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Artist Statement:
A Fellow in Syracuse
University’s School of Art and
Design, College of Visual and
Performing Arts, Tomlin
believes that projected video
art can enhance the
architectural and interior
design of any structure.
“Video art is a superb, often
overlooked medium that can be
used as part of architectural
design and help create public
spaces with unique
atmospheres,” she says. The
video art she displayed at the
Whitney was incorporated into
the interior design setting
created by Tsao and McKown
Architects for a benefit event
held at the museum on May 8.
“I-candy” was a six-foot-long
projected multi-colored eye
that followed the guests; the
eye was decorated in a new way
each time it blinked. “Candle
Chandelier” was projected
upwards in a nearby courtyard.
The image, which was created
from projected candles, slowly
transformed into different
kinds of chandeliers.
Tomlin began working with
video about five years ago and
is using her University
Fellowship to hone her skills
and to experiment with the
form. “I love the light,” she
says of the art form. In
addition to walls, dimensional
screens and metals, she has
projected her video art into a
sink. One of her goals is ...
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Robyn Tomlin Biography:
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41
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Female
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Married
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1
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Conceptual Art - (1960 - 1975)
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Robyn Tomlin is a video artist currently residing in Lafayette, Ny, USA. Prior to 2001 she resided in Tokyo for thirteen years where she worked as a freelance broadcast video journalist, documentary maker, television producer, and video artist.
In 1999 she introduced her video art works to the producers of the large outdoor Jumbotron screen at Shibuya station, Tokyo and negotiated for hourly one minute blocks of video art broadcasts. The hourly art broadcasts were successful and the art program continues today under the name of Gallery-Q.
From April 2000 to April 2001 she taped, edited and produced ‘Robyn’s Report’ an art, documentary and commentary program broadcast weekly on Tokyo-Yokohama cable television. She has presented her video art and video art sculpture at festivals, galleries and museums internationally; the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, The Tokyo International Video Festival, The Everson Museum of Art, NY, and The Fenimore Museum of Art, NY.
Most recently, Tomlin has been developing her video art further in the direction of video sculpture and large scale permanent video installations as part of permanent architectural design. She received her MFA in Video Art from Syracuse University.
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