Kay Burns
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Kay Burns is a Canadian artist based in Calgary, Alberta working with audio, video, computer/electronics, installation and performance art; she is also a freelance curator and writer.
Burns’ work often involves research and experimentation with New Media
. Some of the topics she has investigated include low-frequency sound, displacement/resettlement, memory, issues of language, of silence and of communication. Much of her recent work involves the processes of collecting, interpreting and categorizing, as well as collaborations with the EMMAX collective, and Calgary’s the Ministry of Walking. Past works has included Dislocation/Relocation: Stories of Displacement (2003), (Quad Cam Project) Out of Place: HomeCam (2001–02), mind behind academic perceives in spite of sound (2001), and Random Access Memory (2000). Performatively, she has presented lectures as the fictitious researcher/ethnographer Iris Taylor in several international settings.
Burns has exhibited internationally including recent projects for Struts, Sackville, NB, and Catalyst Arts
, Belfast, Northern Ireland. She also teaches at the Alberta College of Art and Design
and the University of Calgary
.
Burns’ work often involves research and experimentation with New Media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
. Some of the topics she has investigated include low-frequency sound, displacement/resettlement, memory, issues of language, of silence and of communication. Much of her recent work involves the processes of collecting, interpreting and categorizing, as well as collaborations with the EMMAX collective, and Calgary’s the Ministry of Walking. Past works has included Dislocation/Relocation: Stories of Displacement (2003), (Quad Cam Project) Out of Place: HomeCam (2001–02), mind behind academic perceives in spite of sound (2001), and Random Access Memory (2000). Performatively, she has presented lectures as the fictitious researcher/ethnographer Iris Taylor in several international settings.
Burns has exhibited internationally including recent projects for Struts, Sackville, NB, and Catalyst Arts
Catalyst Arts
Catalyst Arts is Belfast's primary non-profit artist led organisation.Catalyst Arts was formed in 1993 in response to what was seen as a cultural vacuum...
, Belfast, Northern Ireland. She also teaches at the Alberta College of Art and Design
Alberta College of Art and Design
-History:The Alberta College of Art & Design is a Canadian degree-granting, publicly-funded art and design college located in Calgary . It was known as the Provincial Institute of Technology and Arts, which was part of SAIT until 1985...
and the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
.