https://kateparsons.art kateparsons.art Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:16:48 +0000 https://kateparsons.art en https://kateparsons.art/Art-x-Sustainability-Initiative Mon, 04 Mar 2024 04:46:47 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/Art-x-Sustainability-Initiative Art x Sustainability at Pepperdine University Year: 2021-ongoing&nbsp;Size: 3000x1706, 300 DPI, 7.4MB The Art x Sustainability initiative brings together scholars and artists to examine issues such as environmentalism, agriculture, ecology, and sustainable processes, using multi-faceted, transdisciplinary approaches. Spearheaded by Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Kate Parsons, students and faculty from both the Fine Arts and Sustainability departments work together to host lectures, workshops and other methods of creative inquiry.&nbsp; Past and future guests include: Alice Yuan Zhang, Isabel Beavers, Supercollider Gallery, Alvarro Azcarraga, Julie Weitz, and Metabolic Studio. Affiliated faculty also include Dr. Christopher Doran and Dr. Helen Holmlund.&nbsp; Learn more at:&nbsp;https://artxsustainability.cargo.site/ https://kateparsons.art/The-Fireline-Series Mon, 04 Mar 2024 01:19:51 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/The-Fireline-Series Fireline Series; Everything you know could flare up and be gone. Year: 2023-24&nbsp; Video/simulationLength: 1:37 The Fireline series depicts the trenches cut by wildland firefighters to slow forest fires as its main subject. In the summer of 2021, the Harris Mountain Fire threatened to burn the Parsons family homestead, the family ranch, and what was left of my childhood home.&nbsp; That year, the skies refused to rain for months on end, the trees had turned dormant early, and the firefighters warned us that there would be no stopping the fire until the first snow of the year–likely in October. Meanwhile, the wind blew the flames right to us. I imagined it tearing through the landscape, leaving it alien and unrecognizable and it broke my heart into a million pieces. Built in Unreal Engine, these pieces explore perspectival shifts–looking at the firelines themselves from various vantage points. They ask us to contemplate an immediate ecological crisis while attempting to keep the viewer suspended in a moment of dreadful, quiet terror.&nbsp; <img width="338" height="600" width_o="338" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c820facae23b1c52b42f1d720121d1d065f97003f2cbcd3c8e4c76961b71947/Fireline_up.gif" data-mid="210397925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/338/i/3c820facae23b1c52b42f1d720121d1d065f97003f2cbcd3c8e4c76961b71947/Fireline_up.gif" /> 1. Fireline with Yarrow;&nbsp;Everything you know could flare up and be gone. <img width="500" height="282" width_o="500" height_o="282" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ac73bbbda178a7c6d6366d4897c1248eba088f8c8a47ab1a52532380af32f17/fireline_v3_1.gif" data-mid="210397949" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/3ac73bbbda178a7c6d6366d4897c1248eba088f8c8a47ab1a52532380af32f17/fireline_v3_1.gif" /> 2. Fireline with Fleabane;&nbsp;Everything you know could flare up and be gone. https://kateparsons.art/The-Dark-Spring Wed, 18 Dec 2019 05:12:42 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/The-Dark-Spring The Dark Spring and Dark Spring: VR ft. “Wake” by RYAT3 minutes, 2018 The Dark Spring: VR was created by FLOAT LAND as part of a residency at Coaxial Arts Foundation in partnership with the Pasadena Arts Alliance. Mythological stories often carry the motifs of&nbsp; an underworld-dwelling divinity emerging into the light, as frost-covered earth once again becomes teeming with life. This myth is reinterpreted within Parsons’s work through the use of screen-based media and technology. In this solo exhibition, Parsons presented a series of floral sculptures made of discarded cemetery flowers, fresh flowers, and yard refuse, alongside new video works, an interactive projection, and a virtual reality prototype. The Dark Spring focuses on themes of mortality as a meditation on the passing of time and the celebration of the natural cycle of death and rebirth.&nbsp; An excess of color, beauty and decay is portrayed in the artists’ distinctive electro-Victorian sensibility.&nbsp; Parsons’s Coaxial residency fell just after the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere, a time of year marked by cultures across the world for millennia. The piece 3.20.18, 9:15 AM PST is a collaboration by Parsons and over 40 media artists from around the Los Angeles area, including Anna Luisa Petrisko (Jeepney’s), Candace Reckinger (USC Animation), Chandler McWilliams (UCLA DMA), Eileen Cowin, Ethan Gold, Eva Aguila, Gavin Gamboa, Jonathan Snipes (Clipping), Laura Darlington, Lee Tusman, Michael John Kelly, Natalie Sun (Next Art), Nathaniel Eras, Nina Sarnelle, Peter Flaherty (CalArts Interactive Media/Performance), Rachel Binx, Samantha Culp (Paloma Powers), Sarah Zucker, Sharsten Plenge (We Open Art Houses), Ty Pownall (Pepperdine), Victoria Vesna (UCLA DMA). This residency was made possible by a grant from the Pasadena Arts Alliance and technical support from Coaxial Arts Foundation and FLOAT.&nbsp; <img width="1875" height="1275" width_o="1875" height_o="1275" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/627c3000d0fb65ad254ed1e85581f6869382501db372f418354b3eb62e7940dc/DarkSpring4x6-copy.png" data-mid="56867312" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/627c3000d0fb65ad254ed1e85581f6869382501db372f418354b3eb62e7940dc/DarkSpring4x6-copy.png" /> Still From Dark Spring: VR ft. Wake by RYAT <img width="4098" height="2737" width_o="4098" height_o="2737" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1525a38efdc5981132fbf6c2badfec2a879ee06f79adf135945ea9402cfe9d4/DSC00930-Edit2.jpg" data-mid="56867320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1525a38efdc5981132fbf6c2badfec2a879ee06f79adf135945ea9402cfe9d4/DSC00930-Edit2.jpg" />The Dark Spring, installation. <img width="960" height="641" width_o="960" height_o="641" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5be59b24c0f5f0c97a969e0ba0abd68dc3043a9fde83c0211b50e9c1b63e242b/DSC00865-2_sm.jpg" data-mid="58146437" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/5be59b24c0f5f0c97a969e0ba0abd68dc3043a9fde83c0211b50e9c1b63e242b/DSC00865-2_sm.jpg" />The Dark Spring, installation. <img width="641" height="960" width_o="641" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f12af4d046c3487a07325f137e594e04ac5de13cb32360538343e2ae0f5e7542/DSC01111-Edit_sm.jpg" data-mid="58146469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/641/i/f12af4d046c3487a07325f137e594e04ac5de13cb32360538343e2ae0f5e7542/DSC01111-Edit_sm.jpg" />The Dark Spring, installation. &nbsp; https://kateparsons.art/FLOAT Mon, 04 Mar 2024 04:28:25 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/FLOAT FLOAT.LANDFLOAT is a creative studio founded in 2015 by Kate Parsons and Ben Vance. Focusing on media art and interactivity, FLOAT create evocative, nuanced art experiences that push the boundaries of process and technique. Their work has shown with Vulcan Inc., Marina Abramovic’s Acute Art VR Platform, and at prestigious locations such as SFMOMA, Art Toronto, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and TIFF. It has been featured in Art News, the LA Times, Variety, Forbes, The CBC, BBC News, Flaunt, Hyperallergic, and more. Collaborators and clients include Petra Cortright, Ian Cheng, Pierre Hughye, Jennifer Steinkamp, Mark Pellington, Within, WeVR, Toro y Moi, United Nude, GitHub, Tender Claws, Standard Vision, Amazon Studios, Dublab, and Tony Hawk. Their simulation game, Screensavers VR, can be found on internet gaming platforms Steam, Oculus, Itch.io, and Viveport. As of February 2024, their latest project Stranger Things Mixed Reality can be purchased for the Meta Quest as a part of Stranger Things VR.&nbsp; For more, visit FLOAT.LAND.&nbsp; https://kateparsons.art/FLOAT-Museum-Holodome-Edition Wed, 18 Dec 2019 05:12:43 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/FLOAT-Museum-Holodome-Edition Holodome™ Vulcan Holodome™ x Wevr Productions and FLOAT LAND &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;FLOAT Museum: Holodome Edition ft. FLOAT, Jennifer Steinkamp, Casey Reas, Megan Daalder, Kerenza Harris, Mark Pellington.&nbsp; Venice, CA <img width="3348" height="1884" width_o="3348" height_o="1884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e48f0d965f66af46f884a3d624fcc5f240cafdad8736d4440b0b508ff186de0/sim-cinema_dome_colorbaths02.jpg" data-mid="57319558" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e48f0d965f66af46f884a3d624fcc5f240cafdad8736d4440b0b508ff186de0/sim-cinema_dome_colorbaths02.jpg" /> Year: 2018&nbsp;Interactive VR/Dome Projection&nbsp;Length: Variable Following the initial FLOAT Museum debut at SFMOMA, FLOAT recieved support from WeVR and Paul Allen’s Vulcan, Inc to create a version for the Holodome™. A new immersive reality space and format, the Holodome™ surrounds and immerses viewers in 360 content&nbsp; &nbsp; without a headset.&nbsp;With the closing of the Holodome™ in 2019, funding is now being sought to bring this version to other forms of virtual reality. Contributors to this version of The FLOAT Museum were illustrious artists, filmmakers and designers, including:Jennifer Steinkamp Artist, Professor at UCLA Media Arts. Steinkamp has shown in numerous galleries and architectural spaces such as The Corcoran, MOMA, LACMA, MCASD, and more. Mark Pellington Filmmaker: The Mothman Prophecies, Henry Poole is Here, Nostalgia, U2 3D; Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy,” Foo Fighters “Best of You,” The Flaming Lips “Do You Realize” and more. Casey Reas Artist, Professor at UCLA Media Arts, Co-inventor of Processing; Work has shown at The Whitney, SFMOMA, Transfer Gallery, Bitforms, Charlie James Gallery. Kerenza Harris Processor at Sci-Arc, and architect with Morphosis Architects, helping create parametric tools to aid in the development of concept through fabrication.Jesse FlemingArtist, Filmmaker, and Educator. Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Otis College of Art and Design, Hammer Museum Los Angeles, NADA Miami. Megan Daalder...is a self-styled guinea pig using video, performance, and science to investigate life on earth. Her work can be found on TEDx, Five Car Garage, and art fairs such as NADA Miami. FLOATMedia Artists Kate Parsons and Ben Vance use video, interactivity, and sound to create innovative art installations. Their work has shown at Art Toronto, SFMOMA, HRLA, SXSW and Slamdance. Team:Levi RohrInteractive Artist and Co-Founder of @SundaeMonth. Evan HemsleyGame designer on Hyper Light Drifter, Failsafe, and more. Miller KlitsnerMedia Artist, game maker, and recent graduate of UCLA Design Media Arts.Atley LoughridgeInteractive Designer and Artist, recent graduate of USC’s Interactive Media MFA, and participant at Oculus Connect. Chris DeLeonGame developer, interactive designer, author and founder of Gamkedo. https://kateparsons.art/FEMMEBIT Wed, 18 Dec 2019 05:12:43 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/FEMMEBIT FEMMEBIT is a platform and triennial festival uniting a roster of Los Angeles based artists working in video and new media. A celebration spanning a curated program of symposiums, screenings and exhibitions, FEMMEBIT examines today’s society at large as an ever-changing medium; how women working with and between technologies enable progressive ideas to be born through active creation; and how we, as proponents of these fields, must work together to shape, share, and grow a future receptive open to progress. FEMMEBIT has been featured on Feral File, at the Spring/Break Art Show, The Other Art Fair, and various screenings in the LA area and beyond. In 2024, FEMMEBIT is producing shows with Standard Vision and the Torrance Art Museum.&nbsp; FEMMEBIT was founded by Kate Parsons, Sharsten Plenge and Janna Avner. Team members have included Dahn Gim, Richelle Gribble, Julieta Gil, Giselle Zatonyl and Eva Aguila.&nbsp; Visit FEMMEBIT.art for the latest, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.&nbsp; FEMMEBIT&nbsp;Video Art and New Media Festival &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Photos below: Video, AR, VR, Performance, Installation and more from June 2019 at Civic Center Studios.&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1152" width_o="2048" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d023cbd41d47f686d3bcb4a738705da735995e8337a424e898984f58728c0595/_Z2A3233.jpg" data-mid="57320881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d023cbd41d47f686d3bcb4a738705da735995e8337a424e898984f58728c0595/_Z2A3233.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/614eba2926355db574b260bc91718dc640885307d1b0ee3c45584fac25a33408/_Z2A3463.jpg" data-mid="57320885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/614eba2926355db574b260bc91718dc640885307d1b0ee3c45584fac25a33408/_Z2A3463.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1305" width_o="2048" height_o="1305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d18b6f00384864e30b7653a3e2b074f619d4c11175dbb8626d3dc9ddda8e1d9/_Z2A1688.jpg" data-mid="57320878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d18b6f00384864e30b7653a3e2b074f619d4c11175dbb8626d3dc9ddda8e1d9/_Z2A1688.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2bca916c1ed80d5b56a03ad4e4cc9383796da6eba31bc3268e2da1c20af5c16/_Z2A3818.jpg" data-mid="57320883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2bca916c1ed80d5b56a03ad4e4cc9383796da6eba31bc3268e2da1c20af5c16/_Z2A3818.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b951edc55a2fb078686bc1bc6c9610992f0753fbfb89cd0ca99176cf677e8012/_Z2A3694.jpg" data-mid="57320882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b951edc55a2fb078686bc1bc6c9610992f0753fbfb89cd0ca99176cf677e8012/_Z2A3694.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec1865fccd72ba15542a6e01dc3b1023b8ec32d612cc0f832eac41ea6916d3a8/_Z2A2121.jpg" data-mid="57320879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec1865fccd72ba15542a6e01dc3b1023b8ec32d612cc0f832eac41ea6916d3a8/_Z2A2121.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a61fdf6a2d0268caa05451a6319a0d0ca7499faaa2287b7b7301ac1753e928e/_Z2A2711.jpg" data-mid="57320886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a61fdf6a2d0268caa05451a6319a0d0ca7499faaa2287b7b7301ac1753e928e/_Z2A2711.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93ab59a7e2e430cd0597a166989176f5c80a9555940cfa19b1a2246db098b228/_Z2A3616.jpg" data-mid="57320884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93ab59a7e2e430cd0597a166989176f5c80a9555940cfa19b1a2246db098b228/_Z2A3616.jpg" /> https://kateparsons.art/Origin-Story Mon, 04 Mar 2024 01:44:04 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/Origin-Story [Off-Grid] Origin Story for CURSOR.mag<img width="1366" height="1130" width_o="1366" height_o="1130" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ea8e33feafa5ecf2f4bd17a2e64797ac73acc46647e19eb52e7cf872e670ae9/Screenshot-2023-10-22-at-3.54.07-PM.png" data-mid="206141733" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ea8e33feafa5ecf2f4bd17a2e64797ac73acc46647e19eb52e7cf872e670ae9/Screenshot-2023-10-22-at-3.54.07-PM.png" />A personal, meandering essay about rural life, communication technology, and the Wood Wide Web for Cursor Mag’s OFF THE GRID issue. &nbsp; Read here:&nbsp;https://cursormag.net/originstory_04 https://kateparsons.art/Valhalla Wed, 02 Apr 2014 04:48:57 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/Valhalla Year: 2013Medium: Video, single-channel projectionLength: 2:05 Meditative visual journey through the graves at Valhalla cemetery in North Hollywood. https://kateparsons.art/Outer-Echoes Mon, 04 Mar 2024 01:57:07 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/Outer-Echoes Outer Echoes Outer Echoes is a rural residency in Cascade, Montana. In 2020, Outer Echoes partnered with Stickney Creek to bring its first artists, filmmakers David Chun and Mustafa Rony Zeno of Rug &amp; Vase to test the waters. From 2022-2026, though building out its infrastructure, OE has hosted artist Isabel Beavers, designer Kurt Koller, musician Lars Koller, and filmmakers Trenton Julius, Sergio Pinheiro, and Sean Albert of Hitchhiker Entertainment.&nbsp;OE’s current collaborators include Primal U &amp;&nbsp;FLOAT&nbsp;and its advisors include Reggie Watts, David Liu, Mark Allen, Barry Threw and Janna Avner. Season One: Mission Statement Our journey begins with the restoration and rejuvenation of our cherished family property. We are committed to creating a space where artists can flourish, where creativity knows no bounds. As we lay the foundation for infrastructure tailored to community gatherings, we recognize that the act of coming together is the heartbeat of our existence, a source of inspiration and unity.At the core of our mission lies the nurturing of a thriving food forest, a living testament to our dedication to ecological preservation and self-sufficiency. We honor the traditions of fishing, hunting, and wilderness survival, understanding that these are not just practical skills but also profound forms of creativity, connecting us with the natural rhythms of this land. We are also cultivating a lending library, where residents and guests can embark on intellectual and creative journeys. This inaugural season at Outer Echoes is a celebration of both nature and artistry, where we come together to forge lasting connections, create inspiring works, and cultivate an enduring harmony with the world around us. Visit outerechoes.cargo.site to learn more, and follow us on Twitter, and&nbsp;Instagram to stay up to date on our progress. If you’d like to support our mission via crypto, visit our profile on the Juicebox funding platform. https://kateparsons.art/Forest-Lawn Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:16:48 +0000 kateparsons.art https://kateparsons.art/Forest-Lawn Forest Lawn [Vesperland-Eventide]&nbsp; Year: 2014 Medium: Gifs Dérive, Forest Lawn [Vesperland] is a moment pulled from The Cemetery Tapes, a collection of analog and glitch videos created by the artist between 2012 and 2016. Utilizing a bespoke analog system ​(including a vintage character generator) Parsons mixed video recordings, stills, and sketches documenting her movements through various Los Angeles cemeteries. Forest Lawn was a prominent subject of exploration due to its unique past and fantastical theme park approach to death. The evocative names of its burial sections are but one feature of the intensely designed space, which “founder” Hubert Eaton hoped would be “as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is unlike darkness.” Series available for purchase via Tezos at Teia.art.