We are pleased to announce that three new studio holders have joined KARST’s community. KARST welcomes Patrycja Loranc and Sam Johnson (Seaing/Hereing), and Cylena Simonds.
Seaing/Hereing is an experimental film/sound duo driven by neurodivergent experiences of heightened and altered audiovisual perception. Their practice incorporates expanded cinema performances and multidisciplinary installations. Through flicker and psychedelic film, surrealist poetry, modified field recordings and music, the duo rediscovers sensory connections and relationships to nature, objects, and spaces.
Patrycja and Sam say:“We’re really excited to be joining KARST’s vibrant community of artists! Having a studio will allow us to expand our practice, networks, and opportunities for collaboration in the city as we’re embracing a new direction in our work as a duo.”
The everyday realities of belonging and un-belonging are seeded throughout Cylena Simonds’ creative practice. Through their work they explore how objects hold and transmit narratives and how folktales and urban myths provide tools for navigating adversity. Cylena’s processes interweave materiality and familiar stories, grounded in the lived experiences of racialized and gendered subjectivities.
Cylena says: “I look forward to joining KARST’s community of studio holders as we develop our practice.”
