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A Guided Sublimation at Vanderbilt Museum Planetarium
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A Guided Sublimation at Vanderbilt Museum Planetarium
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Group Exhibition
Early Zines & Video in "Copy Machine Manifestos" at Brooklyn Museum
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Baroque Bodies (Ambient Portals)
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Baroque Bodies (Configurations)
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Group Exhibition
Tangible Variations in "Seeing the Unseen" at Wignall Museum
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Doilies (SARS, HIV, Influenza, Herpes, Hepadna)
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Unraveling and Renatured
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Solo Exhibition
Unraveling at BioBAT Art Space
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Disentanglement and Doilies in "Triënnale Brugge: TraumA" at Musea Brugge
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Blank Stare
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Syndemic Sublime
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Solo Exhibition
Rhapsody for an Expanded Biotechnological Apparatus at the Tang
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Solo Exhibition
Entangled Entities at The New Gallery
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Manifest
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Embodied Objects at Occurrence
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PROJECTS
Selected Artworks, Exhibitions, Commissions
Group Exhibition
Early Zines & Video in "Copy Machine Manifestos" at Brooklyn Museum
"Beehive" (1993–1996) collaboration with Allyson Shaw included in exhibition documenting zines’ relationship to subcultures and avant-garde practices, from punk to conceptual, queer, and feminist art
Commission
A Guided Sublimation at Vanderbilt Museum Planetarium
immersive planetarium experience combining micro and macro worlds with animation and sound created in collaboration with theoretical biophysicist Adam Lamson
Artwork
Baroque Bodies (Configurations)
animations, soundscapes, and prints created with computational simulation and AI images generated from scientific texts
Artwork
Baroque Bodies (Ambient Portals)
3D animations with molecular models and AI-generated images, accompanied by sonifications of scientific visualizations
Artwork
Tangible Variations
weavings depicting computer-generated visualizations of computational simulations of biophysical interactions
Group Exhibition
Doilies in "Life Eternal: The Nobel Prize Museum at Liljevalchs"
lace virus series in exhibition exploring notions of eternity through art, science, medicine, and technology
Artwork
Doilies (SARS, HIV, Influenza, Herpes, Hepadna)
digitally fabricated lace sculptures depicting viruses (SARS, HIV, Influenza, Herpes, Hepadna)
Commission
Disentanglement and Doilies in "Triënnale Brugge: TraumA" at Musea Brugge
site-specific intervention commissioned for Bruges Triennial with animations and sculptures exploring theme of “trauma”
Artwork
Disentanglement
triptych sculpture with 3-channel synchronous animation of 3D models (coronavirus, human cells, non-human antibodies) created using models of the coronavirus, human cells, and non-human antibodies
Commission
Syndemic Sublime in "La irrupció" at Santa Mònica for ISEA
data-driven molecular animation commissioned for International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) at Santa Mònica Arts Centre
Artwork
Syndemic Sublime
generative 3D animations using COVID death data to disrupt amino acid residues on intertwined human and non-human proteins
Group Exhibition
Syndemic Sublime in "Second Sundays" at Pioneer Works
installation with animations & networked sculpture exploring interconnected systems in the biotechnological landscape
Artwork
Needle in a Haystack Book
artist book with photographs from a biotech lab documenting mundane artifacts and poetic encounters in biotech laboratory
Group Exhibition
Unraveling in "The Hidden Side of Lace" at CC De Ververij
molecular animations created with 3D models of SARS included in exhibition exploring expanded interpretations of lace
Solo Exhibition
Unraveling at BioBAT Art Space
BioBAT, immersive installation exploring remote intimacy & hidden materialities during the pandemic
Artwork
Unraveling and Renatured
animations and prints created with molecular models of the coronavirus spike protein
Artwork
Termination Sequences
remote sound collaborations with biotech workers and scientists rematerializing the coronavirus mRNA sequence
Artwork
Denatured
animations created with screen recordings of software performances using molecular visualization software
Artwork
Unraveling Together
participatory textiles collaboration with recorded Zoom performances and hand-made weavings
Solo Exhibition
Rhapsody for an Expanded Biotechnological Apparatus at the Tang
exhibition at Tang Museum with participatory haptic sound installation and rug made from laboratory animal fiber
Solo Exhibition
Entangled Entities at The New Gallery
installation with sensory experiences exploring interspecies entanglement through networked devices and tactile sculpture
Artwork
Remote Entanglements
fan networked to wind data at vivarium that houses animals who produce biological products for human drugs
Artwork
Contested Territories
networked laboratory mixers containing llama feces activated by Twitter activity relating to the contested status of science
Artwork
Needle in a Haystack
photographs from a biotech lab documenting mundane artifacts and poetic interfaces in biotech lab
Artwork
Suspended
infinite video loop of cell suspension technique in biotech laboratory
Solo Exhibition
Conformations at Esther Klein Gallery
multimedia installation exploring hidden systems and invisible labor in the expanded biotechnological landscape
Artwork
Sit Around and Wait
neon sign exploring uncertainty and anticipation with quote from scientist waiting for laboratory experiment
Artwork
Tickling the Bonds
screen-recorded molecular visualization software interaction with alpaca nanobody/ricin models
Artwork
Transformation Timer
motorized wind chime sound sculpture with laboratory animal fiber and orphaned keys
Artwork
Conformations
tactile installation with fiber from laboratory alpacas and video performance of carding and spinning
Solo Exhibition
Embodied Objects at Occurrence
installation with digitally fabricated weavings, prints, and sculptures exploring the rematerialization of bodily experience
Artwork
Embodied Objects
computerized Jacquard weavings with data-driven patterns created with EMG recordings of bodily movement
Artwork
Recursive Expressions
giclée prints with computer generated & hand-manipulated patterns made with electromyography data
Artwork
Manifest
3D-printed sculptures with data-driven forms created with EMG measurements of facial expressions
Group Exhibition
Squint in "Code as Form" at Thoma Foundation
selected work from Thoma Foundation digital art collection with Laura Splan, Beryl Korot, Vera Molnar, Steina Vasulka
Group Exhibition
Blank Stare and Doilies in "The World Unseen: Intersections of Art and Science" at CDC Museum
artworks rematerializing the invisible included in exhibition exploring intersections of art and science
Artwork
Blank Stare
laser etchings on paper with data-driven patterns generated from biometric measurements of attention level
Artwork
autologousReflection
participatory sculpture with computer generated animation and text
Artwork
Material Expressions No. 1
biometric performance sculpture with motorized music box actuated by electromyography (EMG) data from bicep
Artwork
Material Expressions No. 2
biometric performance with motorized sculpture and sound actuated by heartbeat of knitter
Artwork
Measured Gestures
collages assembled from hand-cut pieces of pseudoscientific and aspirational adspeak in magazine ads
Artwork
Modular Systems
collages made from hand-cut pieces of pseudoscientific magazine ads
Artwork
Serendipitous Destiny
collages assembled from hand-cut pieces of pseudoscientific and pseudospiritual magazine ads with titles taken from adspeak
Artwork
Meta Static I
magazine collages using pseudo-scientific and pseudo-spiritual ads and hand-built ceramics with titles taken from adspeak
Artwork
Meta Static II
collages assembled from hand-cut pieces of pseudo-spiritual imagery in magazine ads with titles taken from adspeak
Artwork
Exquisite Corpse
website with live generative text animation using adspeak language culled from real beauty products
Artwork
Qualitative Analysis
videos that remix the scifi film “The Wasp Woman“ to explore notions of the mad scientist and unnatural transformation
Artwork
Spontaneous Narratives
graphite drawings and computer generated soundscape created from spam email subject headings
Artwork
X-Ray Visions & Morphine Dreams
photographic light boxes with digitally composited X-rays created from found images
Commission
Surface Tension in "Watching Hands" at David J. Sencer CDC Museum
graphite drawings with soap bubble residue commissioned for exhibition about disease prevention and public health
Artwork
Unrestricted Diffusion
watercolor paintings with blood
Artwork
Enmeshed
drawings on watercolor paper rendered with blood
Artwork
Exogenous
paintings with varying dilutions of blood stenciled through doilies onto watercolor paper
Artwork
Gravity
paintings with blood on watercolor paper
Artwork
Elaborative Encoding
drawing of lace rendered in blood
Artwork
Wallpaper and Negligee (Slipping...) in "Manufractured" at Museum of Contemporary Craft
handmade wallpaper printed with blood and sculpture made from facial peel in exhibition exploring materials and craft
Artwork
Negligee (Serotonin)
computerized embroidery on sculpture made from remnant cosmetic facial peel
Artwork
Handkerchief (Anatomy of Tears)
computerized embroidery on remnant cosmetic facial peel with tear duct anatomy as decorative motif
Artwork
Gloves
remnant cosmetic facial peel sculptures cast from artist's hands
Commission
Doilies and Trousseau in "Re/Formations" at Van Every/Smith Galleries
installation of tactile lace viruses and facial peel sculptures commissioned for exhibition about disability and female identity
Artwork
Blood Scarf
photographs of speculative medical apparatus hand-knit into intravenous scarf from clear vinyl tubing
Artwork
Stethoscope
participatory sound sculpture with 25-foot long stethoscope
Artwork
Upside Down, Inside Out
silicon rubber sculptures cast from test tubes
Artwork
Exam Gown
hand-knit textiles sculpture with large-scale photographic portraits that reimagines the institutional hospital gown
Artwork
Prozac, Thorazine, Zoloft
hand latch hooked soft sculptures of oversized antipsychotic and antidepressant pills
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project FILTERS
Themes & Concepts
Biopolitics
Disease, Epidemics, Pandemics
Interspecies, Multispecies
Posthumanities
Science, Biology, Biotechnology
Touch, Tactility
Media & Forms
Animation
Experimental Materials
Immersive Installations
Sculpture
Textiles / Fiber
Works On Paper
Materials & Process
Biometrics, Sensors
Cosmetic Facial Peel
Hacked Devices
Laboratory Animal Fiber
Molecular Modeling & Animation
Needlework
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