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Jack Straw New Media Gallery
Click the play button above to listen to Joel Kollin talk about VRITI. Click here to download the interview. Vriti the Sanskrit word refers to the vortex or oscillations of the mind that lead to separation from Reality, Nature, or God. We constantly construct a false relationship with Reality; a separation from the world around us, being led blindly by the narration of our own thoughts. Thus, we ironically separate ourselves from the world by the same mental processes we use to engage with it. Vriti the installation by Joel S. Kollin incorporates the audience as participants in an evolving complex feedback loop of light, sound, movement, and space as a metaphor of this: we cannot separate ourselves from our perceptions, and the action of perception inevitably has consequences that we can never be fully aware of.
Jack Straw Productions gratefully acknowledges The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 4Culture King County Lodging Tax Fund, Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, PONCHO, ArtsFund, Seattle Foundation, and individual contributors for their support of Jack Straw Artist Programs. Additional support for Vriti comes from the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media at the University of Washington (DXARTS) and Mackie. |
Recent exhibitions Still Point (December 5, 2008 - February 12, 2009) by Heather Dew Oaksen About the Jack Straw New Media Gallery The Jack Straw New Media Gallery, located in Seattle's University District at Jack Straw Productions, opened in 1999 to support artists working with visual and installation art, with an emphasis on sound. Click here to learn more about the gallery, the residency program, and previous artists. |
