{"id":247619,"date":"2026-01-20T07:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/247619\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:22:16","slug":"pixel-virtual-gardens-and-robotic-installations-animate-miguel-chevaliers-solo-digital-art-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/247619\/","title":{"rendered":"pixel virtual gardens and robotic installations animate miguel chevalier\u2019s solo digital art show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital by Nature: The Art of Miguel Chevalier<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Digital by Nature: The Art of Miguel Chevalier at Kunsthalle M\u00fcnchen presents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/miguel-chevalier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the artist\u2019s<\/a> largest solo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/exhibition-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition<\/a> in Europe to date, curated by Franziska St\u00f6hr. The exhibition surveys Miguel Chevalier\u2019s practice from the early 1980s to the present, tracing his sustained engagement with digital technologies as both tools and subjects of artistic inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1959 in Mexico City and based in Paris, Chevalier has worked with computers as a creative medium for more than four decades. The exhibition brings together approximately 120 works that reflect the evolution of his approach, from early experiments with pixels, binary code, and algorithmic systems to recent projects that explore the intersections of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital<\/a> and analog processes, technology and nature, and human interaction with computational environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The presentation includes a wide range of media and formats, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/3d-printing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3D printed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sculpture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sculptures<\/a> produced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/ceramics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ceramic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/recycled-plastic-architecture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recycled plastic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/robots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">robot<\/a>-generated drawings, machine-produced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/embroidered-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">embroidery<\/a> and tapestries, and video works created using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a>. Large-scale generative and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interactive installations<\/a> form a central component of the exhibition. In these works, algorithmic systems continuously generate visual compositions that respond to visitors\u2019 movements, establishing a reciprocal relationship between human presence and machine-driven processes. These installations are accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sound-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sound<\/a> compositions by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi, which further structure the spatial and sensory experience.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"pixel virtual gardens and robotic installations animate miguel chevalier\u2019s solo digital art show\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-by-nature-the-art-of-miguel-chevalier-at-kunsthalle-munchen-munich-germany-5-69690f09f22ff.j.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>Complex Meshes | music: Jacopo Baboni Schilingi, software: Cyrille Henry, Antoine Villeret, image: Thomas Granovsky<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>visualizing Interaction, Growth, and Transformation<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two works were developed specifically for Kunsthalle M\u00fcnchen. Complex Meshes Robot Drawings is a performative installation in which a robot produces drawings based on visual motifs from Chevalier\u2019s interactive series Complex Meshes.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miguel-chevalier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The artist<\/a> defines the parameters by selecting the paper and drawing tools, while the robot executes the marks. Originally designed for industrial repetition, the robotic system is reprogrammed to produce variable, gesture-like drawings that foreground the translation between programmed movement and hand-drawn expression.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second new work, In Vitro Pixel Flowers, expands Chevalier\u2019s ongoing exploration of digital botanical systems. The installation presents his largest virtual herbarium to date, allowing visitors to generate plant forms through an online interface and observe their development within a greenhouse-like environment. The digitally generated plants emerge, evolve, and disappear in continuous cycles, forming a shared, participatory landscape that visualizes processes of growth, variation, and renewal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Across its diverse works, Digital by Nature positions digital technology not only as a means of production but as a framework for examining systems, transformation, and interaction. The exhibition emphasizes\u00a0Chevalier\u2019s long-term investigation into how computational tools can shape visual form, spatial experience, and collective participation within contemporary art contexts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"pixel virtual gardens and robotic installations animate miguel chevalier\u2019s solo digital art show\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-by-nature-the-art-of-miguel-chevalier-at-kunsthalle-munchen-munich-germany-6-69690f09f2338.j.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>Complex Meshes | music: Jacopo Baboni Schilingi, software: Cyrille Henry, Antoine Villeret, image: Thomas Granovsky<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"pixel virtual gardens and robotic installations animate miguel chevalier\u2019s solo digital art show\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-by-nature-the-art-of-miguel-chevalier-at-kunsthalle-munchen-munich-germany-1-69690f09f21d6.j.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>The Origin of the World | music: Jacopo Baboni Schilingi, software: Cyrille Henry, Antoine Villeret, image: Thomas Granovsky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Digital by Nature: The Art of Miguel Chevalier \u00a0 Digital by Nature: The Art of Miguel Chevalier at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[9207,343,437,434,435,436,438,7795,146,11827,85,2581,46,132529,2297,2584],"class_list":["post-247619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-3d-printing","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-digital-art","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibition-design","tag-il","tag-interactive-installation","tag-israel","tag-miguel-chevalier","tag-robots","tag-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}