SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSIS

SYDNEY PARKS
JUNE 24 - July 22, 2024

ABout the Artist

Sydney Parks is an interdisciplinary artist who works at the intersection of virtual and physical space. Holding a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Houston, her career spans exhibitions, teaching, and public art. Currently an Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas in Austin, she teaches Interaction Design, Art Making in VR, and Code & Fabrication. Sydney’s artwork has been included in institutions like the Blaffer Art Museum and Lawndale Arts Center, with publications including HCE Review Volume II Issue I in Dublin, Ireland, and R2: The Rice Review 2019 Issue in Houston, Texas. She lives and works in Austin, Texas.

“Technology is an extension of our hands and minds. I utilize it to elicit haptic experiences that create tension between the human body and the virtual world. Ultimately, the work highlights the nature of an evolving humanity, while realizing the limitations of integration that still exist. I invite people to use their bodies to interact with and control technology, as they collaborate to conjure a work of art. Coding and sensors make this sort of interactivity possible.”