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** THE WHITNEY WILL HOST PUBLIC PROGRAM SET IN THE MUSEUM’S VIRTUAL LANDSCAPE EXPLORING INTERSECTIONS OF SCIENCE AND ART HISTORY
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Join artist Ashley Zelinskie and curator Christiane Paul for a conversation set in the virtual world of Twin Quasar, a digital work that was commissioned by the Whitney for artport.
New York, NY, April 23, 2025 — The Whitney Museum of American Art will host Exploring Twin Quasar: A Conversation on Art, Science, and Virtual Worlds (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=a9d6d870c1&e=59415c6e7e) on Thursday, May 22 from 12–1 pm. The program features a conversation between artist Ashley Zelinskie and curator Christiane Paul set within the Whitney Museum Virtual Landscape (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=d50a8ff8ea&e=59415c6e7e) on the MONA platform, where Zelinkskie’s Twin Quasar (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=d7976f7f62&e=59415c6e7e) is accessible. Twin Quasar is a virtual reality artwork that combines elements of science and art history, and builds on the artist’s eight-year coordination with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team and discussions with European Space Agency scientist Tim Rawle.
Exploring the intersections between science and art history, Twin Quasar turns two works from the Whitney’s collection into navigable 3D models and draws parallels between phenomena in physics and the artist’s exploration of space and form. The conversation between Zelinskie and Paul will delve into the work’s conceptual and technical creation process, the potential virtual worlds as gallery spaces, the artistic practice of “sci-art,” and the challenges of balancing art historical context and scientific research. Following the discussion, attendees are invited to explore the artworks in the virtual space on MONA. More information about Twin Quasar can be found online at whitney.org/exhibitions/twin-quasar.
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Exploring Twin Quasar: A Conversation on Art, Science, and Virtual Worlds
Thursday, May 22, 12–1 pm
Join artist Ashley Zelinskie and Christiane Paul, the Whitney’s Curator of Digital Art, for a conversation in the virtual world of Zelinskie’s work Twin Quasar. The conversation explores the work’s conceptual and technical creation process and the potential of using virtual worlds as gallery spaces.
Location: Whitney Museum Virtual Landscape
Tickets: Free with registration. Register to attend online.
Event Link: whitney.org/events/exploring-twin-quasar
Ashley Zelinskie’s Twin Quasar (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=5e1bfdb275&e=59415c6e7e) is commissioned by the Whitney Museum for artport (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=43d13cc413&e=59415c6e7e), the Museum’s online gallery space for net art and new media art commissions. Twin Quasar is produced by James Tunick, CEO of The IMC Lab (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=23cd06451c&e=59415c6e7e) and XR/AI pioneer and artist who has created award-winning virtual worlds. Support on MONA (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=f2e78b3eb4&e=59415c6e7e) is contributed by platform founder and CEO Justin Melillo, a pioneer in advancing open, immersive virtual worlds. Artport projects are organized by Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Art at the Whitney. More information about artport can be found at whitney.org/artport.
** ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Ashley Zelinskie is a Brooklyn-based conceptual artist employing media as vehicles in service of underlying concepts. Her works span a variety of media, from sculpture, canvas and print works to digital art, VR, and holograms. Each artwork is created using technologies such as 3D printing, computer-guided laser cutting, satellite plating technology, and gaming engines. Her work focuses on visualizing data in abstract forms and finding new and interesting ways to describe complex ideas. Ashley’s work has been featured by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vice, Popular Science, Space.com, and Hyperallergic. Her work forms part of the permanent collection of the US Department of State Art in Embassies Program, has been exhibited at Sotheby’s New York, ArtScience Museum in Singapore and Art Center Nabi in Seoul. Ashley is a former resident of NEW INC, the New Museum’s Art and Technology Incubator, and the Shapeways x  Museum of Art and design “Out of Hand” exhibition residency. She is
currently working in coordination with NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Smithsonian and is a member of Onassis ONX XR studio in New York City.
** ABOUT ARTPORT
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artport is the Whitney Museum’s portal to Internet art and an online gallery space for net art and new media art commissions. Launched in 2001, artport provides access to original commissioned artworks, documentation of net art and new media art exhibitions at the Whitney, and new media art in the Museum’s collection. Recent commissions include Maya Man’s A Realistic Day In My Life In New York City (2024); Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst’s xhairymutantx (2024); Nancy Baker Cahill’s CENTO (2024); Peter Burr’s Sunshine Monument (2023); Rick Silva’s Liquid Crystal (2023); Auriea Harvey’s SITE1 (2023); Amelia Winger-Bearskin’s Sky/World Death/World (2022); Mimi Ọnụọha’s 40% of Food in the US is Wasted (How the Hell is That Progress, Man?) (2022); and Rachel Rossin’s THE MAW OF (2022). Access these and more projects at whitney.org/artport.
** PRESS CONTACT
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For press materials and image requests, please visit our press site at whitney.org/press or contact:
Meghan Ferrucci, Publicist
Whitney Museum of American Art
(212) 671-8346
Whitney Press Office
whitney.org/press
(212) 570-3633
** ABOUT THE WHITNEY
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Mrs. Whitney, an early and ardent supporter of modern American art, nurtured groundbreaking artists when audiences were still largely preoccupied with the Old Masters. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for ninety years. The core of the Whitney’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is innovative and influential in American art today.
Whitney Museum Land Acknowledgment
The Whitney is located in Lenapehoking, the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. The name Manhattan comes from their word Mannahatta, meaning “island of many hills.” The Museum’s current site is close to land that was a Lenape fishing and planting site called Sapponckanikan (“tobacco field”). The Whitney acknowledges the displacement of this region’s original inhabitants and the Lenape diaspora that exists today.
As a museum of American art in a city with vital and diverse communities of Indigenous people, the Whitney recognizes the historical exclusion of Indigenous artists from its collection and program. The Museum is committed to addressing these erasures and honoring the perspectives of Indigenous artists and communities as we work for a more equitable future. To read more about the Museum’s Land Acknowledgment, visit the Museum’s website (https://whitney.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=387f59a72ae7b64ccae37d5c9&id=37cd9392a7&e=59415c6e7e) .
** VISITOR INFORMATION
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Image credit:
Ashley Zelinskie, screenshot of Twin Quasar, 2024. Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art