Black holes and tec­ton­ic plates — Hawthorn’s work looks at the unseen and unheard in the nat­ur­al world as a potent space for artis­tic expres­sion.  Through a process of research and iter­a­tion, they dilate these “un-sensed” objects and devel­op them into sound-for­ward works of instal­la­tion and per­for­mance.  This talk presents a selec­tion of their recent works and, through these works, dis­cuss­es art’s sin­gu­lar poten­tial to find the emo­tion­al hook in sci­en­tif­ic research.

Alex Hawthorn is an artist, com­pos­er, and tech­nol­o­gist whose work flows between per­for­mance, instal­la­tion, object-mak­ing, and sound-mak­ing.  They use their work as a lens through which to inves­ti­gate the nat­ur­al world, specif­i­cal­ly focus­ing on time : how we expe­ri­ence it, how we have cod­i­fied it, and what exists beyond our com­pre­hen­sion. Their work in the­atri­cal sound design has gar­nered them an Obie award, LA Ova­tion Awards, and has been heard around the world. They hold a BFA in the­ater from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA in Art and Tech­nol­o­gy & Com­po­si­tion and Exper­i­men­tal Sound Prac­tices from the Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of the Arts. 

@afhawthorn 
www.AlexHawthorn.com