Vetrata Colorata, excerpt from Ecco Aquí (2021) By Nancy Y. Kim
acrylic paint, pigment, thread embedded in acrylic paint skin installed in outdoor balcony. 8x8 in.
Learn to Love Letter Writing Project (2021)
“Learn to Love” (2021) was a love letter writing project in conjunction with the virtual exhibit “Reciprocity” at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. I was uniquely matched with an artwork and submitted a love letter responding to the work of art.
Dear Vetrata Colorata,
I'd like to start by addressing your soft space. The space of imagination and inquiry. Of fractaled daydreams and emotional amalgamations. It's a space I often find myself in. In a sense, it is the special place where I met your gaze. It is a thin place. In folklore, this is a space between the physical and spiritual realms. I suppose the liminality of thin spaces is what makes them exciting: The rush of energy. A burst of color. Chemical changes. Emotions. Thin, sticky tendrils of thoughts leading towards hunger. Hunger excites me.
And I am hungry for you dear, as I am in need of some stimulation. You excite me with your shape. An object within itself. A labyrinth of identity. Internal. External. The heart. The eye. The experience. Weathered. Where do you begin? End?
Your digital presence is an ache and I long to be beside you. To face you ... to trace the frenetic threads leading towards fertile chaos.
Until then I pass the time by counting the wily, organic compounds: uno, due, tre ...
Till we meet here or there,
Verónica Anne Salinas
untitled, iowa (2020)
(video, 5:00)
This short film and original score explores the spirit of the artist Ana Mendieta in the Iowan landscape. It was created on site-specific grounds on which Mendieta conducted many of her earth-body pieces. Many of these documented works were given the title “Untitled, Iowa” as an acknowledgement of her presence within the landscape.
Often overlooked in influence, Iowa (U.S.) is the place where Mendieta immigrated to from Cuba, spent most of her short life, and is forever laid to rest. It is also the land where she emerged from as an artist at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
This short is done as a memorial. A portrait. A spiritual conjuring.
The film was screened at the SAIC Film, Video, New Media, Animation and Sound Festival in partnership with the Gene Siskel Film Center in 2020.
(video available upon email request)
Mana Contemporary Performance
(feedback setup: microphone, speakers, vocal processor)
This performance utilizes acoustic feedback through microphones, speakers, and space as sound shaping elements. This was performed in conjunction with the closing of Moment of Enigma by Amay Kataria.
feral choir with phil minton + Audrey chen
(2018)
This performance utilizes the feral voice as part of an improvisational ensemble. Vocal teachings by free-improvising vocalist Phil Minton and cellist, vocalist Audrey Chen. This was part of a performance at Chelsea Market Theatre in Houston presented by Nameless Sound.
night vision
Megan Easley (water music) + Rebecca Novak (projection) + Rachel Orosco (projection) + Veronica Salinas (writer + score)
This is an ambient narrative composed for projections.“Night Visions” was performed live at the Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston (MATCH) in 2018 as part of the 12 Minutes Max! Festival.