A brief introduction to the artists and their working methods:

We are collaborative artists based in Philadelphia who produce site-specific multimedia installations. Carolyn works in the visual realm creating all the sculptural objects in our pieces: she prepares the environment in which they are seen, and does all the lighting of the work. John composes the sound and video components, designs the interactive systems, gizmos and computer programming. Our installation work has the following features: a) Our artistic form is a hybrid of sculpture, light and shadow, video, and sound, the components synthesized into immersive, sensory-rich installations. b) We have evolved the strategies of time-based avant-garde performance by replacing the actor or musician with a viewer/listener. Our aim is to provide a setting for a nonverbal “theater” of the mind. c) We strive to make high technology invisible to the audience. While experimenting with interactivity, real-time non-repetitive composition, and sophisticated movement of sound, light and objects, we work to maintain the magic of the art experience. As the tools at our disposal expand to include ever newer media, we expect to innovate further, but always in the service of complex and poetic art. d) We bring theatrical and technological innovations to uncommon locations. Our installations have been created for empty storefronts, an abandoned prison, unrenovated loft space, an elevator shaft, an empty factory, and even a shopping mall in Beijing, in addition to more traditional museum, gallery and stage settings. Because all elements of a piece are designed to interact with the architecture of the site, all of our works exist in one place for one time only. Carolyn Healy is an installation artist who began her career exhibiting small, abstract sculptures made of found objects at the Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, in 1979. Since 1987 she has created numerous large site-specific installation pieces, some for performance events and many in collaboration with sound and video artist John Phillips. These have been seen in museums and university galleries as well as performance and alternative environments, nationally and internationally, including Carnegie Mellon University; LaMama and Symphony Space, NYC; the Cini Foundation, Venice, Italy; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Crosswaves Festival at The Annenberg Center, Philadelphia; historic Eastern State Penitentiary; Museum of American Art at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the International Computer Music Conference in Ann Arbor in 1998 and in Beijing, China in 1999; the Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festivals, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004; and Hidden City Philadelphia 2009. Carolyn has received five individual artist Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Art from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a 2002 grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, a New Forms Regional Grant funded in part by the NEA, as well as numerous project support grants from the Leeway Foundation, the Dietrich Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. John Phillips is a sound and video artist. His work has included interactive sound pieces and collaborative sound/sculpture/video installations in museums (Museum of American Art at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia), alternative spaces (Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia; Cini Foundation, Venice, Italy; Fringe Festival, Philadelphia) and various university art galleries (Dartmouth, University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon among others). His tape works have been performed at New York City dance and theater venues, international electronic art festivals and on nationally syndicated New American Radio. His live sound and video performances have been featured in numerous venues in Philadelphia and also in New York City; his composing has been supported by American Composers Forum (collaboration with Pauline Oliveros) and the Millay Colony (composer in residence) and he has enjoyed five residencies at the Experimental Television Center to pursue his video work. Grants include the National Endowment for the Arts 1995-6, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2006.