Artist Miwa Matreyek Spins Khalo-esque Illusions
CalArts graduate Miwa Matreyek is not just an “experimental artist,” nor is she defined by whatever head-scratching, hives-inducing reactions that term usually sparks in art purists. She’s stepped forward from behind the screen, using multi-projection art, set to melodic blips and beeps, to draw sweeping cityscapes, watery scenes, domestic tinkerings and the clashing of them all into a larger-than-life experience for the audience. All with a projection screen, a few projectors, a couple of boxes for 3D effect, and her open mind…. At a recent show in Space 1026, a collective art loft in downtown Philadelphia, she turned out the lights and turned on our minds in the blink of an eye. In scenes of skeletons and blossoming creme-colored roses cast upon her silhouette, Miwa referenced such ground-breaking artists as Frida Khalo. And in a projection of a blimp branded with the word “you,” which seemed to float above an engine-like city but was really an image shining on her black dress as she crept across the space, Miwa generates a playfulness surrounding an increasingly serious dichotomy: our souls versus technology.
Catch her thesis performance right here.
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