GATESHEAD, UK.- World renowned sound and light artist Brian Eno will be exhibiting 77 Million Paintings at BALTIC through 15 April with the installation of his latest work, Constellations. This is the first time these digital light paintings which are accompanied by a randomly assembled ambient music track have been exhibited in a contemporary UK art gallery. Eno, primarily known for shattering musical conventions as a founding member of Roxy Music and pioneer of ambient music has created a computer programme that continually fuses his virtual paintings to create 77 million permutations.

‘We are used to artists producing defined and finished things, what’s interesting about this kind of generative work is that I can’t possibly predict the outcome of 77 Million Paintings,’ says Eno.

More than 300 Eno paintings, most of them scratched or inked onto slides, were digitized to create Constellations (77 Million Paintings). The constantly evolving paintings will be shown on a group of screens installed throughout the Level 4 gallery space.

‘The 77 million permutations of the work creates unique moments for each viewer and provides a different experience every time,’ adds Eno.

It’s been estimated that it would take over 9,000 years to watch the entire show at the fastest speed available on the software and it would take several million years to witness all the possible combinations it can create.

Peter Doroshenko, BALTIC Director says, ‘Brian Eno’s work is constantly pushing the boundaries between convention and innovation. We are hugely excited to be bringing the work of this pioneering artist to BALTIC.’

Selfridges’ London store will be showing Luminous, another configuration of 77 Million Paintings between 27 January to 11 March in the Ultralounge, its dedicated space for special projects.