DISTORTIONS is not a singular, all encompassing statement exhibition, but rather a collection of compelling works by artists we collaborate with. Thought provoking, often prescient, and relevant to this moment of technologically assisted creative processes, the artworks in the show represent various approaches to the complexities of contemporary world. Traditionally, artists have altered reality to reveal their own 'truths'. Art, as a mirror of the world, has always operated via distortion both literally and metaphorically. With the nonstop development of analog and digital tools in the 20th century, access to new technologies became more democratized. Yet it is always the artists that are on the forefront to adapt the new tools, subvert them, push boundaries, expose biases and limitations of the medium and explore its creative potential.

 

The exhibition titled Alarm Chain presented in the space of acb Attachment builds upon data visualization that relies on Albert-László Barabási’s identity, active simultaneously as scientist and artist. Barabási and his research team examined emergencies and disasters that occurred between January 2007 and January 2009, with a specific focus on their communication aspects. The complex diagrams on display in the exhibition space were generated from the mobile phone data of eyewitnesses present on the scene of these events. The primary question of the study was to determine how many times a witness or survivor of a tragic event calls someone on their mobile phone. The diagrams, originally created as graphs (complex networks), were reinterpreted by Barabási as embroidery patterns, converting the previous data visualizations into textile forms. The BarabasiLab exhibition now presents the works related to this project.

BINÁLÉ, located in Budapest, organized an outstanding collection of artworks from around the world to explore the idea of “queering democracy” through the power of art for their 150th anniversary. 

The purpose of Hidden Patterns is to bring art and the general public closer to networked thinking. 

The exhibition ‘Of Genes and Human Beings’ took a serious and consistent look at the insights gained in science laboratories from the perspective of the social and cultural sciences: with exhibits from everyday life and science, culture and history, the approaches of contemporary art – and with interactive stations that invited us to find out for ourselves who we are and who we might become.

The Art Of Connection focuses on Barabási’s still images, sketches, graphic and artistic representations, and sculptures provided from the data collected over the last 30 years by his team.

Invasion Percolation is the first network visualization of modern network science and the first generative network art. 

The exhibition “BarabasiLAB BIG DATA (networking the artworld)” was featured in Postmasters Gallery in Soho, New York City. The exhibit focused on art networks and the connections between individuals.

Unfinished Live 2022 took place in New York City and virtually from Sept. 21-24. This event brings thinkers and changemakers across the world together to debate on the impact of technology in our daily lives. 

The exhibition, I AM NOT A ROBOT: ON THE BORDERS OF THE SINGULARITY, attempts to interpret eight themes grouped around the central concept of artificial intelligence. BarabásiLab exhibited Fake News Apostles, the Fake News Apostles rollers and a networked soundscape.  

Barabási Lab's Nature 150 series, led by Barabási Albert László, was commissioned by Nature magazine to celebrate its 150th anniversary.

Kalman Maklary Fine Arts presents "Points and Lines of Reference,' showing a selection from the iconic Nature 150 series of BarabásiLab, prepared for the 150th anniversary of Nature magazine 

Hidden Patterns, presented by BarabasiLab, ran from May 7, 2022 to August 28, 2022 at the Szekler Museum of Ciuc in Romania.

Invasion Percolation is the first network visualization of modern network science and the first generative network art.

This exhibition's aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the forms of visualization developed by BarabásiLab through its collaborative process involving scientists, artists, and designers alike. Without imposing a reductionist framework on the complexity of our world, the work of BarabásiLab reveals the hidden patterns in complex systems that determine our biological and social existence.

BarabasiLab Solo exhibit featuring research related to covid, viruses and other spreading phenomena.

The exhibition "BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns" introduces the work of the physicist and network scientist Albert-László Barabási and his research laboratory. The focus of the exhibition is the development of network visualization over the past 25 years, which can be seen in the projects of BarabásiLab.

The visualization of network research has proven to be one of the most promising scientific methodological innovations in recent years/decades, which seems to be an effective tool for the study of cultural and social phenomena, including the art scene.

BarabasiLab's cosmic web visualization was featured in the group exhibit Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, co-organized with Cube design museum.

 

BarabasiLab's Flavor and Diseasome network pieces were featured in Hans Ulrich Obrist's Map Marathon group exhibit.