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Info Glut II
Sculpture

1997
50 x 50 x 18 in. (127 x 127 x 45.72 cm)

Alan Rath (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1959 – 2020, Oakland, CA)

Object Type: Sculpture
Medium and Support: Aluminum, acrylic, electronics, and three cathode ray tubes
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds contributed by Katie and Drew Gibson
Accession Number: 1997.12

Exhibition


Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected, October 2, 2014 - February 22, 2015, New Wing, Second Floor, North and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Collection Highlights, November 2, 2002 - September 12, 2004, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 22 -September 12, 1999, Second floor, New Wing, San José Museum of Art.

Alternating Currents: American Art in the Age of Technology, Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, October 18, 1997 - October 18, 1998, Second Floor, New Wing, San José Museum of Art.

SJMA Label Text


Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)

This electronic sculpture is intended as a metaphor for the vast sea of information that engulfs us in our technological age. Info Glut II uses American Sign Language to communicate a litany of catch-phrases and other useless information such as “batteries not included” and “objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” It also communicates the work’s title and date and the artist’s height, weight, and hair color, and eventually degenerates into, “blah, blah, blah….” Alan Rath seems to warn that if we do not challenge ourselves to synthesize and prioritize this data, we all risk becoming “Info Gluts.”

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