Art

∞ Snow Raven ∞

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An almost confounding combination of traditional shamanic and high-tech activity by Sofy Yuditskaya Snow Raven is a performer from the Republic of Sakha, now…

Shamanic Slow-quin with the New Nature

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It is said that Guqin players can summon spirits, predict the future, and convert the energies of Yin and Yang to their needs, and that the origins of Guquin playing come from Wushi or shaman. From 1644 until 1912 the Quin Emperors had an official shamanic shrine at the capital in Beijing and consulted professional shaman, usually women, in the forbidden city as part of their ruling duties.

Imagining the Universe with Hands and Heart

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Cecilia Wu’s piece entitled “Embodied Sonic Meditation: Resonance of the Heart” captures hand gestures and their fluid changes making mudras via leap motion and machine learning, triggering associated musical phrases and gestures as well as video of the Buddhabrot fractal deformations processed by audio filters also triggered by the mudras.

The veil between the worlds – an interview with a metalsmith Kiley Murphy.

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The pieces in Miss Dior Chérie are cathartic expressions of grief and visual representations of the United States mental health system today. The mesh, the grid, is the net that should support us from falling. Lines intersect and the structure reinforces
itself. Its essence is foundational—it is the framework of a building laid in cement. Yet seeing metal exposed points to deterioration and decay. I highlight this contrast through
the careful application of embellishments like beads and stones upon overlooked objects. I assign meaning to discarded fragments of the mundane by concretizing them
into art jewelry.