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Nell Breyer is a Research Affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Nell was an ARM Fellow at Dance Theater Workshop 2003-2004. Her research explores how we perceive motion. Her work explores dynamic human histories through daily motion patterns in public space video installations and live performance. Breyer received her BA in Art & Humanities [Yale University, 1994], MsC in Cognitive Neuroscience [Oxford University, 1997], and MS in Media Arts & Sciences [MIT, 2002]. Breyer’s work, supported by numerous grants and fellowships, has been presented internationally and in the United States.
“In creating public artwork, I aim to engage viewers through actions and images. I want commuters to actively explore their kinetic and visual imagination. I want them to observe the character and cycles of pedestrian movement routinely activating highly trafficked spaces.”
“Time Translations” by Breyer was an interactive installation commissioned and produced by the World Financial Center Arts & Events (2005) Excerpts of this piece were exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rovereto and Trento, Italy (2006) Other recent public art commissions include: “RE:actions” for Harvard Square’s LumenEclipse art kiosk (2006) and ‘still life’ for Boston’s City Hall. In 2004, the interactive installation and performance series, “i:move”, was shown at Dance Theater Workshop gallery in 2004. “i:move” was first presented at Boston CyberArts Festival (2003). It was further developed and installed at MIT's Media Lab (2003), and the MIT Museum Inventor's Spotlight (2003). In 2004, Breyer’s work was presented in group shows at Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NURTUREart Gallery, Art Interactive and Photo NY. Breyer’s has choreographed and performed in New York (The Joyce Soho, Judson Church, St. Mark’s, The Williamsburg Art Nexus); Canada (Espace duMaurier Arts danse MAI); the UK (the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sadlers Well’s Peacocke Theatre, Her Majesty’s Haymarket Theatre; The Place Theatre, Jackson’s Lane); Bangladesh (The Bangladesh National Museum Auditorium, The Liberation War Museum); and Slovenia (Cankarajev Dom, TRNFEST).
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