And Now was an online exhibition of work and works-in-progress by Katherine Rae Diemert, artist in residence at the Factory Media Centre during Spring 2020.
Click here to view the And Now Online Exhibition.
On Thursday May 28th at 7:00pm, Katherine led visitors through the online exhibition.
This exhibition reception and tour was FREE to attend, we asked that participants registered on Eventbrite, or by emailing Kristina at info@factorymediacentre.ca for entry instructions and permissions.
About the Artist:
Katherine Rae Diemert is an artist based in Hamilton, Ontario, making visual and interactive mixed media work inspired by natural forms and artificial processes. Katherine studied Illustration at Sheridan College (BA, Honors, 2015), later working in the interactive digital media industry. In the fall of 2019 she completed an intensive eleven-week program at the School for Poetic Computation in New York, a hybrid residency/school/research program. While there she learned programming and physical computing with a focus on creative applications, while also examining technology from a socially and culturally critical perspective. Currently, she is Artist in Residence at the Factory Media Centre.In her creative practise, Katherine often begins with drawing or collage, developing the work through a process of translation and iteration between mediums. She layers software, motion, assemblage, and installation to transform her work; a pen and ink drawing will become a pattern on a digital simulation of cloth. The picture plane becomes a screen, and the screen becomes a picture plane. With each new framing comes an added dimension.
Oscillating between digital and physical media leaves trace marks on the work in imperfections, warps, and glitches. Katherine studies these transformations to learn more about the unique qualities of the altered subject. Her interest is in how the process of transformation makes room for modified meaning. She wants to create alternate ways of seeing, and thus understanding, our world.
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