Multimedia Installation

Working with artists of other disciplines creates space for meaningful dialogue — the collaboration becomes an art form in and of itself.


River Constellation. 2019

Presented by The Krause Foundation | Water Works Park

The permanent multimedia public sculpture is comprised of 45, 10-foot tall poles illuminated with 12-inch globes, River Constellation emits a gentle ebb and flow of original music and undulating light. The collection of poles trace the line of the Raccoon River, encouraging visitors to wander through the pathway, immerse themselves in light & sound, and investigate a collection of rings stacked at the base of each pole. Each ring bears the names of donors who directly support the Water Works Park. 

 

Soprano: Bridget Cappel | Alto: Meridian Prall | Baritone: Evan Hammond | Violin: Julie Fox Henson | Cello: Mary Pshonik | Bb Clarinet: Kariann Voigts | Bassoon: Kevin Judge | Horn: Bret Seebeck | Trombone: Matt Halbert | Piano: Beau Kenyon  

Sculptor: Natalia Zubko | Composer: Beau Kenyon

Sculpture: Stainless Steel, Polycarbonate Globes, Plastic Flutes, LED Lights, Feonic Speakers

Fabricator: JunoWorks | Sound & Light Design: Dispersion


Wonder*Sense @ KAM. 2018

Presented by Kingsborough Art Museum | Brooklyn

Comprised of three pieces that work together as a whole —

The Aurora responds to the fleeting and intense dance of the arctic lights-- the intimacy and vastness of silence while portraying the often conflicting emotions evoked by this natural phenomena. Installed in Zubko’s Cathedral.

Installed in Natalia Zubko’s, Stillnesswaiting captures that internal shift when anticipation turns to meditation.

Derivative of future stars is inspired by the diverse, ever-changing, yet connected landscape of Iceland. The topography changed swiftly and severely yet seemed to poignantly remind you of what came before. This piece resonates from within Zubko’s AfterLightBefore.

 

Sculptor: Natalia Zubko | Composer: Beau Kenyon


Eav'ning Light. 2018 

Presented by Project 59 | Governors Island | New York City

Governor’s Island provides intimate spaces within its openness. One can lay back on the rolling hills of grass, stare up at the sky, and forget they are in a big city. Eav’ning Light brings that expansiveness into a faux-crawl space into which viewers are invited to climb. Instead of a dark space, the crawl-space (created by emulating the diagonal eaves on the top floors of the historical houses along Colonels Row) is filled with soft light and a warm soundscape.

Sculptor: Natalia Zubko | Composer: Beau Kenyon


Tell Me. 2020

Presented by Leavings/Belongings | SITE Santa Fe

Video & Community Engagement: Yu-Wen Wu | Music Composition: Beau Kenyon | Photo Credit: Eric Swanson

Video & Community Engagement: Yu-Wen Wu | Music Composition: Beau Kenyon | Photo Credit: Eric Swanson

 

The single channel video work is a chapter of the overall durational project Leavings/Belongings conceived in 2016 by Wu and artist Harriet Bart. The project continues to develop individually by the artists in their geographic regions. Tell Me explores displacement from the personal perspectives of the migration journey--with immigrant, refugee, and the public from around the world with whom Wu created opportunities to engage. Voice recordings and quotes were captured during 50 sessions of Wu’s community engagement. Wu and Kenyon wove together imagery and sounds to represent both the literal and abstract nature embedded in these complex experiences and journeys. Click HERE to view