Tracing (red and black fish holding still)

single channel video
2007

Tracing (red and black fish holding still) is part of a project in which I am mapping the undulating motions of jellyfish and other sea creatures using a video effect called motion tracking. Motion tracking allows you to create a motion “path” based on the location of a chosen point within your video image as it moves over the duration of the clip. By applying a paint effect to the resulting path, I generate a kind of tracing.

Work in limbo

Shell insides

2003
dimensions variable
cast latex rubber

This series of sculptures was made by creating casts from the inside of shells. The flexible rubber casts can be handled, twisted, and stretched.

Shell insides - detail 1

detail
2003
approx. 4” x 1” x 1”
cast latex rubber

Shell insides - detail 2

detail
2003
approx. 2” x 2” x 2”
cast latex rubber

Observations - installation diagram

installation diagram
2004
dimensions variable
ant farm, surveillance camera, live video projection, corrugated plastic, wood, etc.

Observations consisted of a transparent maze-like structure that controlled how viewers moved through the installation. After entering through a marked opening, viewers found a shelf containing an ant farm at the end of the first corridor. A small camera mounted behind the ant farm transmitted a live video to a projector in the next room. Because of the physical separation between the ant farm and the live video projection, viewers could not watch themselves watching the ant farm, but could watch others that entered after they did (second image).

Observations - detail, hallway

detail, hallway
2004
dimensions variable (walls are 8' high)
corrugated plastic, wood, etc.

Observations - detail, ant farm and surveillance camera

detail, ant farm and surveillance camera
2004
dimensions variable
ant farm, surveillance camera, thermometer, water spray bottle, etc.

Observations - detail, video projections

details, video projection
2004
approximately 3’ x 5’
live video projection

Latent Prints/Reading Room

installation detail, day 5 [1]
2003
dimensions variable
fingerprint powder, clear acrylic sealer, books, magnifying glasses, wooden table, etc.

This installation included a table, chairs, books on fingerprints, magnifying glass, and food—all colored white—creating a comfortable space for students to relax. At the end of each of the five days the installation was open, I dusted the space for fingerprints, then fixed the resulting prints with clear sealer so that fingerprints accumulated over time.

Latent Prints/Reading Room [detail 2]

installation detail, day 5 [2]
2003
dimensions variable
fingerprint powder, clear acrylic sealer, books, magnifying glasses, wooden table, etc.

Latent Prints/Reading Room [detail 3]

installation detail, day 5 [3]
2003
dimensions variable
fingerprint powder, clear acrylic sealer, books, magnifying glasses, wooden table, etc.

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KATY HIGGINS
www.katyhiggins.com
katyhiggins (at) gmail.com

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts – 2004
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art – 1999
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008
Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY

1800FRAMES|Take4, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey. Traveling to Moment Factory in Montreal, Canada; Parsons, The New School for Design and 207 Gallery in New York City; and other venues TBA.

2007
Drift 2007, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY

video_dumbo, Brooklyn, NY

Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2004
*Observations, Civic Square Building Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

The Odds, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

2003
Annual Fall Exhibition, Civic Square Building Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2002
Uncommon Threads: New Twists on Textile Art, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH

First Year Review, Civic Square Building Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2001
*Documentation, William Holland Drury & William Holland Drury Jr. Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

1999
*Blueprints, SRO Photo Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Reinventions, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Image Ohio, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH

1998
Untitled, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland

1997
Works on Paper, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH

*solo exhibition

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2002
Leon Golub Scholarship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2001
Visiting artist, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

Residency, Dorland Mountain Art Colony, Temecula, CA

2000
Studio artist, Revolving Museum, Boston, MA

1999
Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Ant Farm [2] - installation diagram

installation diagram, days 1–4
2003
dimensions variable
live video projection, ant farm, ants, markers, paper, etc.

In this installation, I projected a live video image of an ant farm containing active ants on one wall of a small room. The ant farm was visible through a peephole in an enclosed unit on the opposite wall. The installation also included a table holding a marker dispenser that kept twenty markers in a spectral sequence. On the wall above the dispenser, a log chart was posted. The chart directed the viewer to “Please record the time and date of your trace.” Viewers took a colored marker from one end of the dispenser, traced the projection on the wall, and recorded the time, date, and marker color on the chart. Viewers interpreted the direction to “trace” differently—some traced the tunnels the ants created, others documented the movements of the ants themselves. After four days, the projection was removed and the lights were turned on so viewers could examine the finished wall drawing.

Ant Farm [2] - detail, log chart and marker dispenser

detail, log chart and marker dispenser
2003
dimensions variable
colored marker on paper, markers, etc.

Ant Farm [2] - detail, peep hole and ant farm

detail, peep hole and ant farm
2003
dimensions variable

Ant Farm [2] - detail, projection, day 4

detail, projection, day 4
2003
6’ x 11’
live video projection, colored marker

Ant Farm [2] - detail, final wall tracing, day 5

detail, final wall tracing, day 5
2003
6’ x 11’
colored marker

Front and Back Simultaneously

from Ant Farm series (Composite 2 Difference)

2003
9.5” x 14.75”
inkjet print

The Ant Farm series consists of drawings I made by tracing the tunnels created by the ants in an ant farm at regular intervals over a period of two weeks. I scanned the tracings and edited them digitally to create a series of digital images.

from Ant Farm series (Positive Composite)

2003
8.5” x 11”
inkjet print

The Ant Farm series consists of drawings I made by tracing the tunnels created by the ants in an ant farm at regular intervals over a period of two weeks. I scanned the tracings and edited them digitally to create a series of digital images.

from Ant Farm series (Front & Back Simultaneously)

2003
9.5” x 14.75”
inkjet print

The Ant Farm series consists of drawings I made by tracing the tunnels created by the ants in an ant farm at regular intervals over a period of two weeks. I scanned the tracings and edited them digitally to create a series of digital images.