Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Back to Basics program / JULY 2023
Thessia Machado
USA
www.thessiamachado.com
About
Thessia Machado is a visual/sound artist, instrument builder
and performer whose work plumbs the materiality of sound
and its effect on our shifting perceptions of space. She
creates circumstances in which to mine the matter of her
pieces for their innate physical properties and the sonic and
visual relationships that can arise from their interactions. In
improvised and composed performed works, the ensemble
of things is augmented by a dynamically responsive and
intentionally unpredictable human element. Electronics are
usually implicated.
Gota (a short video) & wheel (a sculptural instrument)
Created with an instinctual approach, the video 'gota' reflects
an existential concern with time, permanence, and the role
of the artist in society. The instrument 'wheel', built from a
found bicycle wheel, is a playful take on circularity, decaying
rhythms, and teasing interesting sounds from unexpected
sources.