#buynow

Catherine Siller

Immerse yourself in the luscious world of an imaginary Instagram influencer: swim in a sea of beauty products, fly through opulent baroque palaces, and dissolve in a glitchy post-apocalyptic industrial-chic landscape. Traces of colonialism and capitalism shimmer just beneath the surface of these playful encounters. By combining real-time video of viewers with this beautiful but uncanny imagery, this interactive video installation invites viewers to question their engagement with media messages and the norms these messages reinforce. Swipe up to buy now. 

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Catherine Siller’s work playfully critiques gender stereotypes and Western beauty ideals. In her performances and interactive video installations, she uses custom software to collage real-time video with imagery appropriated from advertising and pop-culture. Catherine has performed at Watermans Centre (London, UK), Webmedia (João Pessoa, Brazil), the Brick Theater (Brooklyn, NY), Triskelion Arts (Brooklyn, NY), Boston Cyberarts (Jamaica Plain, MA), the Ammerman Center (New London, CT), and the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts (Providence, RI). Her videos have screened at EMPAC (Troy, NY), the NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY), and the 2018 Boston Short Film Festival. She has been commissioned three times to produce animated shorts for the Art on the Marquee program at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Catherine has received support for her work from NEFA, the Boston Foundation, and the Somerville Arts Council. She holds an MFA in Digital Media from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and a BA from Harvard.