MOCA Launches Craft & Computation Series with New Site-specific Installation

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles announced the launch of Craft & Computation, a new series of exhibitions exploring the convergence of digital technology and handcraft techniques in contemporary design practice.

Boolean Valley, a unique collaboration between potter Adam Silverman and architect Nader Tehrani, is the first exhibition in the series and is on view from March 22 through July 5, 2009, at MOCA Pacific Design Center.

A topographic sculptural landscape that utilizes the principle of Boolean logic in its design, Boolean Valley was originally commissioned by Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, and curated by Julie Lazar.

The project comes to MOCA as a site-specific installation organized by MOCA Curator of Architecture and Design Brooke Hodge.

"The Craft & Computation series exemplifies MOCA's continuing engagement with the most current issues and practices in art, architecture, and design," said MOCA Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Young.

"This dynamic new series of exhibitions is the thoughtful result of our ongoing partnership with the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood-a recognized resource for the design community.

The MOCA Pacific Design Center space is a wonderful opportunity to bring MOCA's innovative programming to a broad-based audience."