Looking Outwards 11 – A Focus on Women Practitioners

Camille Utterback is an artist who creates digital and interactive art. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art Practice in the Department of Art & Art History, as well as Computer Science in the Department of Engineering at Stanford University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Art from Williams College, and a Masters degree from The Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Utterback’s works explore the different possibilities of relation between computational systems and human movement. She focuses and studies the beauty of body and physicality into her works. In this Looking Outwards, I want to talk about Utterback’s interactive installation called Entangled. This artwork encourages audiences to interact with slightly translucent screens that project images on both sides. Body movements of the audiences cause images of computer cables, earbuds, ropes, and other different types of cords to form and disappear on the corresponding side’s projection. What I really admire about this installation is that it not only allows an interaction between the installation and audience, but also allows interaction between the audience and audience. The fact people can see other people’s body movements through the translucent screens amazes me that a single installation can show many different explorations like embodied relationships, depth, and volumetric complexity.

Website: http://camilleutterback.com/projects/entangled/