Excerpts from “Exiled in Light” – Σκότος

Σκότος :|: Storm Lying in bed, I slowly awaken to the staccato sound of pattering rain. A low rumble of thunder vibrates through my belly. I feel a surge of exhilaration and leap from the bed. Pulling the cord to raise the wooden window blinds, I rejoice at the gothic view from the window. The…

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Excerpts from “Exiled in Light” – Φως

Φως :|: Light Standing barefoot at a window in the dark room, I reach out one finger and pull aside the curtain for a peek. A bright narrow beam of light streams through the tiny opening. A white-gold blade, it cuts through the air and lands on the floor near my foot. I move my…

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Blue Veils

This is a third video as part of the Exiled in Light :|: Never(W)here series. Click the link below: Blue Veils  

Announcing…

I am pleased to announce that I have a studio residency at the Chicago Art Department. I feel so lucky to be part of this amazing group of artists. I look forward to a fantastic year of making, sharing, showing, workshops and much more at CAD. Valerie’s Profile

Light Matters at the Chicago Art Department

LIGHT MATTERS April 13-27 Chicago Art Department     Light Matters  Galina Shevchenko. Valerie Xanos. Margarita Fainshtein Opening Reception April 13th 6pm-10pm Artists in Conversation April 14th 5pm-7pm Closing Reception April 27th 6pm-10pm Fainshtein, Shevchenko, and Xanos work with light projection installation focusing on personal narratives of body, memory and perceptual shifts light as media.  The artists explore light as…

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Solar

Evocative of solar winds, this video is part of the Never(W)here installation. To view the video: Click this link Solar

Corpuscles

One of the completed animations for installation, Never(W)here. Evocative of micro worlds of cellular landscapes, this animation is a portal into mesmerizing visions of alternate spaces of sublime light and darkness.        

SPERO – Hypertext Story of Memory

  SPERO is an excerpt of a larger body of writing that is about the life of my father told through family memories. This work is a labor of love and exploration with the electronic medium for literature. I chose to create SPERO with Twine, a hypertext literature/gaming software, because this work needs to be experienced…

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Inspiration – Do Ho Suh

Thinking Web Overlap of concepts in my mind as I create real and digital spaces – Inspiration… Do Ho Suh My Memory – Other’s Memories – Experiences Places of bodily occupation /existence Rebuild, Reform, Recreate, Perception – the artist Perception – others in my spaces/installations/perceptions/memories Simultaneous – what was, what is, what may be, what is…

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The Collective as Author

Death of the Author >< Birth of the Collective Blending my artist practice and my teacher practice has been particularly rewarding. I find a lot of riches through teaching the Guerrilla Art Collective (GAC) as an artist. I get to explore concepts and projects that allow me to work with a group of powerful and…

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