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STATEMENT

Using sculpture, software, video and sound, I create abstract environments and interactive sculptures that provide opportunities for embodied sonic experiences. My research is directed at overlapping relationships examining how concepts morph and mutate across human and ecological systems. Embedded in my sculptures are capacitive sensors that measure change in the electrical field surrounding a conductive node or object. Sound is triggered through touch, and video or audio is remixed according to an individual audience member's movement. Embodiment through interactivity is vital to my practice as a sculptor, performing artist and educator, as freedom to control our bodies is essential for human survival and reflects our connection to each other and the planet. 

BIO

Sasha K Petrenko (she/her) is an earthling, artist and storyteller. Her interdisciplinary practice blends, sculpture, theater, video and sound. Rooted in eco-feminism, rock n’ roll, and post-apocalypse studies, Sasha’s work functions as an invitation for audience members to collectively creative :soma-sonic" experiences. Petrenko has received residencies, and fellowships from Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle, the Headlands Center for the Arts, The De Young Museum, The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, University of California’s Sagehen Field Station, The Djerassi Foundation, CA, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus in Germany, Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, NY. Recent performances include Northwest New Works Festival at On the Boards, Seattle, Power of Language, Wesleyan College, CT, We Will Not Be Silent, Western Gallery, Bellingham, and Your Anomaly is my Normal at the Bellingham Alternative Library, a collaborative performance with students in Dance, Art and Music. Sasha is Associate Professor of Sculpture and Expanded Media at Western Washington University in Bellingham.