Image, courtesy of the artist: After Words, 2018-2020, wood, copper, 3D printed PLA, breath sensor, mp3 shield, Arduino Uno
Solo exhibition featuring works by Kimberly Lyle.
October 9 – November 2, 2023
What values drove the production of the first speech and listening machines that paved the way for the technologies that are so enmeshed in our existence today?
The work in this exhibition poetically reimagines audio communication tools from the past. In these hand-built devices, mistranslation becomes a process for embedding these machines with alternative values and forms. They are an invitation to a speculative past, where both speaking and listening become acts of recognition that open us up to learn from a world outside of our singular, human one.
Workshops with Kimberly Lyle
Interactive Art & Touch Sensors
We'll learn how to integrate touch sensors into sculptures to make them light up, move, vibrate, change temperature, and play sounds.
When
Thursday, November 2, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm CDT
Where
3-D Arts Building, Sculpture
Register
Seating is limited, and registration is required to attend this workshop.
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Creative Coding: Generative Art & p5.js
We'll learn basic coding skills and use them to create generative visuals and text. No previous background in coding is needed—we'll start from scratch!
When
Thursday, November 2, 2023
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CDT
Where
RBD 2nd Floor, Room 2041: Wireless Lab
Register
Seating is limited, and registration is required to attend this workshop.
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These events are free and open to Auburn University students, faculty and staff. The 3-D Arts Building and RBD Library are handicap accessible.
Artist Lecture & Closing Reception:
When
Thursday, November 2, 2023
5:00-7:00 pm CDT
Where
Artist Lecture: 005 Biggin Hall
Reception: Biggin Gallery, 101 Biggin Hall
This event is free and open to the public. 005 Biggin Hall and Biggin Gallery are handicap accessible.
About the Artist
Kimberly Lyle’s research explores the implications of technology on our relationships with each other and the more-than-human world. Many of her projects challenge the social values historically embedded within these tools by misusing or subverting conventional systems of language and logic. The resulting work reimagines what technology can be, and who it is for.
Her work has been exhibited at ISEA (Gwangju, Korea); Flux Factory (NYC); International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art (Berlin, Germany); Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction Conference (Tempe, AZ); Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (Toluca, Mexico); Tucson Museum of Art, and the Phoenix Art Museum. She has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies at Sculpture Space, Mildred’s Lane, Elsewhere Museum, Signal Culture, and the Vermont Studio Center.
She received an MFA in Intermedia from Arizona State University, a BA in Psychology from Stetson University, and completed post-baccalaureate studies in Sculpture and Expanded Media at Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Technology at the University of Georgia.