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Christine Ka'aloa
is a video and mixed media artist from Hawaii. A background in
performance and visual arts, her work explores language and addresses
issues concerning memory as myth, impermanence, identity/Otherness and
the body as it is obscured and fragmented within technology. Working
with video, photography and mixed media, she experiments with non-linear
narrative structures, the boundaries between raw and constructed moments
and often presents her work as "diaristic entries" employing
narrative threads of a displaced memory, identity or dream.
In 1997, after a career as an exhibiting mixed media artist and achieving
gallery representation for some of her photography (Salon
5 Gallery, Honolulu), Christine was introduced to butoh
and dance performance and instantly fell in love. She joined the Iona
Dance Theatre Company (formerly the Iona Pear
Dance Theatre) as a dancer/soloist and began integrating
choreography and performance art into her own work, as well as collaborating
with other artists. In 2000, she was invited to participate in the Choreographer's
Project '00 and received the Merit Award for Excellence
in Performance & Cultural Preservation from the Hawaii
State Dance Council for her collaborative piece with Dennis Miller,
"Forbidden Sleep". Additionally, she and German experimental
vocalist, Monika Lilleike formed the whiteNoise performance
group which explored experimental techniques in performance,
movement and voice. "The Snake that Ate its Own Tale" was
their first public staging and was commissioned byThe Contemporary
Museum in Honolulu. She has performed and choreographed work in
Hawaii, New York and France.
2000 marked another significance for Christine- her initiation into
her MFA program for video art & interactivity. In 2003, she gained
the honor of being recognized as one of "The New Leonardos"
in presentation of The NY Digital Salon for her interactive
video installation "The Listening Pillow", which
enabled viewers to create and author a simulated video dream experience
via head navigation upon a bed and pillow. The piece spoke of a disembodied
society lost under the veil of a rapidly-advancing technological culture.
Meanwhile, her video-audio work "Symphony" (2003) explored
banal pedestrian movements and gestures in order to deconstruct movement-based
languages which codify socialization. This piece premiered in the Video
in the Built Environment Project , screening upon 25 foot
public environment video screens in Liverpool, Manchester and the
2005 iDMAa Conference in Chicago; and continues
to be screened at film festivals such as VidiFestival'06
, DANSCAMDANSE Festival and Vortice Argentina.
In NYC, she has exhibited her video and audio works in such venues as
BAM, Remote Lounge
and Engine 27
Christine possesses a BFA at the University of Southern
California and an MFA in Computer Arts with a
focus in VIdeo & Interactivity at the School of Visual Arts.
She currently resides and works between New York City and Hawaii, as
a freelancer in television.
Her video
work is influenced by her background in dance performance and visual art and
explores language, while striving to address issues concerning memory,
identity/Otherness and the body in technology and performance. She experiments
with performance, video editing techniques and non-linear narratives through
structures such as dream psychology, memories, and photographs.
A background in visual arts and dance performance, her video work in 2003, "The Listening Pillow: An Interactive Video
Installation" has gained her the honor of being recognized as one
of "The New Leonardos" in presentation of The NY Digital
Salon 2003. Meanwhile, "Symphony" (2003) continues to
be screened at film festivals and exhibitions. She has exhibited her
video and audio works in such NY venues as BAM, Remote Lounge, Engine
27, as well as, international art./film festivals.
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For a complete list of Gallery/Group Exhibitions and Performances, please
email me at ckaaloa-at-gmail.com.
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