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KEITH EVANS "My work is concerned with the ephemeral and interpretive, the continuums of perception and materiality. I want to draw attention to our connection to the earth. This intention is allied with what is wild, and interrogates the blurred spaces, those cultural zones of participation and translation that are the most determined by language and the most free to query our direct experiences. With a dedication to the handcrafted image, film emulsion is treated as an organic chemical landscape with a topographical surface, where the traces of plant, insect and animal materials as well as other elements are fossilized. The electronic signal is also treated as an organic, semantic dialogue between the materiality of the process and its passage through analogue and digital imaging. I create translation systems, fascination devices, extra-cinematic experiences that reveal the phenomenon and the idea of cinema as a technological system, one that is unfixed and accreting, neither nostalgic nor utopian. Wilderness, Landscape and Performativty is the core content that brings attention and presence to these projector driven diorama-like physical systems. Observation, effects and outgrowths of place and gestures generate my images and sounds. My work reflects an intimate relationship with both the sound/film/video material and the animate landscapes investigated. I use light and sound as field-notes, creating a context from which the landscape can itself speak directly to the body with sensual and sensible patterns. " -- Keith Evans, 2006 Keith Evans performed at 23five's Tenth Annual Activating the Medium festival in 2007 Mr. Evans has also worked extensively with the multi-media ensemble Silt. Solo Exhibitions and Performances 2007 Activating The Medium Festival #10, The Exploratorium, San Francisco 2006 the carrier wind listens to itself (with Loren Chasse), San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco Orbit and Reference, KALA Fellowship exhibition #1, Berkeley Possible system to recover stitch time orbit, Garage Bienniale, Garage Gallery, San Francisco Lighthouse (with Coelacanth), Montaro lighthouse hostel, Montaro, California 2005 Salt Lake Grain, Winter KALA exhibition, KALA Arts, Berkeley BALLYBABA (with Mike Meyers, Diane Jones and Dylan Bolles) Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California Cupric Flashing (with Coelecanth) San Francisco Art Institute New Media Series, San Francisco Movers and Shakers, Sacred Geometry, ON SIX Gallery, San Francisco 2004 Kill Your Timid Notion festival (with Thuja) Dundee, Scotland A Beginner's Guide to Latitude Emanation, in conjunction with installation and residency, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 2003 birds of the night sky... Field Effects #5, 964 Natoma, San Francisco 2002 Kino eyedeograms in plant morphology # 16, Chlorophilia, The Exploratorium, San Francisco calling on the saints to blend with the land, Beneath the skin: Taproot Dance Project Dance Performance, 848 Divisadero Community Dance Space, San Francisco rain opens up the acoustics of the land as heard from the rotory beneath the ground, Field Effects #1, 964 Natoma, San Francisco Filmography Wrack Light and Copper Ruin CD / DVD with Coelacanth (Seal Pool) Salt Lake Enantiomorphic projection limited edition DVD-R loop 2005 Mount Tamalpais Augury limited edition DVD-R loop 2005 Residencies and Fellowships Creative Capital Seminar, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, California, 2006 KALA Arts Fellowship, Berkeley, 2005 - 2006 National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 2004 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Penny Stamps Distinguished Visitors, 2004 The Exploratorium: Artists-in-Residence, June-November, 1999 Headlands Center for the Arts: Artists-in-Residence February-December, 1998 |
