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March 3, 2020 |
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My work is included in Metacognition, an exhibit at
Spring/Break Art Show, curated by Tali Hinkis and Robin Kang. It
ran from March 3-9 in NYC.
Metacognition: the awareness and understanding of one's own
thought processes. This exhibition surrounds a conversation
between a group of artists who employ meditative and
repetitive processes to creatively navigate through the
dimensional realms of reality. The physical, algorithmic,
emotional, virtual, spiritual, and scientific planes are
investigated through clever uses of technology and innovative
combinations of the material and the digital.
🌐 More info:
springbreakartshow.com
🌐 Press coverage:
observer.com/2020/03/spring-break-art-show-2020-best-booths
January 7, 2020 |
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I created a short book to explain some of my process and ideas
about
a video piece I made using cymatics. The book is a small part of my MFA thesis, and I printed and
bound several to share with faculty.
📄 PDF version:
decoherence_book.pdf
December 21, 2019 |
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I did a solo a/v set at the opening of
SOLSTICE, an exhibition of light art works at Flux Factory, organized
and curated by
Jonathan Sims. The opening took place on the night of the winter solstice,
and the opening was marked by 4 a/v performances by me,
Testu Collective,
ÉMU (Maria Takeuchi), and
Night Shining. The performances and installations of light works
complemented each other amazingly and I was thrilled to be a
part of it all.
🌐 More info:
fluxfactory.org/event/solstice
🌐 Exhibition review:
artspiel.org/solstice-at-flux-factory
📺 Video documentation of my set:
Youtube
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September 18, 2019 |
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I am very excited to share this album I made with
Andrei Jay, titled: APPALACHIAN VORTEX TOUR. Near the end of
summer, we went on a camping road trip through the Appalachians
in search of caves, hollows, and other basins of vortex energy
in the forest. I brought my field recorder and my shortwave
radio, and Andrei brought two Volca FM synthesizers, and we
recorded a series of jams at various locations along the way. We
were able to pick up electromagnetic interference within the
shortwave bands from the built-in amplifier circuits in the
Volcas, making the radio act as a kind of extra amplifier which
added unique distortions and textures.
The sounds of the environment also became part of the
recordings, so you can hear crickets, running water, wind, other
humans, natural reverb of stone and metal, and the spatialized
presence of the built-in speakers of the volcas, intertwined
with signals drifting in and out from shortwave broadcasts.
The album art, a map of the vortexes we toured, was drawn
electronically and then plotted with a robotic drawing machine
in the expanded media department at Alfred University.
🔈 Listen to the album:
Bandcamp
June 21, 2019 |
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From June 21 to August 2, selected audiovisual works from my
series Experiments in Public were on view at
SPACES
in Cleveland, OH, in an immersive viewing chamber called The
Vault.
🌐 More info:
spacescle.org/exhibitions/2019/06/21/paloma-kop-experiments-in-public
