The driving force behind the art project Nam June Psyche by artist Valerie George is the navigation between the idioms of academic research into aurality and the D.I.Y approaches to experimental music. This investigation is manifested through the blending of landscape photography, videography, performance and sound composition.
In the summer of 2010, Nam June Psyche toured the United States with collaborator Anthony Hlavaty. We visited aural and visual artists and traveled to designated urban and rural landscapes in order to record site-specific aural tracks and accompanying videos.
The Car Kit, which is a constant physical and conceptual element throughout the project, is essential. Many of the chosen landscapes are remote, therefore, electrical outlets are absent. The Car Kit has been altered to function as both a vehicle, and self-reliant mobile recording studio complete with sound amplification capabilities.
With a nod in the directions of Kerouac, Thoreau, and the forty-year history of the D.I.Y. music touring community, Nam June Psyche sets out to document a visual and aural collaboration with artistic experimenters and the ever changing American landscape.
Valerie received her MFA from the University of California at Davis. She is currently the Head of Sculpture at the University of West Florida and was the visiting lecturer of Sculpture at Stanford University, summer 2009.
Still from video.
Song for the Cloud Factory, 2010
In the summer of 2010, Nam June Psyche toured the United States with collaborator Anthony Hlavaty. We visited aural and visual artists and traveled to designated urban and rural landscapes in order to record site-specific aural tracks and accompanying videos.
The Car Kit, which is a constant physical and conceptual element throughout the project, is essential. Many of the chosen landscapes are remote, therefore, electrical outlets are absent. The Car Kit has been altered to function as both a vehicle, and self-reliant mobile recording studio complete with sound amplification capabilities.
With a nod in the directions of Kerouac, Thoreau, and the forty-year history of the D.I.Y. music touring community, Nam June Psyche sets out to document a visual and aural collaboration with artistic experimenters and the ever changing American landscape.
Valerie received her MFA from the University of California at Davis. She is currently the Head of Sculpture at the University of West Florida and was the visiting lecturer of Sculpture at Stanford University, summer 2009.
Still from video.
Song for the Cloud Factory, 2010
