by Meredith Kooi | Feb 27, 2014 | Blog
Descending Into the Cave On January 11, 2014, I rode an elevator down into a cave, one that contains the underground spectacle Ruby Falls – a waterfall lit by color changing lights and epic Muzak you might find accompanying the timed water spurts of a fountain...
by Meredith Kooi | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog
In keeping with my interests and research in phenomenology and embodiment, this article addresses four disparate works that are currently on view in Atlanta. Drawn from four separate shows — Coloring and In Translation at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (ACAC),...
by Meredith Kooi | Dec 26, 2013 | Blog
Images: An Abridged History This past semester I taught an undergraduate class at Emory University titled “Visual Studies: The Image.†Some of the questions the course focused on were: what is an image? what does it mean to make an image? how should we look at...
by Meredith Kooi | Sep 26, 2013 | Blog, Review
The Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, located surprisingly in a nondescript complex of galleries and antique shops in Buckhead, a north-side neighborhood of Atlanta, curated a show focusing on feminism, performativity, and photography. The works in the show by the artists...
by Meredith Kooi | Aug 22, 2013 | Blog
Introduction: Laying the Floor This July, I participated in the gloATL Summer Intensive. gloATL is an Atlanta-based dance company that creates physical installations for the public. During the Intensive, there were six of these installations that focused on the...