Sondra Perry: flesh out

Squeaky Wheel is excited to present a solo exhibition of work by video installation artist Sondra Perry. The five works included in this exhibition of work are critical investigations into the way digital technology gives shape and encompasses representation.

"netherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 2.0" (2017) is a video work that establishes a sonority that is articulated throughout the exhibit with an examination of the Windows operating system’s Blue Screen of Death, the screen that appears when the Windows operating system is frozen in error. A similar shade of blue—a chroma-key paint used for industrial special effects work—covers the gallery except for one wall, which is covered by a manipulated video projection of the artist’s skin titled "Wall 2" (2016). The same image of Perry’s skin is also used as the backdrop for her digital avatar in "Ashes for Three Monitor Workstation" (2017), a video installation mounted on a manual treadmill. Finally, our window space features "Wet and Wavy Looks—Typhon coming on" (2016), a video piece that features a digitally-manipulated image of Joseph Turner’s 1840 painting "Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhon coming on" in an ocean modifier, an ocean simulation tool in the free and open -source 3D computer graphics software Blender. The manipulated presence of the artist’s skin, voice, and person throughout the exhibition map an interface in which representation and refusal are utilized and fleshed out.

Perry will be present for the opening, and will be joined by Squeaky Wheel Executive Director Maiko Tanaka for a public conversation. A newly commissioned essay by art and art history scholar and critic Soyoung Yoon accompanies the exhibition.

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Sondra Perry is a video and performance maker living and working in Houston, Texas and New Jersey.

Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center has a mission to continue a legacy of innovation in media arts through access, education, and exhibition. We envision a community that uses electronic media and film to celebrate freedom of expression and diversity of voice.

Squeaky Wheel’s events are made possible with generous support by the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Erie County Arts & Cultural Funding, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, individual members, businesses, and supporters.