Gemma Crowe
September 2022 AiR + future April 2023 AiR
Gemma Crowe is a new media and movement artist and recent graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s full-residency MFA program. Crowe holds a bachelor’s degree in contemporary dance and has ten years of professional experience in filmmaking and video art, which influences how she approaches an audience of viewers and listeners. Her thesis research is concerned with the illusory potential of sound and the sensory apprehension of movement. Crowe received Canada Council and British Columbia Arts Council funding for her research into spatial sound and the bodily experience as well as a research award through Emily Carr University. Crowe completed a residency at Lobe Studio working with world-class 4DSOUND spatial sound software and delivered a presentation on embodied sonic design at the 2022 International Seminar on Sonic Design. Crowe continues her research in embodiment, virtual theory, and audience perception in her role as New Works XR Program Director.
Website Link: Gemma Crowe
Image courtesy of the artist in their residency studio, 2022
“ I did not expect the Similkameen Artist Residency to provide me with such a deep state of calm. I spent September in the Similkameen Valley and the summer sunshine and warmth extended into the Fall. Escaping city life truly was the reset that I needed in my artistic journey and I felt a shift in my routine soon after arriving. Exploring the area and the neighbouring towns was a sustainable source of curiosity, I moved slower and thought deeper, allowing different questions to form about my practice and about how sound affects the body. I explored new areas of research and followed new ideas for how to construct and install my work. I worked in the largest studio I have ever had access to and was able to scale up my projects in a way that surprised me. The house itself is full of warmth and charm and I found good friends in this space. After only one month I feel inspired and supported by a community of artists who I am glad to have shared such a special experience with.”
Gemma Crowe
Image courtesy of the artist, 2021
courtesy of artist: star gazing
courtesy of artist: lightning
courtesy of artist: Row Fourteen Orchards
courtesy of artist: visiting the blacklight gallery in Hedley
courtesy of artist: sunset at Row Fourteen
courtesy of artist: red bridge, keremeos