Autopilot Art: It Does Compute
By Jessica Dawson
The Washington Post
Saturday, April 28, 2007; Page C02

With his "Remembrancer" installation at Curator's Office, artist Alberto Gaitán does Color School one better. Even as 1960s-era abstractionists sought to obliterate traces of the artist's hand under a flurry of stipples and stains, their gestures were almost always felt. Through a complex series of computer protocols, Gaitan exchanges the artist's intention with that of the machine. Information culled from Internet traffic drives robotic arms that release paint onto three graph-paper-like "canvases" every day. The paintings will be "done" a week before the show closes, so go now to witness his automated paintings in action.

"Alberto Gaitán: Remembrancer" at Curator's Office, 1515 14th St. NW, Wednesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m., 202-387-1008, to May 26.