The twenty-plus works in this digital exhibition are the fruit of three months of inquiry into the concept "energy." The word unfolds like a Swiss army knife, with applications in scientific investigations, social relationships, mundane bodily experiences and transcendent spiritual practices. From this welter of meanings, each artist chose something to explore in their work.
Although diverse in concept and execution, their projects can be loosely grouped by approach. Philip Benn, Ryland Cook, Peter Hickock, Kimia Kline, Jon Kuzmich, Mick Lorusso, Fiamma de Montemezolo, and David Peña-Lopera explored systems ranging from physiological to cosmological. Lisé Currie, Lacy Davis, Monique Garcia, Massimo Pacchione, Emilie Puttrich, Anna Rockwell, and Ryan Wylie all included a narrative element, overtly or covertly. Christopher Fülleman, James Galloway, HeoiYun Jeong, Carolyn Martin, and Rachel Weiss emphasized transformation, the segue from one energy state to another.
A word about viewing the exhibition: each artist provided a short text to accompany his or her image. In general, the work precedes the text as you scroll through, but in cases where part of the work is necessarily obscured — as with video that one must click to view or a large installation that could not be fully represented — the text introduces the work. And Ryan Wylie's text is, in fact, part of his piece. In a gallery space it would be posted as part of the installation.
We hope you enjoy the exhibition and welcome your comments. Our thanks to Kimia Kline for designing the site. Additional information about the Imaging Energy course is posted in the "About" section.
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