China Blue: Photini (Biomimetic Fireflies)

AC Institute
547 W. 27th St. #210
New York, NY 10001
www.artcurrents.org

January 31 - March 16, 2013

 

Firefly Grove

Firefly Grove

An interactive light and sound installation that mimics firefly communication.

at the John Brown House Museum
Providence , RI
through April 2013
Open 24 hours

"China Blue (is) a forerunner in the ... contemporary sound art movement."
Edward Rubin, Sculpture magazine

 

"Firefly Projects" nominated

Best Monographic Museum Show, Nationally

by the International Association of Art Critics

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to read the review of
Firefly Projects at the
Newport Art Museum
in the national magazine:


March 2013
Review in the



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US Representative
at the

OPEN XI
Architecture Biennale
Venice, Italy

The Engine Institute

The Engine Institute

China Blue presented the
Firefly Grove at

New England Foundation of the Arts' Public Art Discussion Series at

Harvard's Arts@29 Garden

RISCA

Recipient of the coveted RISCA Fellowship in
New Genres

NPR

Interview of China Blue at
Here and Now

Three
"Firefly Cloud"
Photographs
added to the permanent collection of the

Newport Art Museum

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"Firefly Tree"

added to the
permanent collection of the

Newport Art Museum

 

Eiffel Tower

"China Blue's work joins a larger movement in contemporary art that has returned to the subject matter of nature in an effort to find either new meaning or create new metaphors, except focuses on sustainability and the re-use of recyclable materials. .... China Blue's work emerges from the subjective-objective dichotomy ... that occurs through the creation of an action for every reaction."

Jill Conner
New York Editor, Whitehot Magazine and contributor to Art in America and Sculpture

RISCA Panel Says: The panel was unanimously enthusiastic about awarding this applicant the Fellowship Award. The Works employ technology in new and interesting ways and this application was the only one to explore robotics. The panel described this artist's integration of sculpture and technology as strong.

China Blue is interested in data and how it shapes our lives. For over a decade and a half she has been immersed in creating sound art works that focus on data sonification and the hidden acoustics of our world like the sounds imbedded in the iron of the Eiffel Tower or submerged in Venice's water. Her more recent biomimetic work continues to embrace data sonification while highlighting the issues of global warming and its impact on our fragile ecosystem. Her work has been shown in museums galleries and non-profit spaces around the world. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of The Engine Institute www.TheEngineInstitute.org.