A Bill Miller. Juried Artist
Constellations
The Loft at QUT Kelvin Grove
Artist Statement
A performing body moving in space is captured in detail at regular intervals and represented as data orga-nized in a hierarchy. The data are abstractions that are then retargeted and reconstructed. The new or dif-ferent forms the data retain elements of the original performance because the body moving in space is a system of inter-related parts – a movement system.
Our bodies and worlds are words on the precipice of comprehension. finding connection. being alone – being together. communicating – failing communication. connecting – disconnecting.
“Alone_02” is one of an ongoing a series of animated artworks begun in 2022. The animation comes from a combination of motion capture sessions with generative 3D modeling of text characters. The music is influenced by the same motion capture data that drives the visual elements.
About the artists
A. Bill Miller is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He earned his MFA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2008 and has exhibited or screened his work nationally and internationally. In 2013, TRANSFER Gallery, held the first solo exhibition of his work. Bill also performs with live audio/visuals in traditional gallery exhibitions as well as Art and Music Festivals, livestreams, and in ongoing collaboration for Milwaukee Psych Fest.
Jeff Herriott is a Professor of Music at University of Wisconsin Whitewater, teaching courses in music composition, audio, multimedia, and music technology. His compositions have been described as “colorful…darkly atmospheric”, “hypnotic”, and “incredibly soft, beautiful, and delicate”. Jeff is an active collaborator in a range of musical styles, including the sleepy rock/ambient project Bell Monks; heavy metal band Realmbuilder; noise duo MIndscrubber; synth-duo Binary Reptile; as a laptop composer/improviser with Skewed and Such and Sonict; and as co-composer with S. Craig Zahler for the music and songs in films, Bone Tomahawk, Brawl In Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete.
Credits: A Bill Miller, Jeff Herriott