Artist Talk with Steven Breaux

Explore the work of UL Lafayette Professor of Visual Arts, Steven Breaux. This talk is presented as a part of the ArtSpark award from Lafayette Economic Development Authority and the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Professor Steven Breaux will focus on “Waking Space: The Emerging Art Object, Quantum Theory, and Algorithmic Art” referencing the transitional space between the idea and its materialization. Where does one end and the other begin? What is the “nature” of the transitional area? Paintings are physical objects and the end result of ideas, concepts, and belief systems. How is a digital image, as the end result of a series of algorithms, different than a physical painting? What is the relationship of perception and matter to the process of artistic creation? These questions have led him to relate art processes to certain experiments and concepts of quantum theory through artistic experimentation. “Waking Space” is a solo exhibit at the Acadiana Center for the Arts on display from October 14 – December 16, 2017.