bitforms wishes you a safe and warm holiday season! The gallery will reopen January 4 after a winter closure between Dec 24 - Jan 3. Marina Zurkow (@squirrelzurkow) and James Schmitz’s (@jim_hx2a) “Does The River Flow Both Ways?” explores an alternate, present-day Hudson River estuary in which happy social and biological ecosystems live in harmony; a place where humans can interact with the water in intimate ways and experience what is happening below its surface. The title questions whether such a techno-optimistic present is viable. In good faith, the animated, software-driven work imagines a world in which renewables, public transport, water shipment, sensual freedom, and multi-species ecologies can indeed coexist, even thrive, during a turbulent climactic period. Animated elements emerge primarily in response to algorithmic probability as well as real-time weather and tide data. Marina Zurkow and James Schmitz Does The River Flow Both Ways?, 2022 Custom software (color, silent) Edition of 5, 1 AP Animation assistance by Ewan Creed #happyholidays #marinazurkow #generativeart #hudsonriver