Opening Reception
Friday, May 13, 2005 5:00-7:00 PM

Poetry and electronic media merge in the Orange Lounge with Poetic Engineering, a solo exhibition of works by new media artist Yucef Merhi. Born in Venezuela, in 1977 and now based in New York and Caracas, Merhi was trained as both an artist and a poet. In his works, electronic devices, internet projects, computer installations, and video game systems are transformed into artworks that incorporate the artist's written words.

The Orange County Museum of Art launches the Orange Lounge at South Coast Plaza, the first museum space on the West Coast devoted exclusively to the presentation and interpretation of video, computer and Internet-based art, audio works, and other forms of new media. The Orange Lounge is the only space of its kind located in a major retail complex.