Refigured: exhibition explores identity through alternate worlds

In a new exhibition at the Whitney, five artists tackle how concepts of self can cross between physical and virtual realms

As technology takes an ever more significant role in shaping how we develop and embody our identities, the Whitney presents Refigured, a collection of five installations by artists using digital art to probe intersections of ourselves and our machines.

I want to create language for a calibration point for where we are in regard to our bodies and technology," said artist Rachel Rossin, reflecting on her piece The Maw Of, a transmedia work that is spread out across a video screen and a QR code that can activate the artwork on visitors' mobile devices. As Rossin put it, The Maw Of seeks to address the black boxes of our bodies and technology".