Technology, memory, American mythologies and narratives are always at the center of the work of New York-based multimedia artist duo Orejarena & Stein. And they currently have an ongoing exhibition titled "American Glitch" at Palo Gallery in New York.
Presenting a series of new and recent photographs, "American Glitch" explores the slippage between fact and fiction. Orejarena & Stein examine how society is forced to question what is real and what is fake in the midst of an endless sea of information available at all times. It makes us question that too: What can the world trust, and what is a ‘glitch’?
According to Orejarena & Stein, screen domination, conspiracy theories, fake news, and the emergence of the metaverse call us to question our reality and our potential existence in "simulation".
Orejarena & Stein transform tools that others would consider artistic mistakes into intentional elements to provoke reflection on the intersection of technology, perception, and human experience.
Using digital elements such as Adobe Photoshop and artificial intelligence tools, the exhibition combines large-scale prints of Orejarena & Stein's photographs with smaller prints of their "archive of real-life glitches" in an installation.
