Julianne Swartz (born April 29, 1967) is a

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-based artist who works with sound, kinetics, and other materials to make sculpture, installations and photographs. Swartz uses optics, magnetism, and the concepts of space and time in her body of work. Swartz uses lights, mirrors, magnets, periscopes, and the concepts of space and time in her body of work, which has been exhibited at the

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, and the 2004 Biennial exhibition at the

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. Her awards include the

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Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award (2008) and the

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Academy Award in Art (2010).

Installation

Line Drawing

In ''Line Drawing'' (2003), Swartz created a flowing line drawing in front of and inside gallery walls using blue tape. She cut holes in the gallery wall, inviting viewers to follow the line through the inaccessible spaces with the help of hidden lights and mirrors.

Somewhere Harmony

In 2004, Swartz created ''Somewhere Harmony'' for the

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in New York City. Utilizing the museum's six-story staircase, Swartz created a series of plexiglass pipes resembling exposed plumbing. The pipes, connected to speakers, carried unprofessional voices singing “ Over the Rainbow” through floors of the staircase.

Digital Empathy

''Digital Empathy'', a 2011 public art installation, uses sound effects in the architectural features of the

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, such as elevators and drinking fountains. When the user interacts with an object marked with an icon, a pre-recorded, message plays. The messages, spoken by computer-generated voices, range from false advertisements to motivational sayings.

How Deep Is Your

Swartz, known widely for her PVC installations that warp sound and sight, created ''How Deep is Your'' in 2003 at PS1/MOMA, Queens, NY. She revised the piece in 2012 at the

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. Hundreds of feet of PVC pipe carried the faint recordings of "Love" by

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and " How Deep Is Your Love" by the

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, throughout the museum. Intentional leak in the pipe let viewers listen along the route. The pipe line ends in a sound amplifying funnel which a viewer could insert his head and look into a mirror.

Sculpture

Surrogates

''Surrogates'' is a set of three sculptures, made by Swartz in 2012. ''Surrogate (JS)'', ''Surrogate (KRL)'', and ''Surrogate (ARL)'' are carefully balanced stacks of concrete blocks, accompanied by a faint ticking noise from hundreds of clock motors within. Each compositions resembles a specific person; Swartz's husband, child, and Swartz herself.

Stability Studies

In Swartz's 2012 sculpture, ''Stability Study (table)'', she utilizes carefully balanced structures to seemingly defy gravity. The weight of a rock allows an unsteady, tall, table to stand on its own, despite having three legs. Other sculptures in the series utilize weight and precarious balancing.

External links

Julianne Swartz's home pageWork ArchiveJulianne's feature
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ArtBabbleVideo of Digital Empathy (2011)

References

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