Mariah Anne Johnson
VBODOBV [sounding videos]:
Rehearsal
I explore the lived reality of bodily experience in the landscape through art making. I use my body as a tool for direct exploration of the world around me, defining edges, filling spaces, and calling attention to natural phenomena.
Sound has recently become an important trigger for and component of my creative work. During the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, as family life became compressed and time distorted, I began to notice the sounds that populate my existence; chief among these is my son’s daily piano practice. Rehearsal is a response to this experience of repetitive listening: focusing energy and attention, anticipating mistakes, balancing emotional involvement with intellectual detachment, and coming to understand a musician’s own patterns of breath, variation, and hesitation. The overlapping images and recordings illustrate this accumulation of layers of sensory experience.
More information VBODOBV 2022.
About the artist:
Mariah Anne Johnson explores the physical realities of bodily experience and art making in the landscape through drawing, movement, and installation. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, she focused on art and literature at Rice University while performing with Rice Dance Theater, earning her MFA from the University of Illinois in 2006. Her work has been shown around the US and abroad.
Through teaching, international residencies, and open-ended multi-media projects, she keeps her studio practice open to new ideas and methodologies. She currently lives with her family in Los Angeles, where she continues to find the adventure in art making.
Artist Location: Los Angeles, CA
Social Media: Artist Website | Instagram
