VATICA DAHLIA: RITES

VATICA DAHLIA : RITES // San Francisco, CA // January 14th 2014 from Vatica Dahlia on Vimeo.

Vatica Dahlia - Rites 
Opening August 30th, 7-11pm. Doors 7:00pm | Performances 7:30pm [SOLD OUT] & 9:30pm

"Ritual is the primary method of programming the human organism."

- Sam Webster

Much like creating a piece of software, a ritual is crafted procedurally and when compiled correctly, there are results based upon what constituted the contents of the procedure. Vatica Dahlia's Rites is a custom time-based system designed to port, compress, and obfuscate the Knowledge that has been handed down throughout the ages by the mages, sages, shamans, and initiates. Structured into ten distinct Chapters, each element utilizes a combination of networked performance, spatial sound, projection-mapped architecture, fashion, and ceremonial magic as a vehicle for transmutation and transmission. 

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Vatica Dahlia is artist, environmental systems designer, and a Magister of Ceremony. His work focuses largely on the various uses of ritual in reprogramming the human psyche. Vatica Dahlia's performances utilize signal processing, immersive media, Hermetic techne, and algorithmic design principles as a means of probing low-level aspects of the human constitution.

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Project Team:
Cullen Miller - Project Lead, Audio
Gabriel Dunne - Sculpture Design, Fabrication, Projection
Stephanie Sherriff - Production, Fabrication, Installation, Secret Weapon
Lara Grant - Fashion Design
Ryan Alexander - Table Design

Special thanks to:
Barry Threw
Mary Franck
Keith Pasko
Daniel Screen

Nicole Aptekar - Expanded Taxonomy

Opening: Friday, April 27th 7:00-11:00pm. On view thru May 18th, 2012.

Expanded Taxonomy

Expanded Taxonomy is a 15-piece collection of laser cut sculptures built out of composite images. Depth emerges from Aptekar’s subtractive process to reveal abstract forms. Expanded Taxonomy utilizes negative space to uncover nuanced structures. The sculptures that populate this exhibit imply time by iteration; the subtle changes of each layer uncover new images, the sum of which give birth to Aptekar's sculptures. The modifications of each tier form the paper skeleton that is the framework of her 3D designs.

This series explores elegance and articulation. Aptekar makes adept use of her own laser to achieve a clean precision. Her expertise in designing complex structures and executing them in a decisive manner is not new to Aptekar's work, but in Expanded Taxonomy Aptekar showcases yet another evolution of her process. The technical achievements become transparent as beauty of the work entices the observer's attention.

Aptekar has collaborated with Mary Franck of Obscura Digital on another work that uses projection mapping on a large cardboard piece. Expanded Taxonomy also includes a collaboration with Ian Baker of Ardent Heavy Industries that utilizes intersections of vinyl that begin inside of the frame but branch outside of it.

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