The Drift
2012 and ongoing
The Drift is a curatorial platform that explores bodies of water as a context, site, and material for artistic production and research.
Since 2012, we have worked with artists, technologists and collaborative groups to produce a range of projects and events on three converging rivers in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Drift is supported by the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh Foundation, and the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
Organized by the Drift and co-presented with the Center for Urban Intervention Research (CUIR), H3O/OO3 took place on September 25th, 2015 beneath the Veteran's Bridge along the north shore of the Allegheny River, featuring a curated presentation of video projections, live performances, and interactive VR installations. The selected works and performances respond to the mediation of an environmental crisis in a post-internet age, exploring new embodiments of fluidity through trans-ontologies, generative and touch-sensitive surfaces, uncanny valleys and ever-flowing feeds.
H3O/OO3 was supported generously by the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Awesome PGH, and Creative Capital. Special thanks to CUIR, Iontank, and Venture Outdoors.
Participants:ADAM MILNER
ADHAM FARAMAWY
BEN MOREN
BUBI CANAL
CAROLINE RECORD
CLAIRE HENTSCHKER
COMPLEX MOVEMENTS
DALENA TRAN
ELYSIA CRAMPTON
EZRA MILLER
HIRAD SAB
JESSE STILES
JOE HAMILTON
MICHAEL MALLIS
MILES HIROO PEYTON
RACHAEL ARCHIBALD
ZACH RISPOLI
Organized by the Drift and co-presented with the (CUIR), H3O/OO2 took place on May 10th 2015 beneath the Veteran's Bridge along the north shore of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh.
For H3O/OO2, the Drift partnered with CUIR and students from a course offered by CUIR director Ali Momeni in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout the semester, the Drift, CUIR and students in the course developed a custom array of audio/visual rigs and installations, virtual reality experiences, and site specific performances.
In addition to these collaborations and student projects, the Drift curated a selection of 15 works, commissioning 6 new pieces for debut.
Participants:BRENNA MURPHY
EVA PAPAMARGARITI
GERGO KOVACS
GISELLE ZATONYL
JONO MI LO
KATIE TORN
KIM LAUGHTON
NEAL MOIGNARD
RICK SILVA x NICOLAS SASSOON
RUI HU
SCOTT ANDREW
STEVE GURYSH
THEOKLITOS TRIANTAFILLYDIS
Student Projects: Ben Gansky, Claire Hentschker, Dan Russo, Luke Hottinger, Guy de Bree, Brian Yang, and Sebrand Warren.
All video content presented in H3O/OO2 was provided courtesy of each artist with the exception of Mud by artist Neal Moignard (2015) which was provided generously in kind by the National Film Board of Canada. H3O is supported in part by funding from the Frank-Ratchye Fund For Art @ the Frontier, and the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts.Technical equipment and expertise provided courtesy of CUIR and Iontank.
Organized by the Drift and presented during the Afronaut(a) Film Festival, H3O/OO1 took place on September 28th 2014 beneath the Veteran's Bridge along the south shore of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh.
Participants:AGNES BOLT
ANDY FOX x JO BLANKENBURG
ANUNCA PEZ
DADPRANKS
EVA PAPAMARGARITI
NINA SARNELLE
SCOTT ANDREW
KATIE TORN
THEOKLITOS TRIAN / HOW TO WATER
THEREISAMAJORPROBLEMINAUSTRALIA
WETKID2012
ZAFEIRIA GKOLANTA
Azimuth by Steve Gurysh and Luke Loeffler, 2012
Iceburgh by the Drift, 2012
1000 Star Hotel by Felipe Castelblanco
RPM, The Drift + The Institute for New Feeling
The Baiji's Last Swim by Jennifer Meridian
