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Issue 02 Foreword
Another jet takes off from the nearby runway and quickly disappears into the fading California sky. The residual drone of the engine briefly rattles the walls of our office and its roar then fades into silence. The sound that we once blamed for interrupting our creative rhythm is now part of our sonic vocabulary, a […]
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Tchmo: Mash Up
Digital artist Tchmo calls the Internet his home. A virtual destination the reveals the cyclical nature of his work as it is the primary site of his source material and the vehicle that connects him to an international marketplace. Installation Magazine: In our email correspondence you mentioned that you don’t often discuss your work. Why is […]
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Robert Seidel: Handmade Shadows
Through experimental film, video projection and installation, Berlin-based artist Robert Seidel brings dimension and life to abstraction. The artist’s latest installation Tearing Shadows just concluded at 401contemporary in Berlin. Seidel is now preparing his first permanent installation Grapheme as part of a new wing for the Museum Wiesbaden. Installation Magazine: How did you arrive at video […]
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The Shortcomings of the Institution
Garet Field-Sells, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Installation Media and Magazine asks museum institutions to rethink their presence in the mobile marketplace. When the museum has every opportunity to connect with their audience, why do they fall short? While the opportunity for exploration in the way communities share knowledge in a constantly evolving digital age […]
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Kevin Zucker: Digital Reliquary
Imagine if your Google searches existed as physical objects. Suddenly these searches wouldn’t just occupy a virtual queue but would become enlivened with a material presence. New York based artist and RISD professor Kevin Zucker considers how image and meaning change in their metamorphosis from the digital to the concrete. Installation Magazine: How do you […]
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Eric Franklin: The Body Electric
As an artistic medium, glass is an anomaly— at once sturdy and then vulnerable to the elements. Eric Franklin‘s handmade borosilicate glass and ionized neon sculptures enliven and illuminate the anatomical model. While sculptures in the Skull and Embodiment series are loaded with a post-mortem theme, they are in fact celebrations of life. To […]