Carrie Bodle is a visual and sound artist whose work has led her to investigate sound in the context of visual art, representation and the transformation of site, history and memory, and collaborations between contemporary artists, scientists, and technologists. Recent works have taken the form of temporary, large-scale public art installations such as Sonifications (2005) which gave a voice to atmospheric research at MIT's Haystack Observatory through 35 loudspeakers distributed across the facade of IM Pei's Green Building in Cambridge, MA.
Artist residencies and fellowships include Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation (2008 upcoming), IBM Watson Collaborative User Experience Group in Cambridge, MA and 911 Media Arts Center/Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, WA. Bodle received her Master's of Science in Visual Studies from the MIT Visual Arts Program where she worked with Krzysztof Wodiczko, Joan Jonas, and Antoni Muntadas. In Columbus, Ohio she worked as an assistant for Ann Hamilton (2000-2003) and since 2006 has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Washington in the School of Art. Her work has also been shown at the Location One Gallery in NYC, the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA, and was webcasted internationally by radioartemobile through the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, CAVS, at MIT.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masters of Science in Visual Studies (SMVS), Visual Arts Program
The Ohio State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Art and Technology Program
Selected Exhibitions
“Coupling V: Fifth Annual UW Strange Co. Show coupling UW students with Seattle-based artists”, collaboration with student Elizabeth Buschmann creating wave visualization and sound installation. Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle, WA, March 23-31
“Walking/Listening/Recording”, commissioned 10-channel sound installation emerging from a trail in the Tryon Creek State Park. Sound layers form a dialogue between the visual and audible experience. Portland, OR, September 2006 - September 2007
“The Flattening and Opening of Space”, collaboration with painter Margie Livingston to create a sound and video installation. 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA, September - October
“Sonification / Listening Up”, temporary 35 channel speaker installation across the south facade of I.M. Pei’s Green Building on the MIT campus emitting sounds of the ionosphere, realized in collaboration with MIT Haystack Observatory. Cambridge, MA, September 9 - 16
“Sonification: In Progress”, 35 channel speaker installation shown in progress. MIT Visual Arts Program Thesis Show, Cambridge, MA, May 13 - 15
“Wiki Soundscape”, a system of sonic representations of activity on Wikipedia. Boston CyberArts Festival, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA April 5 - 19
“Sounds from Astereoseismology”, international webcast on radioartemobile: transmissione live, February
“Oscillations”, sound installation on MIT building facade, MIT Visual Arts Program Graduate Show, Cambridge, MA May
“Oscillations II”, video/sound piece stemming from sound installation, Creative Intelligence: New Work from the MIT Visual Arts Program, Location One Gallery, NYC May
“Underground•Subterraneo: Under view of the Tijuana-US border”, poster in collaboration with Lissa Martin, Otra/Another Ver 2.04 Academia, San Diego/Tijuana, April
"Boltworks", video/sound site installation in historical bolt factory. Berry Brothers Bolt Works Factory, Columbus, OH, May 16
"Video Performance", video performance piece, Haskett Hall Blackbox, The Ohio State University, visiting artist STELARC’s Art and Technology course, May
Teaching, Presentations, and Employment
Invited faculty for the Summer Institute for Arts and Humanities "Media and the Senses", University of Washington, sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Program and the SImpson Center for the Humanities
Visiting Lecturer, School of Art, University of Washington, Contemporary Visual Arts course ART 131
Visiting Lecturer, School of Art, University of Washington, Contemporary Visual Arts ART 131 and Video Art ART 421
Visiting Lecturer, School of Art, University of Washington, Contemporary Visual Arts ART 131
Presenter at Design Machine Group Lablunch series at the University of Washington School of Architecture. Artist Talk on ‘Transformations as Representations: Working with sound applications in architectural environments’. Seattle, WA
Teaching assistant with Professor Joe Gibbons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Video Art
Presenter at IBM Research Headquarters, Artist Talk concerning sound as representation. Yorktown Heights, NY
Guest lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Sound Art Studio Class, Boston, MA.
Teaching assistant with Professor Joe Gibbons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Video Art
Presenter at IBM Watson Research Center, Artist Talk about the use of sound and visualizations to enhance Wikis. Cambridge, MA.
Artist Assistant, Ann Hamilton Studios, Columbus, OH, 2000-2003
Awards, Honors, and Residencies
Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship/Residency
Artist in Residence at the New Works Laboratory jointly sponsored by Henry Art Gallery and 911 Media Arts Center. Seattle, WA, June-September
Commissioned artist for "Walking/Listening/Recording" funded by Friends of Tryon Creek State Park, Portland, OR
Awarded project support for MIT thesis project, "Sonification/Listening Up", by the MIT Office of the Provost, MIT Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, MIT Associate Provost for the Arts, MIT Department of Architecture, MIT Visual Arts Program, and the MIT Council for the Arts grant
MIT Council for the Arts grant for "Oscillations"
Artist in Residence at IBM Watson Research Center/Boston Cyberarts Residency, Cambridge, MA, June-September
Selected Bibliography
Hackett, Regina. P-I Art Critic. "Theater, Fine Arts News." Seattle Post-Intellingencer (October 2006).
Farr, Sheila. Art Critic. "New Works Lab experiments mix old and new." The Seattle Times (September 22, 2006)
Interview. "Sonic Artist Fuses Art and Technology". Open Door, MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Alumni Association. (July 2006)
Van Buskirk, Audrey. "Green Living". Portland Tribune (September 12, 2006)
Rossing, Thomas. Editor. "Acoustics in the news". Echoes: Acoustics Today Journal Spring 2006 Volume, quarterly. CCRMA Dept. of Music, Stanford University.
"Discoveries: Sound Construction". The Boston Globe. (September 12, 2005). pp. C3
Gleitzman, Benjamin. "Rareified Air Makes Noise at Building 54". The Tech (September 16, 2005). pp. 1
Lenssen, Anneka. "Sonification/Listening Up @ MIT (Blgd 54)". Big Red and Shiny Online Art Journal. (September 19, 2005)
Heinemann, Lynn. MIT Office of the Arts. "Spotlight: Hear Sounds of the Ionoshpere". Spotlight: Main MIT Webpage (September 13-16, 2005).
Publications
Bodle, Carrie (2006): Sonification/Listening Up. Leonardo Music Journal Volume 16, annual. Noises Off: Sound Beyond Music. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.
Visual Codec, Selected artist for “One Shot” Publication, Seattle, WA,
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