Kamari Carter
Bio: Kamari Carter (b. 1992; lives and works in NYC) is a Performer, Producer, Sound Designer, and Sound Artist that is probative of perception and the concept of conversation. Carter uses a variety of recording and amplification techniques to circumvent investigative conversations involving motifs such as space, systems of identify, familiarity, control, and surveillance. Building on the idea of storytelling Carter's interest in conceptualization and the notion of the "ethereal" tends to permeate through his work. As a musician Carter strives to assist audiences in the accompaniment of a narrative arc through sonic forms, and as an artist Carter hopes to vivify conversations through sound sculptures and non-cochlear phenomenology. Carter’s work has exhibited at such venues as Automata Arts, MoMA, Fridman Gallery, Lincoln Center, and Issue Project Room just to name a few. Carter holds a BFA in Music Technology from California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Sound Art from Columbia University.
Thesis Exhibition
Aristo Statement: I enjoy erecting work(s) with an opaque approach to issues typically seen as overt; with the goal to uproot conversations on topics that are sometimes difficult to discuss. Subjects such as perception, surveillance, structure, participation, and voyeurism are all common motifs in my body of work. Often my work interrogates and investigates who is listening, why they are listening, and what exactly are they listening to? I aim to spark dialogue in critical thought; and perhaps, tell a familiar story with a medium much less familiar.
L to R: A Fearful Trill, (10" x 15", Birdcage, sound, headphones, cloth, electronics, 2019) ; Rear Sight (Multiple megaphones (4), wood, paint, Velcro adhesive, sound: listening in and broadcasting in realtime Police/EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Transit Audio 2018); Pressure (Sound, Quadraphonic speakers, 6channel video, 2018)
