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New
Media:
Juried by John Newlander & Stephen Anderson
November 4th - December 17th, 2006
> By definition, New media art is
a generic term used to describe art related to, or created with, a technology
invented or made widely available since the mid-20th Century. The term
differentiates itself by its resulting cultural objects, which can be
seen in opposition to those deriving from old media arts (i.e. traditional
painting, sculpture, etc.) New Media concerns are often derived from
the telecommunications, mass media and digital modes of delivery the
artworks involve, with practices ranging from conceptual to virtual art,
performance to installation
Juried by John Newlander and Stephen Anderson
> Both are accomplished artists that have created multiple
video and installation / interactive works.
This international call for art provided an opportunity to
showcase work that breaks new ground with art and technology.
Selected Artists:
Holly Longstaff – Distorted Conversations:
On and Offline Explorations of Genomic Art
> Her work fosters public dialogue and debate about novel technologies.
She is a social scientist working in the area of genomic and genetics. She
turned to New Media art when she could not communicate certain troubling aspects
of her research through academic papers, presentations or public consultations.
She is particularly interested in pre-implantation of genetic diagnosis, genetic
engineering of human embryos and genetically engineered food products.
Brian Evans – Squrl
> Software that constructs images using binary formulas created by the artist.
Chris Basmajian – Unstable Mirror & Psycho
> Chris uses a processed real-time video as sort of a digital mirror, which
is able to distort perception and time. He makes the viewer stand before an
electronic image and video camera, forming an optical stirred by the curious
gravity of narcissism. As the viewer moves, the image is activated in ways
that give pause for reflection. When body language of the internal monologue
is read outside of the speculative circuit, a social element intrudes in unpredictable
ways.
Catherine Forster - Golden Oldies
> Catherine has utilized the iPod for visual metaphors for Golden Oldies
songs such as Under the Boardwalk, Spinning Wheel and Tiny Bubbles.
Robert O’Connor – We Drink
> Visually poetic performance packed with metaphor and contextual overtones.
Michael Lasater – Billboard
> A monotonous snare drum riff drives this composition; with each drum roll
words fly and tumble onto the screen, then exit. A man in neon outline eats
ravenously, constantly. The rhetoric of Billboard is that of mass advertising,
vaudeville and TV situation comedy; it’s a sales piece, designed first and
foremost to simply get and hold the attention of the audience. What it’s selling
is a message with several possible interpretations.
Steve Shoffner – Looking Glass 12
> His hidden performance pieces explore surveillance and public fascination
with technology.
Karen Horlbeck – Permutations
> Karen’s work deals with language and visual comprehension while randomly
weaving two stories with identical grammatical syntax together forming new
narratives.
Brian DeLevie – Remembered, Digital
Palimpsests #4
> Is a visual exploration of recorded history and subjective memory. Using
the palimpsest as a model for this exploration Brian layers each canvas with
imagery and video to represent mixed memory, a merging of historical and personal
perspectives whose partial erasure and rediscovery recedes and re-emerges
with a media saturated environment.
Jason Margos – Come Inside
> The mundane and the humorous play a large role in his video work. His
videos exaggerate depiction of the everyman and his routine. They are a product
of deep fascination with his surroundings. Jason says that the medium of video
has allowed him a new way to realize his vision and tell stories.
Julie Easton – Wishing You Well
> This piece was made for her best friend of 23 years, Marianne, who had
been living with cancer was nearing the end of her journey and it is a gift
to other courageous individual living with life altering illnesses. A mixed
media installation that utilizes organic materials reflecting the materials
we are made from and man-made materials denoting our fascination with and
our reliance on our creations. This pieces also incorporates a recorded phrase
“Wishing You Well” from family member and friends in several languages. The
looping video and audio functions as a digital mantra, reflecting and refracting
a state of wellness to the viewer.
Mika Soma – Playa Del Ray and Eating
At Home
> Charming video projects that explore relationships and co-dependence.
Humberto Ramirez - Interactive Websites
> A survey of highly interactive / conceptual websites.
Michael Ryan - Dead Space
> Michael has created a mechanical structure that emulates a biological
system. His piece uses kinetics and sound to explore and expand the perceptive
field into an experimental dialogue between the visual, the aural and the
volitional domain of the viewer.
Paho Mann – Sort
> Interactive Website in which the artist has documented everything he owns
and invites the viewer to sort and organize his possessions. Like shopping
at your friend’s house.
Karolina Sobecka – Pornographic Pursuit
> In this interactive piece the viewer stands before a vintage movie of
Marilyn Monroe where she proceeds to seduce the viewer with a coke bottle
and an apple. Her enticing strip tease moves frame by frame to the movements
of the viewer, if the viewer stands still the movie stops or goes backwards
if they move quickly it speeds up. Ultimately the viewer becomes wildly active;
dancing about waving arms, trying to get to the movie to move along quickly
to a scene that is implied but does not appear.
Delvin Charles Hanson – The Dance
> A constructed 3D model dances and interacts in a video theater.
Michael Ryan - Dead Space
Press Mentions:
Open House in Santa Ana Worth Checking Out
OC Register, by Richard Chang, Nov 12th, 2006
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