[spectre] Lighthouse Monthly Talk - Andrea Polli, 5 August

[Honor Harger]

Dear all,

If you find yourself on the sunny South Coast of 
the UK this week, please pop into Lighthouse on 
Thursday, to hear the talk by sonification siren, 
Andrea Polli.
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/whatson/andreapolli.htm

Andrea, and her partner Chuck Varga (one of the 
founders of the seminal shock rock band, GWAR) 
are in residence this month at Blast Theory. 
Andrea's talk at Lighthouse will focus on her 
recent work with global weather systems.

I hope to see you this Thursday.

best wishes,

Honor Harger

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Andrea Polli - Lighthouse Monthly Talk - August
Thursday 5 August
6.30pm: Doors & Bar
7.00pm: Event start
At: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington St, Brighton BN1 4AJ

Entry: £3 Spaces are limited.
To book please go to:
https://express.iristickets.co.uk:443/k?lighthouse

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
-- 
Honor Harger

Director
Lighthouse
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