Video Installation

Contemporary culture is full of constant stimuli. Rarely do we allow time for silence or find ourselves engulfed in quietude. Shaping Sequence slows down our hectic pace, giving way to stillness.  Utilizing the lines of the body within the containing structure of the camera frame, Rauer creates an intimate space of shape-shifting forms. Large-scale video projections, edited from over 40 improvised compositions, emphasize subtlety, contour, natural light and slow evolution in real time. 

Rauer comes from a largely conceptually-based practice rooted in academic research. For this project, solo movement performances for camera became ritualized acts of attunement as her focus shifted from thought to body and from mental space to experiential space.

Kelly Rauer is a Portland, Oregon multi-media artist who, for the past 5 years, has worked to balance art making, curating, art administration and exhibition design for such organizations as the Portland Art Center, p:ear, Heidi McBride Gallery & Art Consultancy, PNCA and NAAU. In 2004, she received a BA in Fine Art & Photography from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She has created works in video, installation, sculpture and performance.