Tonight: AMODA presents Digital Showcase

From its humble origins with Oscillons, Ben Laposky's early experimentations generating electron beam patterns using crude oscilloscopes in the mid 20th century, Digital Art has come to represent any work generated using computer or electronic technology - either as the form, method, or subject. Which essentially, in today's wired landscape, encompasses nearly everything produced of the slightest aesthetic promise.

While the digital medium has, in recent times, gained the acceptance of the commercial world (reference ILM, Hollywood, or most advertisements if you need proof), it has yet to prove itself in the "serious" art community, where sculpture, painting, and drawing reign supreme.

Austin, as it turns out, is among the incubators of this burgeoning medium. AMODA, or the Austin Museum of Digital Art, is a local nonprofit dedicated to promoting digital artwork and educating the public of its merits as a geniune art movement. For the moment, they are a nomadic institution, so instead of maintaining a fixed gallery space they hold a bimonthly exhibition, dubbed the Digital Showcase. You can find heaps more information on their website.