Multimedia installations (Art)

Overview "Act.No.06: 1001 Nights in Zanzibar is a multimedia installation that uncovers silenced stories of forced child marriages and political persecution following the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964. Inspired by the original 1001 Nights and Scheherazade's use of storytelling to transform a vengeful king into a compassionate leader, the work explores a 1971 presidential decree that allowed officials to forcibly marry underage girls, including many women in the artist's family. These policies led to...

Overview "ALVY2 is an online multimedia experience that explores a collection of creations that preserve a past generation. The various pieces dive into the relationship he had with his grandmother, who was a painter, photographer, chef, E.R. nurse, author, and dreamer. The installation reimagines the original artwork she had created in her lifetime and molds them into a new collaboration. Various materials are called upon, blending traditional art with new media to create an immersive experience....

Overview "'Blind/Blend' is a multimedia installation that explores perceptual awareness and alternate ways of seeing the world due to the artist's own visual impairment. Through original stereo cards with swapped left and right channels, layered portraits on silk at different stages of clarity, and soft and shallow focused videos, she invites the audience to engage in active forms of looking. As the spectator navigates this installation through a near-sighted perspective, the artist asks one question...

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"(DIS)CONNECTED is a multimedia installation that immerses the audience in the experience of a person with Tourette Syndrome who is on the autism spectrum. Using a blend of film and sound, audience members experience a profound sense of sensory overload and a deep sense of the inescapability of Tourette's. -- Abstract

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"'It's Kind of the Same' is a series of multimedia art installations which examine the ontological differences between analog and digital photographs and video. The pieces examine how reality is captured by these various mediums, the effect of hyperreality on our lives, and what it means to capture something authentically. 'It's Kind of the Same' seeks to raise questions about what it means to capture and experience reality in an increasingly hyperreal world." -- Abstract

Overview "Memory Lost is a multimedia installation that probes the fragile nature of human memory through the lens of AI generated media. Drawing inspiration from the artist's personal experience of witnessing his grandfather's battle with Alzheimer's Disease, this work explores the parallels between artificial intelligence and human cognition. The installation revisits formative moments from the artist's life from childhood through adulthood, using AI to reconstruct and reinterpret these memories....

Overview "The Great Big Infinity is an exploration of the ceremonial potential of media. The central concept is inspired by a fusing of ceremonial processes including the despacho ceremony, a layered healing bundle, archetypal mesa work, and fire ceremonies. The Ceremonial livestreams create a visual language where time is echoed and expanded. In this way it looks the way ceremonies can feel where time is looped and expanded. The advantages of online ceremonies are that people can join from multiple...