Heron Arts | Resonance In Light

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• Sat, Jan 6, 2024 - Sat, Mar 30, 2024  

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Heron Arts is pleased to present the third iteration of Resonance in
Light, again with a mix of new and returning artists. Resonance in Light
is exploration of sound and light through The Gamelatron Project by
Aaron Taylor Kuffner, with returning artists JoeJoe Martin, John Taylor
and Mark Slee. This year we are excited to welcome French light artists
Pitaya to the roster, as well as Phil Spitler and Victoria Heilweil.

Viewers will see new and exciting works from the artists above. An
entirely new Gamelatron installation will be dispersed throughout the
space. Mark Slee returns with a large scale volumetric piece, site
specific to Heron Arts featuring new musically responsive animation
content. Pitaya will present wall-sized reactive light works, as will
Phil Spitler and Victoria Heilweil. JoeJoe Martin will once again be
using analog technology to bring Resonance in Light.

Resonance In Light is an experiment in meditative immersion.
Sonically anchored by Gamelatron Roh Ageng, the four artists join
Kuffner in the creation of an interactive environment where the aural
tones of this Gamelatron influence the various light-based sculptures.

A Gamelatron is a sound-producing kinetic sculpture presented as
site-specific installations and stand-alone artworks by Aaron Taylor
Kuffner. Gamelatrons are made from bronze and iron instruments derived
from Indonesia’s thousand-year-old sonic tradition Gamelan, retrofitted
with mechanical mallets on sculptural mounts. The pieces are connected
to a physical computing system that transcribes digital compositions
into an array of electrical pulsations that results in a ghostly musical
automaton.

Aaron Taylor Kuffner is an American-born conceptual artist, based in
New York. Kuffner’s dynamic work reaches far outside conventional forms
of representation: it actively engages its audience and pushes art to
serve society. His pieces often take the form of multi-year projects
that require in-depth research, collaboration with field experts, and
the development of new specialized skill sets. Each project provides
unique conceptual tools that further the evolution of consciousness
through the experience of beauty and the sublime.

JoeJoe Martin is an artist and Computer Engineer living in Brisbane,
CA. After working as a software engineer in the wireless industry for a
decade he moved on to a more fulfilling career using his technical
skills and passion for aesthetics to bring life to art installations and
experiences across the world. He has provided custom circuitry and
systems design to some of the most loved and influential artworks of
Burning Man and has thrown photons at many iconic buildings as a
Technical Director at Obscura Digital. His own artworks often explore
and juxtapose the digital and organic, and have been shown in galleries
in Atlanta, Austin, Cape Town, Oakland, and San Francisco, as well as
the Jacksonville MoMA in Florida.

John Lawrence Taylor A lifelong career of infusing technology into
sculpture began in 1998 with a trip to the Black Rock Desert where
cross-disciplinary arts flourished with the help of like-minded creative
technologists. The works presented at Heron Arts are an exploration of
light-based sculpture that resonates with the parasympathetic nervous
system by way of patterns and motions that can be found in nature.

Mark Slee’s visual art is built around structured systems of
addressable LED lights. Drawing on a background in computer programming,
he develops algorithmic patterns inspired both by organic and
mathematical processes, employing procedural motion, subtle variation,
and evolving shifts in both form and hue. These patterns explore the way
our visual perception works, creating a vivid, colorful experience that
is pleasing both aesthetically and intellectually- pretty lights that
tickle mind and soul. These artworks are powered by custom software Mark
has developed called Chromatik (formerly LX Studio).

Since first setting the Lyon’s Fête des Lumières aglow with thirty
giant chandeliers hovering above the crowd in 2006, Pitaya has been
illuminating public spaces with open-air installations that fuse
artistic vision with technical skill. Rooted in experimentation and
research, Pitaya has evolved into a creative lab, crafting innovative
concepts and objects that narrate the essence of places and stories. We
regard light as a malleable medium, anchored in the environment, weaving
strong connections with life and nature.