DBS Project Room rehearsal / DBS~DBZ --> Deluge Bathysphere Zero (as if at DBS)
Left Wall
a duet performing together, pushed to opposite sides,
more calligraphic and elegant
darker, foreboding
Center Wall
is black & blue, multiple on the same motif,
different sizes, receding to the horizon/ceiling
from a miniature stage model, (1898 / Meiji 31))
as buildable paper toy set,
(setting a stage for the rest of the events to happen),
and making sure it can is a play/plaful)
Right Wall
"constellation" responding to the site
feat./
vertical wave,
nothing more valuable than water (diamond teardrop)
oil stain iridescence sun
sonic wave in substance 3D
crying ghost
Moon
rainbow phenomena near MW
self-portrait in the water
charybdis
Floor
blue watercolor waves
waves can suggest the ocean, rising sea levels, floods, and in this way it is playing into/with the symbol of flood, associated with the artist's first-name,
but from an oblique perspective.
This is another example of the artist cultivating a personal mythology grown from art and media history,
with made, found, and modified appropriated material.
makes connections from the personal to the universal
through an archive cultivated over time,
able to articulate themes
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bio
Noah Travis Phillips is an artist, educator, and scholar (BA, Naropa University, Fine Art and Environmental Studies; MFA, University of Denver, Emergent Digital Practices). They create adaptable and multicentered artworks about a mythic anthropocene and posthuman world by activating appropriation and digital/analog remix and collage strategies, and working with both a personal media archive and open algorithmic systems. Their work incorporates 2D / 3D digital fabrication, videos, installation, performance, and the internet. Phillips is Assistant Professor & FabLab (Z-Space) Coordinator at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. They have exhibited extensively locally, nationally, internationally, and virtually.
They can be found online at noahtravisphillips.com.