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PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
Museum of the Moving Image
New York, NY
March 7th, 2020
In a one-night only event, Music:Not Impossible x ÆSTHESIA presented the sight, sound, scent, and touch elements of “Lavender” at the Museum of the Moving Image as part of the Not Impossible Labs inaugural Creator’s Network.
The evening featured musical performances and multimedia activation’s with 10 international artists and creators, all enhanced with the Music:Not Impossible 5-piece Vibrotextile™ wearable technology that translates sound onto the skin through vibration.
Horti Play Shop
Brooklyn, NY
November 22nd, 2019
Horti & ÆSTHESIA presented a one-night only immersive experience of the world of 6 medicinal flowers, (Lavender, Chamomile, Tiger Lily, Marigold, Wild Rose, and Echinacea), creating an environment for viewers to get lost in a world of plants, meditate to their sounds, and smell their natural aromas.
A discussion with the artists opened up the evening as they explained what inspired the work and how they are using it to partner with rehab clinics, cancer hospitals, and more. Pause with Plants founder gave a talk to prepare guests to be mindful and present for optimal relaxation results in the full sensory immersive room. Surveys were also provided that people filled out documenting their stress levels and leaving feedback on their most activated sensory experience and why.
Generation W at the Lazarus Art Center, UNF
Jacksonville, FL
April 6th, 2019
ÆSTHESIA films and music opened the reception and registration period of Generation W, a non-profit community and annual conference that embraces the guiding tenets of education, inspiration, and connection and the power of women’s leadership.
On the main stage 40ft screens played the ÆSTHESIA films on repeat while the rest of the theater was cast in color filter lights mimicking the colors in the films. The music of ÆSTHESIA by ALURIA, echoed out into the lobby and created a relaxed and calming environment as everyone prepared for a day of intense workshops and challenging panel discussions.
Column Health
Boston, MA
September 15th - Nov 1st, 2018
For six weeks the full film and audio for ÆSTHESIA was installed in the lobby and patient rooms in Boston office of rehabilitation clinic, Column Health. CH incorporates art therapy into their practice for long term stigma prevention. The results were exceedingly positive and encouraging from the patients and therapists for further exploration of the bridging of art and wellness coming together to make a lasting impact on the healing and recovery process for patients dealing with a variety of symptoms.
The Quin Hotel
New York, NY
May-July, 2018
For 3 months SYNÆSTHESIA was installed on a 15 foot video wall in the lobby of The Quin Hotel in a group show of work about flowers co-curated by Lori Zimmer & DK Johnston. Work featured Nick Cave, Ron English, Logan Hicks, Icy & Soot, COPE, c215, Logan Hicks, Beau Stanton, Crash, Joanne Leah, Annika Connor, and more.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
ÆSTHESIA
Wallplay On Canal
New York, NY
November 8th - December 15th, 2018
ÆSTHESIA launched it’s first full plant multi-sensory experience, beginning with their first collection: Medicinal Flowers. The exhibition provided stimuli for sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch with the intent to see if experiencing flowers through each of the senses could result in positive physiological responses.
Visitors were first greeted by a tree-like structure at the front of the exhibition and large photos of each flower. A soundtrack, created by ALURIA in collaboration with Garner’s videos included measured wavelengths taken from the actual live-recording of each chosen flower. Not Impossible Labs provided haptic suits allowing visitors to feel the vibration of the audio while watching each film. Methods and Madness made edible rock candy with each flower as an ingredient and Christopher Brosius of I Hate Perfume, just after exhibiting at the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, also joined Garner to provide unique scents made distinctly for each flower explored in ÆSTHESIA.
Ethereal Bodies
Wilson Gallery | Georgetown College
Georgetown, Kentucky
October 10th - November 10th, 2018
Ethereal Bodies is a glimpse into three bodies of work that Garner has created in collaboration with a variety of artists from 2015 - 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. All three bodies of work (Study Sessions, SYNÆSTHESIA, and ÆSTHESIA) share a common theme of wellness and an exploration of the mystery in the natural world. Combined into one exhibition they create a narrative that examines nature and our experience with it through a vibrant hue of colors, organic elements such as water and fire, and still lives that turn mundane objects into fantastical personas.
SYNÆSTHESIA
Gallery 151
New York, NY
July 27 - September 11th, 2017
In collaboration with Wallplay, Garner created six multi-sensory meditation stations that explored the sound vibrations of the original six-tone musical scale, Solfeggio Frequncies. Each station included a looping video by Garner and audio track for each frequency made by electronic musician ALURIA.
Next to each video station was a photograph from the video and pedestal with live flowers from the video and an essential oil blend designed based off of the videos. Visitors could learn more about the intent of each stations audio and visuals from educational text vinyl on each pedestal or immerse themselves in the work by sitting on meditation cushions in front of each video screen.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Twist & Twine | feat. ÆSTHESIA
Paradise Palase | New York
June 7th-30th, 2019
Voyage on a Vessel | feat. SYNÆSTHESIA
Osmunda | Bushwick
June 18th, 2018
On a broken down boat in the middle of summer in a canal in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Garner collaborated with art collective OSMUNDA and Future Clear to create a meditating oasis for the community to escape the shackles ofcity life and spend an evening relaxing to ambient sound vibrations, dancing, food, performance art, and a SYNÆSTHESIA lounge where videos played on loop all evening.
A Spring Awakening | feat. SYNÆSTHESIA
Ludlow House | New York
April 7-8th, 2018
A weekend long event hosted in the lounge of Ludlow House, NY, designers, painters, and performance artists co-collaborated to create a an immersive retail and art experience to launch off the Spring season.
The lounge area hosted an ongoing loop of SYNÆSTHESIA with a live performance by ALURIA on opening night.
ART FAIRS
PhotoAlicante
with Doral Contemporary Art Museum
2019
Superfine! The Fair
2018
New York | May 4th - 8th
Washington DC | October 31st - Nov. 4th
2017
New York | May 4th - 8th
Art Basel Miami | December 6th -10th