Marshmallow Laser Feast: “Entwined” (Revised)

Exhibited by Bitforms Gallery, “Entwined” is Marshmallow Laser Feast’s first solo US show. Displaying digital natural landscapes, the works show the artist’s vision of the connection between humans and the natural environments around us. At the entrance of the gallery space, mounted is Breath Cycles. Depicting a pair of lungs inhaling and exhaling, the shape fluctuates between human lungs and the twisting organic branches. 

Entering through a heavy curtain, we are brought into a cyber-forest. Each of the digital works feature visuals of forests, trees, and vegetation, pulsing visually and audibly to a beat. The tree trunks, large and filling the screen, are a captivating sight. Made from tiny dots of color, the digital rainforests and branches are in a constant state of minuscule movement, keeping the digital format from feeling stagnant and sterile. Screen sizes ranging from an entire wall to a foot diameter circle, the effect is captivating. Each piece of work is a portal to another world.

The exhibit explores the connections and similarities to functions of the human cardiovascular system to those of plants, and how our inner workings are very similar interlocked. Using the simple action of breath, the lightly pulsating and rhythmic qualities of the digital art pieces guides the viewer to breathe along with the beat, evoking the unconscious connection between human life and the vegetation around us. 

- Sarit Luftman