing such experiential digital technologies, Gay and her brother have explored the possibilities of touch and poetics, possibilities made manifest in works that are playful and thought provoking. Michelle Gay received an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and an M.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She lives and works in Toronto. Her works have been exhibited internationally, notably at Siggraph in San Diego, Galerie Quartaire in Den Hagg, Netherlands, and the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto amongst other venues. Curated by Annette Hurtig.

Michelle Gay, have less be more (Installation View), 2006.