PHOTOS, OBJECTS, PRINTS — KELLY NIPPER STUDIO

1 space stage [burn tool]

2 20 ft. custom cargo canopy

3 wool felt, double the surface density, nylon

4 arranged in a pile

5 holding the edges and pulling the line

1 costume 1, 2 opaque carbon black acrylic 2 gallons, 12 oz. natural canvas, 1 gallon base, use rollers and brushes to apply the base coat and paint, industrial weight thread, black stretch nylon, 3 figure 8 pattern, edges of the canvas coarse, basic, cut, 6 dancer formation, ecology of operations, singular phrase of movements, 4 all the floors are darkness, emphasis on materiality, a language of energetic shapes, 5 an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant between the north and south pole, dividing the earth into two half spheres, zero degrees latitude, 6 opposing the pull of the structure, formula of a cylinder, equator scale, square the set

1 space stage [cylinder]

2 8 x 8 ft. are the outside dimensions

3 circular solid pushed by a dancer on a curve

4 1-2 gallons acrylic paint, plywood, 1 gallon base, 12 oz. canvas, wool felt

5 parallel sides, hollow body, 2 bases at a fixed distance, rotational motion, surface bounded by a pair of planes

6 chamber inside a pump used to compress a fluid

1 space stage [public space]

2 25 ft. under the ocean floor

3 large-scale flexible construction

4 200,000 tons of water pressure

5 firmly fixed in the surrounding landscape a shimmering hemisphere for advanced research in design and engineering

6 bell-shaped, kinetic energy, rotational motion

7 dense volume in a large chamber

8 the lab invents movement for dancers wearing chainmail base layers from analyzing phase changes in material properties

1 costume [mask 2]

2 wood, stain, left eye

9 graphite

lines for lashes, right eye

9 graphite lines for lashes

1 space stage [pool]

2 12 or 16 ft. diameter

3 flat sphere, circle, semi-circle, half a sphere, line in a loop formation, circular plane

4 water

5 pump, hose reinforced with spiral synthetic yarn, valve and tap

6 dancer formation, ecology of operations, singular phrase of movements

7 gantry to suspend prints

8 esoteric transformation that began to take shape in the 14th century

9 drop cloth, mild acid, apron, brush, mittens on a rope

1 costume [mask 3]

2 wood, stain, left eye

11 graphite

lines for lashes, right eye

11 graphite lines for lashes

1 costume 2, 2 opaque carbon black acrylic 2 gallons, 12 oz. natural canvas, 1 gallon base, use rollers and brushes to apply the base coat and paint, industrial weight thread, black stretch nylon, 3 figure 8 pattern, edges of the canvas coarse, basic, cut, 6 dancer formation, ecology of operations, singular phrase of movements, 4 all the floors are darkness, emphasis on materiality, a language of energetic shapes, 5 an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant between the north and south pole, dividing the earth into two half spheres, zero degrees latitude, 6 opposing the pull of the structure, formula of a cylinder, equator scale, square the set

1 space stage [bell]

2 11 ft. diameter

3 wood, metallic powder, paint

4 the lab designs suspension system different from the printer

5 ring tied tightly with rope

6 speakers, direct drive turntable, mixer, headphones

7 11 minute intervals

8 sophie taeuber-arp writes the word bell on paper

1 costume 4, 2 opaque carbon black acrylic 2 gallons, 12 oz. natural canvas, 1 gallon base, use rollers and brushes to apply the base coat and paint, industrial weight thread, black stretch nylon, 3 figure 8 pattern, edges of the canvas coarse, basic, cut, 6 dancer formation, ecology of operations, singular phrase of movements, 4 all the floors are darkness, emphasis on materiality, a language of energetic shapes, 5 an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant between the north and south pole, dividing the earth into two half spheres, zero degrees latitude, 6 opposing the pull of the structure, formula of a cylinder, equator scale, square the set

1 costume [mask 1]

2 wood, stain, left eye 11 graphite lines for lashes, right eye

11 graphite lines for lashes

1 space stage [personal space]

2 20 x 23 ft., drag the camera across the ocean floor

3 commercially rated indoor/outdoor carpet, loop construction, custom dyed natural fibers

4 spatial data and physical state of 4 layered structure, plates moving apart at spreading centers

5 software developed by the defense department as a byproduct of other research

1 costume 3, 2 opaque carbon black acrylic 2 gallons, 12 oz. natural canvas, 1 gallon base, use rollers and brushes to apply the base coat and paint, industrial weight thread, black stretch nylon, 3 figure 8 pattern, edges of the canvas coarse, basic, cut, 6 dancer formation, ecology of operations, singular phrase of movements, 4 all the floors are darkness, emphasis on materiality, a language of energetic shapes, 5 an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant between the north and south pole, dividing the earth into two half spheres, zero degrees latitude, 6 opposing the pull of the structure, formula of a cylinder, equator scale, square the set

1 tank 2

2 5 ft. above the floor

3 12 to 25 ft. diameter

4 glass fiber-reinforced plastic, cylindrical upright tank, double walled construction

5 industrial-scale inflatable structures that adapt, reshape, modify based on air pressure

6 nitrile gloves, respirator, safety glasses

7 rapid liquid printing is an experimental process

8 95% water 5% carbopol

9 printer, compressor, pneumatic hose, logic and instructions embedded in material, static mixers, plastic cup, electrical tape, pliers, printhead, guide entropy into building useful arrangements between parts of something complex

1 tank 1

2 10,000 pounds hangs from the ceiling

3 8 or 10 ft. diameter

4 molded acrylic, steel ring, cable, clamp. lights attached to edge of tank

5 industrial-scale inflatable structures that adapt, reshape, modify based on air pressure

6 nitrile gloves, respirator, safety glasses

7 rapid liquid printing is an experimental process

8 95% water 5% carbopol

9 printer, compressor, pneumatic hose, logic and instructions embedded in material, winches, shopbot motor controller, static mixers, plastic cup, electrical tape, pliers, printhead, guide entropy into building useful arrangements between parts of something complex

Field of Vision U’s Right I and Field of Vision U’s Left I, 2013

2 framed collages

Newsprint, grease pencil, pencil, glue, paper

16 x 19 inches and 9 x 12 inches

Aegean Blue Black and a Burntool, 2017

Framed pigment print

33 x 49 inches

Edition 3+2AP

Photo credit: Josh White Pictures

Black Sky Pattern, 2012

Textile design

Dimensions variable

Tulip Pattern’s Petals for U’s I + I, 2013

Framed collage

Paper, pencil, acrylic paint, color pencil

13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches

Floyd on the Floor, 2007

Movement Research

Dancer: Libby Buchanan

Mouvements du Centre de Gravité, 2013

Framed pigment print

Edition 3+2AP

Love with the Sound Technician, 2004 (E)

Framed pigment print

18 3/8 x 23 3/38 inches

Edition 4+2AP

Love with the Sound Technician, 2004 (B)

Framed pigment print

18 3/8 x 23 3/38 inches

Edition 4+2AP

Love with the Sound Technician, 2004 (A)

Framed pigment print

18 3/8 x 23 3/38 inches

Edition 4+2AP

Love with the Sound Technician, 2004 (C)

Framed pigment print

18 3/8 x 23 3/38 inches

Edition 4+2AP

Love with the Sound Technician, 2004 (D)

Framed pigment print

18 3/8 x 23 3/38 inches

Edition 4+2AP