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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
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
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
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
Experiments 2016-2018 is a 60 minute VHS tape by my collaborative side project Fugitive Dream Recovery, released under Bleu Nuit Video.
📼 Order a VHS: bleunuitvideo.bandcamp.com/merch/the-bureau-of-fugitive-dream-recovery-experiments-2016-2018
📺 Watch the trailer: Youtube