Lighthouse Monthly Talks Programme - Andrea Polli August 5, 2010

Lighthouse Monthly Talks Programme:
Andrea Polli

Thursday 5 August 2010
6.30pm: Doors & Bar
7.00pm: Event start
At: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington St, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Entry: £3
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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