Surabhi is a new media artist whose work brings together elements from experimental sound art, classical music, choreography and video art. Surabhi lives and works in San Francisco.
// February 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // Videos, Works
The video was an attempt to re-encapsulate a optical turbulence which was toyed upon in my paintings. The major thrust of my focus was to maintain a rhythmicity of the light movements without loosing on the randomness of the two dimensional compositions.
// February 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // Projects
Case No.027-5-28: Street Markets
This site-specific sound installation was part of a larger group show called “Department Store”. I thought it would be interesting to put the sounds of market places in India and in Chicago together in one confined space. These two markets are similar in spirit, yet so far apart both geographically and characteristically. And these trends manifest themselves in the sounds as well — there are times when the sounds from these two places are indistinguishable, and at other times the sounds could not be further apart.
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// February 21st, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Performances, Works
The visual narrative of “Tunneling” is defined through the process of cutting through the wall of the performance space from inside to outside, the different layers within the building wall slowly exposed until the outer, nighttime street is reached. This image is constructed in a live fashion through use of a green-screen setup, a specially constructed table and custom software which “memorizes” the appearance of each layer of material as it’s being cut. The audio narrative consists of a multitude of voices singing verses, which are at first multiplied by many thousands, and slowly decimate while the wall is exposed until only one, the real voice of the audio performer, is left when the street outside is finally reached. An additional layer of domestic cooking sounds is intertwined with the voices, juxtaposed with the sounds generated by the cutting of the wall-layers.
Performers: Surabhi Saraf- audio,Nadav Assor- video and objects,
Exhibited: In “New Blood II”, Links Hall, Chicago
TUNNELING in Bologna @ NETMAGE 10 International Live Media Festival, 2010
