Kingsborough Art Museum "Hello Brooklyn!"/ Techspressionism exhibition

Aug 7 - Sept 25, 2024

shimmer

dance tests

photo by joey zaza

NYCResistor 2022

Shimmer had their first exhibit at NYCResistor June 10th 2022. This was cari ann shim sham’s first performance since beating breast cancer and the covid shut down. 𓆩♡𓆪 The audience loved the dancing with and some even got inside Sparky the small anemone. :)

fiber optic environment tests

photo by joey zaza

fiber optics tests

photo by joey zaza

team meeting

photo by joey zaza

new interactive floor

photo by joey zaza

overhead water projection test

photo by joey zaza

new roof with 76 tentacles

photo by joey zaza

Riverside Park Summer on the Hudson with shimmer's small anemones and Operacades, Aug 21, 2022

perfomer: Demetris Charalambous

image by joey zaza

Small Anemones on display at Northeastern University May, 2022

The new small anemones are so lovable and currently displayed by Northeastern University where Mary Hale is a Professor.

Small Anemone Build

Mary Hale busy at work as one of the small anemones busts into the hall.

shimmer in 360

The pandemic forced us to visualize shimmer in a new way, 360 video, unreal engine, and animated anemones. Thank you lock down.

shimmer in the day

the team met for a residency to test the inflatable prototype, interactive floor, and generate interactive movement experiences in january. being in the son of normandy studio at nyu tisch dance where natural light flows through the windows allowed the team to observe shimmer in the day and prompted a night and day light strategy for a durational installation.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

new roof attachment

photo by joey zaza

shim sham with shimmer

photo by joey zaza

mary hale and shim sham laying out the prototype

photo by joey zaza

shim sham testing the small anemone prototype

photo by joey zaza

shim sham & mary hale chat through shimmer's wall

photo by joey zaza

inside shimmer

photo by joey zaza

view from within

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tentacle vents

photo by joey zaza

shimmer unfolds

carolyn hall and mary hale unfold shimmer.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

blowing it up

photo by cari ann shim sham*

shimmer inflates

mary hale, inflatable designer, makes repairs as shimmer inflates.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

interactive floor test

mimi yin, interactive sound designer, attaching the controllers to the interactive floor prototypes for testing.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

shimmer's new floor

a new floor is taped onto shimmer allowing the inflatable to have more dynamic wind flow and fullness.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

attaching the void

mary hale and carolyn hall attach the void to the new floor of shimmer.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

taping the void

mary hale and carolyn hall use heavy duty gorilla tape to attach the void to the floor of shimmer.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

team meeting

carolyn hall, marine biologist & movement designer shares her research findings on sea anemones with the team.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

fully inflated

now with the floor attached, shimmer reaches full height filling carolyn hall with wonderment.
photo by cari ann shim sham*

inside

part space tent, part sea house that sings to you.

shimmer light tests

artistic air conditioning.

shimmer pre floor

shimmer at lights up at night.

prototype test

we tested out our prototype for shimmer on selected guest audiences during a residency at nyu tisch dance in july 2018.

the void

a closer look at the void inside shimmer.

concept sketches

preliminary prototype sketch by mary hale.

anemone anatomy

pillow petals

experience

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shimmer the singing sea anemone