video still, single-channel hd video, color, sound, 5 min 22 sec, animation traveling through eeg data of 5 seconds of dreamingCommonwealth and Council
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This artwork depicts a lone coyote standing amid the expansive, golden dunes of a desert landscape. The composition features bold, contrasting colors - the warm hues of the sand juxtaposed with the deep, moody purple of the sky. The coyote's fur is captured in intricate detail, showcasing its rugged, weathered appearance. The overall style conveys a sense of the harsh, unforgiving nature of the desert environment, highlighting the resilience and adaptability of the coyote. This piece likely aims to explore the themes of solitude, survival, and the fragile balance between man and nature. ...
Katie Grinnan’s work is focused on the body and its functions. She is fascinated by kinaesthesis, cognition and vision, specifically the ways in which these intricate and finely calibrated knowledge systems provide inherently subjective and unique perceptions of reality, emotion and self. Grinnan is interested in the occupation of different states of consciousness, for example meditation and dreaming, and how they different themselves from the state of wakefulness and full cognition. The artist’s sculptures are manifestations of the mind and its boundaries, rendered in materials like plastic, enamel and sand, often casts of her own body. In ‘Mirage’ (2011), Grinnan cast her body incrementally during her daily yoga routine, with a symphony of limbs made from sand extending outwards, delineating the passing of time and the body’s perpetual journey towards disintegration.
Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...
Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...
