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I approach my art through the poetics of computation. I create work with light, sound, and code—often using technical systems as metaphors for human experience. These computational metaphors become immersive installations—systems of lights pulsing erratically in an indeterminate network embody a trans experience, data-driven sculptures translates 20 years of climate-caused color change in our oceans. The installations create a physical and conceptual space to reflect on these embodied experiences and recontextualize our relationships to them.
As we acclimate to a world where AI systems render most human software engineering irrelevant, the craft of computational art becomes even more meaningful. Artist-generated code is a site of inquiry, play, and emotional discovery. Inefficiency, interference, and glitch are the brush strokes of this work. For me, the noise is often the signal.
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Mare Hirsch is an artist whose work takes form through computationally-controlled light, imagery, and sound. Her practice is influenced by a belief that technical systems can function as poetic environments--connecting us to ourselves and our communities. Through this lens, she often creates work that explores queerness, the fluidity of identity, and the nuances of existence that fall between the conventional frameworks of daily life.
Hirsch received a PhD in Media Arts & Technology from the University of California Santa Barbara, a Master of Music in Composition from Rice University, and a Bachelor of Music from Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music.
Since 2022 she has been teaching digital media, installation, and computational art as an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. She currently lives in Seattle, WA.
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