Through The Lens of Machines: Troika at Langen Foundation [Extended Version]

An artist trio founded in 2003 is invested in science and technology and focuses on the materials of "progress".

I walk through a narrow white corridor. Pixelated paintings hang from the ceiling and on the walls. Green is dominant. Troika uses real CCTV footage here, adapting screen color to human perception. Squinting my eyes, I can make out shapes resembling forests. In some works, red devours the greens, swooshing over the painting surface. This is what the LA …