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Born and raised in Cornwall, NY Karen Kuslansky began her artistic studies as a high school fine art student participating in programs such as Saturday Live at the Fashion Institute of Technology as well as the New York State Summer School for the Arts at Fredonia University. After graduating high school in 1994 she went on to study at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design where she was introduced to the field of film and video. It was here that a budding interest in both metaphysics and mysticism developed into a near obsession, from which was born the philosophical basis of all that Karen creates. This was most immediately apparent in her student films, which were intimate and highly cerebral as she dealt with abstract notions of time and space as well as her own existence in the world.
Always striving to transcend the parameters with which her medium is comprised, Karen became increasingly dissatisfied with the pace of analogue film and video. In the summer of 1998 she enrolled in The School of Visual Arts’ computer art program focusing primarily on digital fine art. Karen was quickly recognized with accomplishments such as her acceptance into the 8th annual NY Digital Salon in 1999. Her video Cromagnonmus was the sole undergraduate work included in the salon that year. Her piece also received mention in the Fall 2000 issue of Leonardo Magazine. Other recognitions include 2003 Digitalis 2 The Spiritual in Digital Art at the Evergreen Cultural Center British Columbia, the 2003 Analog & Digital Art Group Show at the Van Brunt Gallery in Beacon, NY, as well as participation in bau2: Newburgh<>Beacon Bridge in 2005.
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Soundedit 16
Method
Manipulation of random loops of sound chopped up and then layered via unconscious means.