Christina Balch
Artist, producer, creative technologist
studio : 6 Vernon Street, Studio 52
website : christinabalch.com
email : studio@christinabalch.com
2018, mixed media including artist's heartbeat, circuit playground, iPhone and artist's hair
2018. website
2018, mixed media including 3d printed heart, artist's heartbeat and circuit playground
2018, marker on paper
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Statement:
Process and experimentation play an important role in my practice. My latest project titled Extensions explores digital memory and personal data by creating both physical and digital objects. Similar to the way a smartphone is an extension of one’s body or brain (one’s digital memory), I externalize and preserve my data as art objects to be referenced at a later time. My process for this work prioritizes iteration, experimentation and transparency--borrowed from agile methodology often used in software development.
Biography:
Christina Balch is a multi-media artist interested in the way people define themselves digitally, especially through the use of mobile technology and self-documentation. Her work has been exhibited in the Boston area and in Los Angeles. Recently, Christina learned basic programming languages, Javascript and Arduino, and has incorporated engineering into her practice. She has curated back-to-back group exhibitions called AVATARS in 2019 and a performance-based art exhibit called Performing the Home in 2016 - all at the Nave Gallery in Somerville, Massachusetts. In 2014, the Awake photo project was installed at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at TED@StateStreet in London where Christina also gave a TED talk. Christina lives and works in the Boston area, primarily in Somerville at Vernon Street Studios and Artisan's Asylum.
