Kathrena Halsinger
In Phantasmagoria II, Kathrena combines the low-tech, traditional method of slow-shutter with digital methods to evoke a world that both does and does not exist simultaneously. The ethereal landscapes refer to places seen and remembered over time and question the very nature of the concrete world. Embedded in the images are autobiographical references and iconography, not intended to be discernible to the viewer, but preferably left to interpretation.
On The Horizon (Ignorance is Bliss), photograph, 2021
Williwaw (A Fierce Wind Descends), photograph, 2021
Atmospheric Conditions (With You), photograph, 2021
Strata (My Sun Trapped Beneath), photograph, 2021
Goodbye (The Long Drive Home), photograph, 2021
Ascension (Is This What Heaven Looks Like?), photograph, 2021
Primordial Corona (The Cruelest Blow Emerges), photograph, 2021
Mom (You Were Always On My Mind), photograph, 2021
Auroral (Symbols Of Hope), photograph, 2021
Portal (Life Goes On), photograph, 2021
Kathrena Halsinger, a Left-Coast native, holds a BA in Visual Communications from Western Washington University. While her education focused on traditional methods, she was an early adopter of digitally based photography and has been using Photoshop since version 1.0. Kathrena started at Clark in January of 2001 teaching a combination of darkroom photography and digital art classes before founding the Graphic Design AFA program. Kathrena has served as the art advisor to Phoenix since 2003, winning multiple national awards during that time.
Never feeling constrained to work in one signature style, Kathrena expresses herself as comfortably using abstract, expressive language as she does with straight photography, and switches between using film, digital and antique/alternative processes. She believes all styles, techniques and tools are fair game to realize her vision.
Outside of Clark, Kathrena has lived and has travelled extensively in western Europe. During two sabbaticals in Berlin, Kathrena has researched at the Bauhaus Archive and has a particular interest in the groundbreaking “Preliminary Course” at the experimental art school. Kathrena lives in Camas with her two sons, cute dog and husband of 33 years.
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