‘Universe for Beginners’ is a pattern-rich cosmos conjured up by British-based, Polish artist Rita Rodner. Brooding black-and-white paintings, photographs and drawings appear, on first glance, to be traditional landscapes evoking notions of the sublime. But, lines of code dotted across the surface invite audiences to question if these images are, in fact, virtual. Using experimental techniques, and working directly from source code, Rodner encrypts beauty into her layered realms, reflecting the connections between art and science, dark and light, chaos and code.

An American who has lived in Prague since 1991, Robert Horvitz believes that what you do defines who you are. He currently spends 29.4% of his time sleeping, dreaming and snoring; 9.0% of his time writing about communication policy issues; 8.4% of his time watching television; 7.2% of his time shopping for, preparing and eating food; 4.8% of his time drawing; 3.8% of his time teaching drawing; and 3.6% of his time looking at Facebook waiting for someone to “like” something he posted. In the 1970s he wrote for Artforum magazine, in the 1970s and 80s he was the art editor of CoEvolution Quarterly and the Whole Earth Review. In the 1990s he advised George Soros on electronic media and the development of journalism in post-communist societies. In the 2000s he created and managed the Open Spectrum Foundation.