Carrie Bodle

Teaching Professor

Carrie Bodle

B.F.A. (With Distinction), Art and Technology, The Ohio State University
M.S.V.S. (Masters of Science in Visual Studies), Visual Arts Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Office: UW1-343
Phone: 425-352-3703
Email: cbodle@uw.edu
Website:
Mailing Box: 358530, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011-8246

Teaching

My creative practice and scholarship in the areas of visual and experimental art and interactive media 鈥� work that is inherently interdisciplinary in that it bridges art practice with adjacent fields 鈥� informs my teaching in IAS where I engage enthusiastically with my students in artistic production, discussion, and reflection that draws from the many lived experiences of our diverse student body at UW Bothell. With nearly two decades of teaching experience, I have refined my classroom to provide a platform for the investigation of art and design as modes for production and inquiry in today鈥檚 diverse sociocultural discourse. This framing of the role of art in society informs my teaching philosophy: In my classes students engage in art production through experimentation and inquiry of the world around them and find their voice in creating artworks that are personal yet grounded in research and an awareness of cultural and aesthetic frameworks. I consider this critical practice of art making as a form of synthesis 鈥� a process that encourages students to transform what they know and how they see the world into concrete artifacts that others can experience. The resulting cycle in this process oscillates between analysis and synthesis, which leads my students into reflective practices. They gain the ability to connect observed issues with existing knowledge and attain new knowledge production as creative practice. My studio courses take a conceptual and experimental approach to art making yet are grounded in formal and aesthetic concerns from diverse and inclusive perspectives. I place equal emphasis on theory and production, using new media technology (video, sound, installation, performance, interactive works) as a vehicle for art making in a cultural context.

Recent Courses Taught

BIS 131 Introduction to Arts Practice
BIS 209 Engaging Visual and Media Arts
BISIA 244 Time-Based Media Art
BIMD 352 Interactive Media Design Junior Studio II
BISIA 344 Video Art
BISIA 444 Video Installation Art
BIS 499 Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Portfolio Capstone

Research/Scholarship

I am a practicing artist and experienced educator who bridges artistic practice with scientific research through interactive media installations, predominantly in the format of video and sound art that I install as public art pieces and exhibitions.

Since 2005, I have been creating immersive, artistic installations that explore the relationships between art and science, translating inaudible or invisible phenomena into sensible experiences. Through this translation I am interested in the mediation of the natural world through data streams and how artworks offer an open-ended approach to interfacing and understanding the world around us. In my projects, I make buildings speak about the scientific practices happening within their walls; I transform speakers into small mouths that remind us of histories of technological change; and I turn the practice of embroidery into a tangible, visual residue of spatialized sound derived from oceanographic data.

Selected Bibliography / Publications

  • Coovi-Sirois, Simon, Guillaume Boutard, and Nicolas Bernier. 鈥淟a r茅utilisation de donn茅es dans les pratiques artistiques de sonification.鈥� eContact! 21, no. 2 (2020). https://econtact.ca/21_2/coovisirois-etal_sonification_fr.html.
  • Chiragdin, Neil. 鈥淥ceans inspire awe and activism in art.鈥� Queens Chronicle (December 21, 2017)
  • Bodle, Carrie.鈥淪onification.鈥� in B. LaBelle & C. Martinho, eds. Site of Sound: Of Architecture and the Ear, Vol 2, (Errant Bodies Press, 2011).
  • Bodle, Carrie. 鈥淓ngaged: 20 Years of the MIT Visual Arts Program.鈥� Aspect Magazine: Chronicle of New Media Art, biannual DVD publication. 2010.
  • Bodle, Carrie. 鈥淪onification/Listening Up.鈥� Leonardo Music Journal Volume 16, 2006. Noises Off: Sound Beyond Music. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.
  • Interview. 鈥淪onic Artist Fuses Art and Technology鈥�. Open Door, MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Alumni Association. (July 2006)
  • Rossing, Thomas. Editor. 鈥淎coustics in the news鈥�. Echoes: Acoustics Today Journal Spring 2006 Volume, quarterly. CCRMA Dept. of Music, Stanford University.
  • 鈥淒iscoveries: Sound Construction鈥�. The Boston Globe. (September 12, 2005). pp. C3. Gleitzman, Benjamin. 鈥淩arefied Air Makes Noise at Building 54鈥�. The Tech

Selected Exhibitions

  • 鈥淪ite/Archive/Cite鈥�, Seattle Art Book Fair, Seattle, WA, May 5-7, 2023, group exhibition
  • 鈥淣ortheast Pacific Ocean Hovmoller Plots 2002-2010鈥�, 2021 (Permanent Public Art Purchase) City of Portland, OR, Regional Arts & Culture
  • 鈥淪cience Inspires Art: OCEAN鈥�, NY Hall of Science, New York, NY, September 16 2017 鈥� February 25 2018, group exhibition organized by Art & Science Collaboration (ASCI)
  • 鈥淕iant Steps: Artist Residency on the Moon鈥�, King Street Station, Seattle, WA, March 3鈥� April 3, 2016 group exhibition
  • 鈥淭he Untuning of the Sky鈥�, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, August 18, 2016 Participatory Sound Poetry Performance
  • 鈥淧ublic Space? Lost & Found鈥�, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, April 18 鈥� October 30, 2014, group exhibition
  • 鈥淢ETHODology鈥�, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA, June 21 鈥� August 3, 2013, group exhibition
  • 鈥淎tmospheric Weather鈥�, City of Settle Municipal Tower, July 3 鈥� August 13, 2013, group exhibition
  • 鈥淪ine Wave Bike Racks鈥�, permanent public artwork in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA, commissioned by the City of Cambridge Public Art Program, installed August 2012
  • 鈥淲avelines鈥�, Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA, May 18 鈥� July 14, 2012, solo exhibition
  • 鈥淭angible Competitive Intangibles鈥�, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, School of Art, July 24 鈥� August 4, 2012, group exhibition
  • 鈥淲aveforms鈥�, Indiana University Grunwald Art Gallery, October 14 鈥� November 12, 2011, group exhibition
  • 鈥淔orecast: Communicating Weather and Climate鈥�, Washington State Convention Center, January 24 鈥� April 9, 2011, group exhibition
  • 鈥淲aveforms鈥�, Harborview Eye Institute, Seattle, WA, October 28 鈥� December 28, 2010, solo exhibition
  • 鈥淪ewing Sonifications鈥�, ArtSparks Westlake Park Public Art Initiative, City of Seattle Parks and Recreation Department, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and 4Culture, Seattle, WA, October 10, 2009
  • 鈥淲alking/Listening/Recording鈥�, commissioned 10-channel public art sound installation, Tryon Creek State Park, Portland, OR, September 2006 – September 2007
  • 鈥淭he Flattening and Opening of Space鈥�, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA, September – October 2006
  • 鈥淪onification / Listening Up鈥�, I.M. Pei鈥檚 Green Building on the MIT campus, Cambridge, MA, September 9 鈥� 16 2005
  • 鈥淲iki Soundscape鈥�, Boston CyberArts Festival, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA April 5 鈥� 19, group exhibition
  • 鈥淐reative Intelligence: New Work from the MIT Visual Arts Program鈥�, Location One Gallery, NYC May 20-27, group exhibition