NELLY KATE — STUDIO ARTIST

Transdisciplinary practice centering access through sound, language, and the poetics of translation. 


CONTENTS

01 The Difference

02 nowisthe
03 Nevermind
04 FutureFluid

05 [Untitled] 6 Cylinders

06 I Hear You, But I Can’t Hear You
07 Transistors in Translation


STATEMENT

My work is about perception of place as shaped by the built environment and sound. Intersecting Queer, Deaf, Southern, and Hispanic culture I focus upon cultivating ecosystems of inclusion to make way for public imagination.

I blend responsive technology with lo-fi mechanisms like reel-to-reel tape loops, stop-motion animations, electronic synthesizers, and radio  frequencies. These tactile materials illuminate the terrestrial and electromagnetic phenomena which our bodies sense but cannot readily name.

Through multi-sensory installation I explore expanding time, breaking and remaking meaning, and conjuring ecstatic magic.


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H0ME BIOCV • ︎
NELLY KATE 01 — JAN 2021

The Difference

WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE
COMPOSITION: MARÍA GREVER (1934)
PERFORMANCE: DINAH WASHINGTON (1959)




Resonant tray + Chladni plate made from recycled 55-gallon steel barrels demonstrate Faraday waves and Chladni figures on through water and carborundum. Closed caption lyrics are projected onto the water's surface and a translucent orb screens slow video imagery above the performer.



Installation support: Linda Kentoffio
Videography: Annie Meyer