Magicicada
Multimedia Installation
Exhibited
LMCC’s Arts Center on Governors Island
August 21, 2021
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Screening
Resonance, Labocine, August 2025 Issue
For the LMCC Arts Center Residency, this project reimagines the lifecycle of the Magicicada septendecim—the periodical cicada which emerged in the New York region in the spring of 2021 after living 17 years underground—into a series of new and invented affiliations. By documenting specimens, recording their choruses, and exploring their lifecycle through a lens of prime numbers, I seek to create a dynamic representation of the cicada to highlight and dramatize the critical issues facing these insects and the natural world at large.
The installation includes a wall print, 3d-printed clock, and video and sound piece (composed in 17/8 time with prime number melodic intervals).
