The Inconvenience and Sanity of Being An Artist
Angel City Culture Quest
English - August 30, 2021 16:30 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Music Music Interviews art artists city of angels culture culture quest environment exhibition gallery interviews social justice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It's not really about the medium for Karena, she likes to work with different mixed media. But always resourceful, Karena says the best form of what she does is recycling - and the best form of recycling is reuse.
"It's hard not to be impacted by the environment," Karena said.
One of her most recent works is titled Spoken Ice, linked below, a video project for soundpedro: an ear-oriented multi-sensory arts festival, held annually at Angels Gate Cultural Center, in San Pedro, CA. For the event, Karena wanted to do something on climate change and glaciers, and to reach and affect people through environmental works.
Through a total of three soundpedro videos and many of her other works - some which we discuss in this episode - Karena's art urges consideration the world, nature and its condition and invites the viewer to reflect upon it, provoke conversation and self-reflection.
• View a special Walk Thru video by Karena inside her studio to have a look at the works discussed.
Current exhibitions:
• View Karena's most recent video, Spoken Ice, a video collaboration with artist Sheri Ki Sun Burnham.
• Rooted at the Greenly Art Space in Signal Hill, the exhibit runs through October 9.
• Opening Nov 13, a group show at SoLA Contemporary as part of a CRP (Critical Response Process), the culmination of a year of making work during the pandemic.
Information
Karena's website: https://www.karenamassengill.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karena4art/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=karena4art