Julie Andreyev Explained

Julie Andreyev
Birth Date:1962
Birth Place:Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Education:Diploma of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Master of Arts, Simon Fraser University
Known For:Multidisciplinary artist
Notable Works:Animal Lover, Vegan Congress, Scratch Theremin, *glisten) HIVE, Rockstar

Julie Andreyev (born 1962) is a Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores themes of animal agency and consciousness.[1] Her ongoing Animal Lover work explores nonhuman animal agency and creativity through modes of interspecies collaboration and aleatoric methods.[2] The Animal Lover projects seek to contribute towards an ethic of compassion and regard for the intrinsic worth of other-than-human individuals. She was born in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Education

Andreyev received her Diploma of Fine Arts degree from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 1988. She received a Master of Arts degree from the Simon Fraser University in 1999. She completed her PhD at Simon Fraser University in 2017[3] where her research examined compassion as a means for improved human awareness and relationship with more-than-human worlds.[4]

Career

Julie Andreyev is currently an associate professor at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and Artistic Director of Interactive Futures.[5]

Her work has been shown across Canada, in the US, Europe and Japan in galleries and festivals such as the Peabody Essex Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH, Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, Viper, CHI, Japan Media Arts Festival, Digital Art Weeks, and Nuit Blanche.[6]

Art

Andreyev's art is concerned with issues surrounding new media, social media, technology and human/nonhuman relationships. The Animal Lover projects are often produced in collaboration with companion dogs Tom and Sugi where respect, fun and challenge are employed in the process. The dogs participate directly in the research and content creation of the work by suggesting ideas for projects and by determining the material for production. Also, aleatoric and improvisational methods are used that provide for a chance, open-ended expectation, surprise and learning.[7]

Her work is support by The Canada Council for the Arts, The British Columbia Arts Council, Foreign Affairs Canada, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).[8]

The following are some examples of her work.

Vegan Congress

Andreyev is founding member of the Vegan Congress, an activist group that creates relational projects to help develop discourse and practical ethics and provides events and information about vegan practice. One of the objectives of the project is to make ethical practice more visible within the community.[9]

Scratch Theremin

For Scratch Theremin, Andreyev works with canine Tom using interactive software and a theremin to produce a collaborative improvisational interspecies performance.[10] The aim of the project is to advance methods of improvisation and active listening, proposing live audio soundscapes that mesh canine sounds with electroacoustic practice. In the process of developing this performance, a custom built theremin, that incorporates a rug as an interface, was created to allow Tom to use scratch and digging gestures to create sound, accompanied by a diverse range of vocalization.[11] These studio performances are audio recorded for use later in the live performance where they are remixed into a new experimental improvisational soundscape. Andreyev accompanies Tom's vocals and rhythms with her own live theremin and software performance.[12]

*glisten) HIVE is a digital media project commissioned by 'CODE Live 2' for the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, in which Twitter posts about animal consciousness were visualized in a real-time exhibition space. The collective online communication from participants were visualized as emergent swarms of text, and incorporated a soundscape of vocalizations from Andreyev's dog, Tom.[13]

Rockstar

For this video work, Andreyev uses audio and visual representations of her canine companion Tom to speculate on his subjective and emotional experience traveling in a car by examining the notion that a canine's sense of smell is a locus for heightened sensitivity and empirical intelligence. The visuals refer to a psychedelic experience, metaphorically representing Tom's experience. The visuals are accompanied by a soundscape constructed from studio recordings of Tom's voice and car engine sounds to create connotative rhythmic and harmonic modes.[14]

Tom and Sugi Blog / @Tom_and_Sugi

The Tom and Sugi Blog and @Tom_and_Sugi are social media projects, maintained as part of Andreyev's ongoing interspecies collaborative Animal Lover projects, in which animal consciousness and creativity is explored through compassionate means of interactive installation, video and social media.[15] The projects use a Twitter feed to represent the first person point of view of the canines Tom and Sugi and their everyday activities.[16] The blog represents a human reflection on the subjective experience of the canines in their relationship to the artist.[17]

Bird Park Survival Station

The Bird Park Survival Station is a multi-species climate emergency project where Andreyev with team researches ways to improve local habitats by analyzing the needs and activities of local birds residing on her rooftop garden called The Park through computer vision and sound systems. The project have been publicized through several Bird Park videos as well as various publications including Lessons from a Multispecies Art Studio: Uncovering Ecological Understanding & Biophilia Through Creative Reciprocity.[18]

Branching Songs

Biranching Songs is a media, sound and performance project drawing attention to the climate emergency, wildlife and habitat loss.[19] Through collaborative research, the Branching Songs team experimented in multispecies collaboration with trees and forests, using sound and new media technologies to support creative and careful interaction. The research generated new methods and techniques for working creatively with trees and forest ecologies resulting in media and sound art creations as well as workshops. Since inception, the project has expanded beyond collaboration with upcoming art events including an exhibition, performances, and several workshops scheduled to take place in Vancouver and on the Sunshine Coast—a coastal region 70km north of Vancouver that has unique intact forests including endangered ones—in the spring and summer of 2023.[20]

Selected exhibitions

2010

2011

2012

2013

Awards and grants

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Stephan Hui, "Vegan Congress takes form at Emily Carr University of Art + Design", The Straight, January 16, 2014
  2. Web site: Bio + artist statement + contact.
  3. Web site: Curriculum Vitae . 2023-03-22 . Julie Andreyev . en-US.
  4. 2013 Doctoral Candidates Web site: PHD. Program - Graduate Liberal Studies at SFU . 2014-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202122452/http://www.gls.sfu.ca/phd_program/current_students . 2014-02-02 . Retrieved January 26, 2014
  5. http://www.helenpittgallery.org/exhibitions/past/archived-events/julie-andreyev-martha-gonzalez-palacios-nick-lakowski-gwenessa-lam-jeremy-isao-speier-marlene-yuen/ "Julie Andreyev, Martha González Palacios, Nick Lakowski, Gwenessa Lam, Jeremy Isao Speier, Marlene Yuen: Ground Zero Redux"
  6. ECUAD Faculty Research: People http://research.ecuad.ca/associatedprojects/people/julie-andreyev/ Retrieved January 26, 2014
  7. http://interactivefutures.ca/category/presenters/julie-andreyev/ "Interactive Futures '11: Presenters"
  8. Web site: Dr. Julie Andreyev | Emily Carr University.
  9. Stephan Hui, "Vegan Congress takes form at Emily Carr University of Art + Design", The Straight, January 16, 2014
  10. http://www.pem.org/press/press_release/250-art_nature_center_reopens_with_new_exhibition_beyond_human_artist-animal_collaborations "ART & NATURE CENTER REOPENS WITH NEW EXHIBITION BEYOND HUMAN: ARTIST-ANIMAL COLLABORATIONS"
  11. http://www.pem.org/calendar/event/853-creative_nature "Beyond Human: Artist-Animal Collaborations"
  12. http://interactivefutures.ca/category/performances/vancouver-experimental-theremin-orchestra/ "Interactive Futures '11: Vancouver Experimental Theremin Orchestra"
  13. Heidi May, "Julie Andreyev: I Tweet, Therefore I am", Canadian Art, May 27, 2010
  14. http://performance-platform.de/programme/ "Performance, Platform: Body Affects"
  15. http://www.idmaa.org/idmaa2010/speakers-2/ "iDMAa 2010: Speakers"
  16. https://twitter.com/tom_and_sugi Animal Lover: Tom and Sugi Twitter feed
  17. http://www.tomandsugi.com/ Animal Lover: Tom and Sugi Blog
  18. Web site: Bird Park Survival Station . 2023-03-22 . Julie Andreyev . en-US.
  19. Web site: Animal Lover . 2023-03-22 . Julie Andreyev . en-US.
  20. Web site: About . 2023-03-22 . Branching Songs . en.
  21. http://artgalleryofmississauga.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/mississauga-drift-and-animal-love-interview-with-julie-andreyev/ "Mississauga Drift and Animal Love: Interview with Julie Andreyev"
  22. http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_cue.html Vancouver Art Gallery: Past Exhibitions, Retrieved January 27, 2014
  23. http://hybriditymusic.com/project/code-live/ "Code Live"
  24. http://interactivefutures.ca/category/presenters/julie-andreyev/ "Interactive Futures '11: Presenters"
  25. http://www.leonardo.info/isast/announcements/SIGGRAPH2011-gallery_July2011.html "Tracing Home: SIGGRAPH 2011 Art Gallery"
  26. Sky Hester, "Signal and Noise 2011: Make Some Noise" Discorder Magazine, June 20, 2011
  27. City of Surrey: Taking Time http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/13686.aspx
  28. Creating with Animals: Videoscreening http://www.sophiensaele.com/archiv.php?IDstueck=1009&hl=de
  29. http://www.sadmag.ca/news/2012/07/vanimaux-ii-opening-issue-release/ "VANIMAUX II: Opening & Issue 10 Release! "
  30. Facing the Animal http://www.orgallery.org/facing-the-animal
  31. Web site: Utopia Festival: Women in Digital Culture | March 3-12, 2012 | W2 Media Cafe, Vancouver, BC . 2014-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202092946/http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/utopia-2nd-annual-festival-of-women-in-digital-culture-w2 . 2014-02-02 .
  32. Web site: Peabody Essex Museum | World-Renowned Art Museum in Salem, MA.
  33. 2000 Meilen Unter Dem Meer :: 2000 Miles Under the Sea Web site: 2000 Meilen Unter dem Meer :: 2000 Miles Under the Sea - Wynne Palmer :: Interdisciplinary Artist . 2014-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202224138/http://wynnepalmer.net/pages/2000-meilen-unter-dem-meer-2000-miles-under-the-sea . 2014-02-02 .
  34. Julie Andreyev, "Endangered Whales and Dolphins Affected by Tankers" The Common Sense Canadian, July 16, 2012
  35. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201180455/http://www.antennae.org.uk/ANTENNAE%20ISSUE%2021.pdf . 2014-02-01 . Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture Issue 21 Summer 2012

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