The exhibition “From Dots to Pixels: The Digital Continuum” explores the fundamental building blocks of visual perception in both the physical and digital realms. The dot, once the basic unit of manual mark-making in traditional art, has evolved into the pixel—a tiny, square, digital counterpart. This exhibition brings together works by Peter Struycken, Travess Smalley, Joep van Liefland, and Leander Herzog, four artists who interrogate the space between analog and digital media, emphasizing the transformative power of the dot in our increasingly pixelated world.
At the heart of this exhibition lies the intersection of dots and pixels, where the tangible meets the virtual. In traditional media, dots can signify points of focus, units of texture, or moments of rupture. In digital art, the pixel is the indivisible unit of screen-based images, manipulating light and color to create forms. By juxtaposing dots and pixels, this exhibition examines how these tiny components shape our understanding of image and colour, creating a dialogue between the physical materiality of dots and the ephemeral, light-based existence of pixels.
The featured artists—each known for their explorations of analog or digital techniques—challenge the boundaries between these forms. Through their work, dots and pixels become symbols of perception, scale, and abstraction.