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Katie Grinnan — Electric Data Wave Serenade / Dissolving the Rock
Katie Grinnan

Electric Data Wave Serenade / Dissolving the Rock

2017

A three-channel video installation completed in 2017, Katie Grinnan's "Electric Data Wave Serenade / Dissolving the Rock" unfolds across multiple screens as a richly layered meditation on natural forces, digital transmission, and the permeability of seemingly solid matter. Grinnan constructs a visual environment in which geological time and electronic pulse coexist, inviting the viewer to reconsider the boundaries between the physical world and the invisible flows of information that saturate contemporary life. The work's dual title reflects this central tension, pairing the almost romantic suggestion of serenade with the quietly radical act of dissolution, as if data itself possesses the slow, patient power of water wearing away stone. Grinnan is known for installations that engage bodily experience as much as intellectual inquiry, and this work is no exception. The three-channel format distributes attention and rhythm across the room, resisting any single focal point and encouraging a kind of peripheral, immersive looking. Sound, movement, and image accumulate into something that feels simultaneously ancient and urgently contemporary, grounding cosmic and technological phenomena in sensory, human-scaled experience. The signed work is presented through Galerie du Monde and represents a significant example of Grinnan's sustained investigation into the meeting points of landscape, science, and perception. For collectors with an interest in time-based media and conceptually rigorous installation practice, this piece offers both critical depth and a compelling physical presence. As video installation continues to gain recognition within major institutional and private collections, a signed work of this scope from a mid-career artist of Grinnan's caliber presents a meaningful acquisition opportunity.

Medium
Three-channel Video Installation
Signed
Yes
Location
Galerie du Monde, Central, Hong Kong

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Katie Grinnan, Electric Data Wave Serenade / Dissolving the Rock, 2017

A three-channel video installation completed in 2017, Katie Grinnan's "Electric Data Wave Serenade / Dissolving the Rock" unfolds across multiple screens as a richly layered meditation on natural forces, digital transmission, and the permeability of seemingly solid matter. Grinnan constructs a visual environment in which geological time and electronic pulse coexist, inviting the viewer to reconsider the boundaries between the physical world and the invisible flows of information that saturate contemporary life. The work's dual title reflects this central tension, pairing the almost romantic suggestion of serenade with the quietly radical act of dissolution, as if data itself possesses the slow, patient power of water wearing away stone. Grinnan is known for installations that engage bodily experience as much as intellectual inquiry, and this work is no exception. The three-channel format distributes attention and rhythm across the room, resisting any single focal point and encouraging a kind of peripheral, immersive looking. Sound, movement, and image accumulate into something that feels simultaneously ancient and urgently contemporary, grounding cosmic and technological phenomena in sensory, human-scaled experience. The signed work is presented through Galerie du Monde and represents a significant example of Grinnan's sustained investigation into the meeting points of landscape, science, and perception. For collectors with an interest in time-based media and conceptually rigorous installation practice, this piece offers both critical depth and a compelling physical presence. As video installation continues to gain recognition within major institutional and private collections, a signed work of this scope from a mid-career artist of Grinnan's caliber presents a meaningful acquisition opportunity.

Medium
Three-channel Video Installation
Year
2017
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Galerie du Monde, People's Republic of China

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