Dear all,
If you find yourself on the sunny South Coast of
the UK this week, please pop into Lighthouse on
Thursday, to hear the talk by sonification siren,
Andrea Polli.
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/whatson/andreapolli.htm
Andrea, and her partner Chuck Varga (one of the
founders of the seminal shock rock band, GWAR)
are in residence this month at Blast Theory.
Andrea's talk at Lighthouse will focus on her
recent work with global weather systems.
I hope to see you this Thursday.
best wishes,
Honor Harger
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Andrea Polli - Lighthouse Monthly Talk - August
Thursday 5 August
6.30pm: Doors & Bar
7.00pm: Event start
At: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington St, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Entry: £3 Spaces are limited.
To book please go to:
https://express.iristickets.co.uk:443/k?lighthouse
Lighthouse's Monthly Talks happen on the first
Thursday of each month, and feature some of the
most exciting and influential names in digital
art and moving image. Following the inaugural
Monthly Talk by Semiconductor in July, we will be
welcoming American artist Andrea Polli to
Lighthouse in August. She will present her
inspirational meteorological artwork.
Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in
New Mexico. In her work, global weather and air
pollution data are transformed into mesmerising
video and sound installations. Many of Polli's
works rely on a process called "sonification",
which translates data into sound. Her work has
been exhibited extensively around the world,
including at the Museum of Contemporary Art in
Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Art
Center Nabi in Korea, Centre pour l'image
Contemporaine in Geneva, Site Gallery in
Sheffield, the Center for Contemporary Art in
Santa Fe, Eyebeam in New York NY, and the ICA in
London, as well as at festivals such as
transmediale and SIGGRAPH.
In August 2010, Polli and her partner Chuck
Varga, founding member of the shock-rock group,
GWAR, are artists-in-residence at Blast Theory's
studios in Portslade. This talk will welcome them
both to Brighton, and give audiences an
opportunity to engage with their unique practice.
Following the talk, Polli will be giving a
demonstration of some of the technology she works
with members of the BuildBrighton group.
As well as being a practising artist, Polli is
currently an Associate Professor in Fine Arts and
Engineering at The University of New Mexico and
Mesa Del Sol Endowed Chair of Digital Media at
the University. She served as the founding
Director of the Interdisciplinary Film and
Digital Media Program and as Director of ARTS Lab
at the University from 2009-2010. From 2005-2008
she served as the Director of the Integrated
Media Arts Masters of Fine Arts Program at Hunter
College/CUNY.
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/whatson/andreapolli.htm
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Honor Harger
Director
Lighthouse
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk
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Tel: +44 1273 647197
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