Christine Balcer is GlogauAIR resident
from July, 2023 to September, 2023
United States
Meet the Artist
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Statement
Combining concept and materiality, structure and experimentation, Christine’s practice is interstitial. Borrowing from fields of speculative design, fashion, ecology, and communication design, her work explores the tensions of opposing forces through natural materials and digital media. Viewing art and design as methods of unraveling complex systems, Christine uses her practice to posit textures of alternative worlds.
GlogauAIR Project
In a time of environmental transformation, what would it look like for a world to embrace its own decay? When the materials of our daily lives change, what new processes emerge? Challenging our relationship to material objects, this project is a series of algae-based bioplastic experiments, embracing the flux of an unsteady world. It explores the systems surrounding these materials, not in their commercial viability, but rather in the textures and rituals of a speculative world that embraces regeneration.
Algae, neither plant nor animal, oxygen-producing and yet remarked for its toxic blooms, confounds standard categorization. As a bioplastic, it can be molded, melted, remolded, and remelted. Capturing these states of transformation, this project is a multimodal speculation, merging the tactility of the biomaterials with digital experiences.
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Education
- Parsons School of Design, M.F.A. Transdisciplinary Design, New York, NY, 2023
- Tufts University, B.S. Quantitative Economics, Studio Art minor, Medford, MA, 2017
Events & Exhibitions
- Facilitated Workshop, “Tomorrows: A Workshop for Collective Imagining”, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 2023
- Group Exhibition, “Challenging Matter”, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, 2023
- Group Exhibition, “Sensory”, Polykhroma, Somerville, MA, 2016
- Group Exhibition, “Paris Floue”, Paris, France, 2014
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