Eric Souther
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1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5213 USA
- B.F.A., New Media, Kansas City Art Institute
- M.F.A., Electronic Integrated Art, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
Eric Souther is an Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Â鶹´«Ã½'s Gwen Frostic School of Art. Eric joined the Frostic School of Art in 2023.
His creative research draws from a multiplicity of disciplines, including new materialism, anthropology, ritual, deep time, and toolmaking. These areas are read through one another and coalesce in technological assemblages that form emergent systems or software for exploring relations. I instrumentalize these systems so that they can become performative ways to navigate unexpected images/meaning making. My work takes many pathways, which include interactive installation, audio-visual performance, single-channel video, and software.
His work has been featured nationally and internationally at venues such as the Museum of Art and Design, NYC, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, and the Museum of Art, Zhangzhou, China. His work has screened in The Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Beyoglu, Instanbul, Cronosfera Festival, Alessandria, Italy, the Galerija 12 New Media Hub, Belgrade, Serbia, the Simultan Festival, Timisoara, Romania, and the Festival ECRÃ of Audiovisual Experimentations, Rio de Janeiro. Souther and his collaborator Benjamine Rosenthal recently won the Juried Award for the Digital Category at ArtPrize in Grand Rapid Michigan.
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