By Jonathan Morales

2023年2月16日

由于新的资助，一个校园艺术画廊已经转变为一个互动的、多感官的、不断变化的环境，这将使访问艺术家到萨克州立大学与学生互动。

“Pulse,” on display in the Else Gallery in Kadema Hall through Feb. 24, features the work of three artists who are using sound, light, kinetic and magnetic energy, and more to explore the boundaries of human perception.

这是艺术系访问艺术家基金首次资助的展览。 艺术系主任雷切尔·克拉克（Rachel Clarke）表示，该基金将支持学生通过讲座、研讨会、工作室参观和展览等方式与专业艺术家直接互动的项目。

“This program offers more opportunities for contemporary art to be seen and experienced at 囊状态, and it’s special because the artists are present to engage with students,” Clarke said. “Beyond the department, students in the University take our courses, and our galleries and lectures are open to all students and the whole campus community, as well as the 萨克拉门托 community.

三位来访的艺术家都和萨克州立大学有关系。 Mehran Mesbah和Tess Gallagher是校友，Mary Sand是环境研究专业的学生。

The exhibit is “installation art,” meaning that, rather than dropping fully finished pieces off at the gallery and then leaving, the artists are spending four weeks building their pieces in the space itself. Students – and anyone else – are free to come into the gallery while the artists create.

“The hope is to have a more intimate dialog with the students as they are conceptualizing, fabricating and presenting their work,” said Bob Ortbal, a professor of Art and member of the department’s 事件 and Exhibitions Committee.

大部分展览都是互动的。 在画廊的中心是一个基座，基座上有一个又宽又浅的白色液体碗，Mesbah通过连接到低音扬声器放大器的电线创造了振动模式，该放大器发出低频声音。 在其他地方，沙子浸泡在她在校园里收集的倒下的树木和其他绿叶碎片的水根中，并连接上电线，当被触摸时，会激活展览其他部分的声音。 游客可以尝试和玩这些作品，与其他游客和空间本身互动。

在一排小聚光灯下的长墙上，Gallagher嵌入了几十根小电线，这些电线的阴影创造了新的形状和图案。 它们与墙壁中心的一个大圆圈形成鲜明对比，这个圆圈由黑色油漆制成，几乎吸收了所有的光线。

艺术家们开始是分开的，但随着时间的推移，他们的作品变得更加交织在一起。

“They have these distinct works that they’re going towards, but as the project evolves, those (connections) will take shape based on their interactions with the other (artists),” Ortbal said.

The name of the exhibit, “Pulse,” emphasizes the concept of vibrations, Mesbah said.

“Every material that we’re working with has some kind of vibration that’s actually happening,” he said, from his keyboard sounds, to the electronic wires connected to Sands’ branches, to light frequencies hitting Gallagher’s wires, to the human skin that will interact with it all.

Mesbah said he hopes gallery visitors will feel encouraged and inspired to play with the pieces, so that “it invites a thought provocation of where these vibrations originate from.”

“And of course, I hope it points back to the attendant who is actually experiencing it, that they realize they are initiating what is happening in front of them.”

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