“Breathing” is a music video from Project Daydream, a collaborative performance that was livestreamed during the pandemic. It was centered around breathing, healing, and relaxation, and coming together for a meditative art experience that would cleanse your mind. Thanks are due to production sponsorship by the Celebrity Series of Boston Neighborhood Arts program, Kadence Arts, and a grant from the Mayorâs Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston!
Named a âone-woman dynamoâ by The Boston Globe and Bostonâs Best 2018 "Creative Catalyst" by The Improper Bostonian, Maria Finkelmeier is a percussionist, composer, public artist, educator, and arts entrepreneur. Maria has created large-scale multimedia events in public spaces from Cincinnati to Northern Sweden, with several locations in Boston, including Fenway Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Edison Power Plant, and Harvardâs Arnold Arboretum.
Allison Tanenhaus (she/her) is a New Yorkâborn, Bostonâbased digital glitch artist. She specializes in bold geometrics, kaleidoscopic color fields, trippy op art, thought-provoking truisms, and unexpected dimensional qualities.
Her primary formats include retrofuturistic GIFs, loops, and music videos; abstract public art; street art cat stickers; and large-scale video projections.
Source material consists of Allisonâs original images (cellphone pics, satirical typography, salvaged works in progress) and collected artifacts that she alters via smartphone. Made with equal parts deliberation and experimentation, the results are rainbow-hued compositions that take on a psychedelic life of their own.
At a time when platforms pervasively cull personal data, she views creatively reclaiming files and devices as a radical act of autonomy, mindfulness, and personal ownership.
