2003 Aritists in Residence

Mary Flanagan (Web) for the development of [familiar relativity], a web project concerned with environments, surveillance and natural / physical bodies that involves technology as a way to view or control the organic in real time. A feminist who utilizes both creative practice and criticism to explore the intersection of gender and technology, Mary is occupied with the social implications of ubiquitous computing and computer culture as it relates to the personal. She presently lives and works in Oregon.

Torsten Zenas Burns (Film/Video) for the development of Residency, an experimental videotape that involves the creation of an alternative fictional space agency. The tape will investigate various themes including space sexuality, space medicine/disease/neurosis and space-art/curation/slapstick. The work will be shown in California at the Pacific Film Archive and in New York at Electronic Arts Intermix.

Carly Ptak (Music) for developing material that is entirely based on voice input that is modified and filtered using a number of instruments, sensors and processors, possibly even sensors that respond to mouth movements. In addition to releasing an LP or CD of the work, public performances are planned for Free 103.9 in Brooklyn and the Red Room in Baltimore, MD. Carly is based in Baltimore and has toured the US and Europe with several electronic music festivals, artists and groups.

Qasim Ali Naqvi (Music) for work on Furial, a performance-based project centered on the relationship between classical South Asian percussion and dance forms and interactive sensor-based sampling and sequencing environments. Furial will be featured as part of a residency at the Kitchen’s New Dance Research series in the spring. In the fall, New York-based Qasim will continue work on the project as Composer in Residence at the Northwestern University Performance/New Media Studies Program.

Shelly Hirsch (Engine 27) for multi-channel installation of Wandering Jews, a historical multimedia collage and a confrontation with popular notions of Jewishness. As a sound installation at Engine 27, the piece will use original music, sound recordings and interviews to follow the paths of two very different people from the artist’s life. The recipient of many awards, grants, fellowships and residencies, Shelly has presented her own work throughout the US and Europe, and lives and works in New York City.

Ursel Schlicht (Music) will record a soundtrack for the 1926 silent film Faust by Murnau. Ursel is a pianist-composer-improviser who has created music for other classic silent film such as Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The work will be performed at the Kulturhaus Dock 4 in Kassel, Germany in the fall of 2003 and simultaneously broadcast on Freies Radio Kassel and Hessischer Rundfunk.

Wago Kreider (Film/Video) for post-production support for Menagerie of the City which examines the animal’s life of New York City’s parks, lakes, refuges, gardens and coastal areas in relation to the urban environment. This imagery and sounds will be juxtaposed with human activity as it is shared by the urban community. The video will premiere at the Langston Hughes Cultural Center in May 2003. Wago has shown his work at Hallwalls, Visual Studies Workshop, Squeeky Wheel, the Pleasuredome, Remote Lounge and the Kitchen.

Ana Busto (Installation) for the completion of Boxing in Cuba, which features images and sound from some of the best boxers in Cuba. Because of the lack of freedom in Cuba, this is a remarkable collection of personal material and will be shown be shown at the Walker Art Center in July 2003, as well as in Brazil and in Havana, Cuba. Ana’s previous work, Night Flights, was shown in New York and Europe.

Alison Crocetta (Installation/Performance) for the production of three short Super 8 films. These will focus on the human head and its relationship to an environment constructed of fabric. Holes in the environment will accommodate head and hands as they engage in actions that investigate the transformation of matter and its impact on the built environment. Alison is a Brooklyn-based artist who regards her art practice as a vehicle to make inquiries into the intangible aspects of human experience. The new work will be exhibited at the Bronx Museum in 2003.

Kira Lynn Harris (Film/Video) for producing a video which will show the play of sunlight on various buildings in New York and a companion sound piece to be recorded in an overpass in Queens where sounds reflect off surfaces in strange and particular patterns. Kira has been an artist in residence at numerous venues including The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s World Views residency at the World Trade Center.