Category: Exhibitions/Installations

INTERSPECIES COMMUNICATION: MYCELIUM TO MIDI INSTALLATION
Exhibitions/Installations

INTERSPECIES COMMUNICATION: MYCELIUM TO MIDI INSTALLATION

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Nanotopia’s BIO-SONIFICATIONS: NON-HUMAN COLLABORATIONS Mycelium to MIDI • interspecies communication May 12th, 2018 University of Toronto. Sidney Smith Hall, Rm 1070 “Bio-sonification,” basically means using technology to turn the bio-rhythms of natural objects into sound. Biodata Sonification is a process to translate complex real-time sensor data into musical notes and controls, exploring the auditory sensory… Continue reading INTERSPECIES COMMUNICATION: MYCELIUM TO MIDI INSTALLATION

Creative explorations of the microscopic
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Creative explorations of the microscopic

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From the complex forms of the cell to the colonies created by the microbiota; from the undetectable chemical reactions activated by enzymes and natural processes to the environmental information captured through data visualization, the five artists presenting tonight have developed a range of very diverse practices all inspired by the invisible, the undetectable and the… Continue reading Creative explorations of the microscopic

Sipping video mapping
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Sipping video mapping

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I am currently enrolled in a Video Mapping with Isadora workshop. Saturday, Nov 11 we spent the entire afternoon with Maz, aka Maziar Ghaderi aka Maziart.ca fully immersed.  Split into teams we had to map ready-made objects, and experiment with effects, sound, mouse controls, and essentially memorize steps taken towards successful outcomes. The ultimate challenge being… Continue reading Sipping video mapping

Wunderkammer installation/exhibit/show
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Wunderkammer installation/exhibit/show

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Hello friends, colleagues!While circumnavigating the Multiverse (sometimes known as Iceland) …perhaps once mentioned by the likes of Jules Verne, I came upon specimen yet unknown. This evening I would like to share some of these finds/memories with you.Hoping you can make it out and over the evening of May 13th to experience the specimen I will have… Continue reading Wunderkammer installation/exhibit/show

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It’s only with the heart that one can see clearly…

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Sick at home with the flu and after a day or two I grow very bored. Reading and binge watching various books and downloaded tv shows/netflix, I want to be at my studio working with my hands! So I’ve been taking part in the Toronto Etsy Street Team’s #webetest Instagram challenge. The gif above is… Continue reading It’s only with the heart that one can see clearly…

creation & developement 2014-15 · Exhibitions/Installations · Inspiration/Musings

Life Forms: exploring Monorhaphis chuni

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Building Monorhaphis chuni structures from powdered glass.  The image shown is from a couple years back. I am currently constructing a similar form, approximate 30 inches long by [remains to be seen]. The deadline to submit work towards Life Forms is December 10th, 2015. More and more I see my work and methodology informed through Biomicry.… Continue reading Life Forms: exploring Monorhaphis chuni

creation & developement 2014-15 · Exhibitions/Installations · Inspiration/Musings · Project Grant 2013 · Unclassified

Considering Escapism

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Escapism is freedom if claimed by a subject- it can not be consumed. Occam’s Razor install is next week! I’m just a little excited to see some of this older work go up on a wall, a small section of my Algal Bloom. Similar pieces made up the cell forms of Wonderlandish and they (the… Continue reading Considering Escapism

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OCCAM’S RAZOR: Art, Science and Aesthetics

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“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” – Pablo Picasso OCCAM’S RAZOR: Art, Science and Aesthetics At Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts 984 Queen st. West. Toronto ON M6J 1H1 April 2 – 20, 2014 At the !dea Gallery at… Continue reading OCCAM’S RAZOR: Art, Science and Aesthetics

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Cymatic Glass Structures

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Wikipedia: Cymatics (from Greek: κῦμα “wave”) is the study of visible sound and vibration, a subset of modal phenomena. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid. Different patterns emerge in the excitatory… Continue reading Cymatic Glass Structures

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razzle dazzle

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Beast are performative wearable living dioramas using multiple media to anthropomorphize the environmental crisis, and expose parallels to society’s treatment of women to inspire dialogue for change. Through my interpretation of Icelandic mythology and landscape, I try to create work that defines an intersection between emotions and our perception of the environment. I utilize glass… Continue reading razzle dazzle