Barbara Robertson
Brain Waves, Accumulation & Adrift
Barbara Robertson is known primarily for her work in experimental printmaking, digital animation and sound installations.
Three of her animation works will be included on e4c. Each piece is composed of images created by drawing and painting on paper, or by maps and charts which are scanned and imported into an animation program. Sound for these works were created by Johanna Melamed, a sound designer for theatre as well as art videos and installations.
Brain Waves (2015) was inspired by articles and books about the latest discoveries in the field of neuroscience.
Accumulation (2015) was developed from imagining how our brains take in images and ideas and then let then go or store them where they can be accessed at some future time.
Adrift (2012) was inspired by living in the Pacific Northwest, in an environment surrounded by and affected by significant bodies of water.
About the Artist
Barbara Robertson is a Seattle-based artist who has received awards for her work from 4Culture, the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, KALA Art Institute and the Behnke Foundation. Her work has been presented in collaboration with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and has been exhibited by a project space in Seattle; Trykk 17 Art Center, Norway; Eleftherias Art Center in Athens, Greece; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle; and the Tacoma Art Museum. Robertson’s work is currently being shown as part of “The Intersection Between Science, Art and Technology” exhibition at the American Embassy in Bern, Switzerland. In October, her animations and works on paper were exhibited at the China Art Academy in Hangzhou, China.