ABOUT THE PROJECT
Artist and experimental filmmaker Abinadi Meza’s Vein of Sky is a sound installation generated from environmental data such as air temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, light, and other dynamic features of the local Houston climate. These conditions are rendered into sounds such as bleeps, roars, whirrs, blips, hisses, cracks, and shuffles that are triggered by the presence of a listener. The work occupies the interior of ReFRAME x FRAME, a pavilion designed by professors and students in the University of Houston Graduate Design/Build Studio of the Hines College of Architecture, collaborating with the Graphic Communications Program in the School of Art. ReFRAME x FRAME demonstrates principles of sustainable design and construction that can be deployed in disaster relief settings. Meza’s installation responds to this theme and purpose, while generating new relationships between listeners and their environment.
CounterCurrent Commission and Collaboration + Art in the Park at Hermann Park
Artista: Abinadi Meza
Título: Vein of Sky (Vena del Cielo)
Fecha: En curso hasta marzo de 2015
Ubicación: Hermann Park, lado norte del Tiffany & Co. Foundation Bridge cerca del McGovern Lake y la laguna con botes a pedales
Vein of Sky (Vena del Cielo), del artista y cineasta experimental, Abinadi Meza, es una instalación de sonido generada por datos del medio ambiente como, por ejemplo, la temperatura del aire, la humedad, la presión barométrica, la luz y otras características dinámicas del clima local de Houston. Estas condiciones se transmiten en sonidos como, por ejemplo, pitidos, rugidos, runruneos, sonidos intermitentes, silbidos, crujidos y mezclas que se desencadenan con la presencia de un oyente. El trabajo ocupa el interior de ReFRAME x FRAME, un pabellón diseñado por profesores y estudiantes de la Universidad de Houston Graduate Design/Build Studio de la Universidad de Arquitectura de Hines, en colaboración con el Graphic Communications Program (Programa de Comunicaciones Gráficas) de la Escuela de Artes. ReFRAME x FRAME demuestra principios de diseño y construcción sostenibles que pueden desplegarse en entornos de socorro ante catástrofes. La instalación de Meza responde a este tema y propósito, a la vez que genera nuevas relaciones entre los oyentes y su entorno.
La comisión y colaboración de CounterCurrent x Art en el Parque en Hermann Park
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ARTIST BIO
Abinadi Meza is a sound artist and experimental filmmaker working in Houston, TX. He studied at the University of Minnesota and Southern California Institute of Architecture. Meza’s films, installations, performances and public artworks have been presented by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Team Titanic, Berlin; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Matadero Madrid, Spain; Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Portugal; FILE Festival, São Paulo; Sonorities Festival, Belfast; ANTI Festival, Finland; Sheffield Fringe, UK; and Kassel Dokfest, Germany. His work is represented by Team Titanic, Berlin. Vein of Sky is Meza’s first site-specific commission in Texas.
