Life at Sea: An International Collaboration
In November 2010, artists from the Jakarta Institute of the Arts (IKJ) in Indonesia came to CalArts for a week-long, intensive residency program. Once at the Institute, the guests collaborated with...
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Dream of a Fixed Escape (2012) Data (2008) The animation for “Data” consists of several layered images of a spindle of writable CDs moving in response to the rhythm of 19 Ghosts III. This animation is...
View ArticleExplorations in Stereoscopy
The following projects are experiments in creating stereoscopic 3D footage using a variety of techniques for capture, conversion, and display. Anaglyph conversion for viewing compositions in 3D These...
View Article2: Interdisciplinary Performance
[See image gallery at www.kerstinhovland.com] Part of Milen Kirov’s Doctoral Thesis, “2” is a multi-disciplinary performance that brought together work and talent from across the Institute. The seed...
View ArticleEcho Loci: Integrated Media Thesis
Echo Loci is an installation exploring the interactions between the memory and perception. The concept stems from my experiences returning to once familiar places to find both the space and myself...
View ArticleLuminis Sphaera: Interdisciplinary Performance Group
Luminis Sphaera is an ensemble founded to explore the process of creating a non-hierarchical interdisciplinary performances. The group creates a dialogue about the roles and interaction of different...
View Article3 Phase
3 Phase is both an instrument and performance piece that studies three methods for integrating moving image and music in a cohesive stage presence. Each method is represented by a system consisting...
View ArticleCoding System for Reducing Redundancy
Coding System for Reducing Redundancy unpacks the ubiquitous JPEG compression scheme and examines how it works, why it works the way it does, what it means to us as members of a networked society and...
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Dream of a Fixed Escape
Cherise Richards of Riptide Dance, Composer Brendan Byrnes and Video Artist Kerstin Hovland present an evening of dance, live music and video at Live Arts Los Angeles. The works in this production all...
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Lamentatio Solastalgia (i. Ablatae ii. Cineres)
Solastalgia: The loss of ability to derive comfort from the surrounding environment due to ecological change. These animations are a lament for environments lost or irreparably damaged by human...
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