Chantelle Minarcine - Atlanta, Georgia
Untitled (2003)

Mixed Media

For two and a half years I have been focusing on interactive artwork and the use of senses other than sight. The work I produce satisfies my ability to eliminate the presence of the artist and allow the audience to gain their own sense of self-involvement in the process of art-making. The inclusion of the audience in this manner also allows the viewer to create a strong sense of memory or personal relationship around the artwork. For example, people will name their cars or boats but not their couches or beds, with which they spend an equal, if not more, time in. Because the cars and boats contain movement and a person’s ability to control that movement, we feel the object possesses a humanistic quality or we begin to personify the object because of its response to our own movement. This too, on average seems to be true with artwork that contains the same qualities as the objects mentioned above. Because of the audience’s natural response to interactive artwork, concepts that deal with complex social stratums can be discussed and acted out on a more effective level.  It is this unique form of communication that draws me back to interaction and sound. Although my constructional techniques and overall concepts shift from piece to piece, one constant is always the understanding and inclusion of the participating viewers and the dialogue I would like my artwork to obtain with each individual viewer.

Chantelle Minarcine is a kinetic artist and curator from Atlanta and has organized such exhibitions as Kultur, held at Artfarm in 2001, and co-curated Fresh and Collusion in Atlanta as part of the Fifth Class Art Collective. She is also currently assisting in the organization of 7 CGR Fellows, which is sponsored by CGR Advisors, MOCA GA, and The Atlanta College of Art.

 

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