Crystallization Gearbox Gallery 2016

Kimberlee Koym-Murteira explores the moments captured on screen that coalesce and crystallize to encapsulate our experiences. She augments the reality and meaning of these on-screen images and experiences by connecting them to the physical world of the here and now in their art practice,

Kimberlee Koym-Murteira peruses social media and other internet sources collecting snippets of life posted online. Selecting video clips of people that have touched or moved her in some way, she isolates them, prolonging the connection by replaying these little bits on the very small screen, looping over and over in a holding pattern, one that essentially crystallizes the energy and existence of their subject at a specific point in time. These vicarious moments of experienced relationship are further actualized by Koym-Murteira’s practice of containing them in real-world objects, objects which generate visceral body-level experiences and in turn suggest new methods for reconfiguring and memorializing the experiences. Encapsulated in bottles, bags, or connected to other objects, possibly bubbling with water, the onscreen imagery becomes precious, a conduit connecting the virtual world of mind and the interior world of emotion with a concrete real-time presence.

By Tavee Magner Lee

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