{"id":11182,"date":"2021-03-26T10:50:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=11182"},"modified":"2021-03-29T09:43:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:43:02","slug":"janet-biggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/janet-biggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Biggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1708\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11182-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/JanetBiggs.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/JanetBiggs.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/JanetBiggs.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_11194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11194\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=281%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=696%2C463&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=1068%2C710&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?resize=632%2C420&amp;ssl=1 632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?w=1642&amp;ssl=1 1642w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JanetBiggs_Photo_Re%CC%81gis-Figarol-300dpi.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Biggs Photo Re\u0301gis Figarol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbiggs.com\/\">Janet Biggs<\/a> is an interdisciplinary artist known for her immersive work in video, film and performance. Biggs\u2019 work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, navigating the territory between art, science and technology. Her work has taken her into areas of conflict and to Mars (as a member of crews at the Mars Desert Research Station and Mars Academy USA). Biggs has worked with institutions from NOAA to NASA and CERN. She has collaborated with high energy nuclear physicists, mathematicians, neuroscientists, Arctic explorers, aerospace engineers, astrophysicists and a robot named Shimon. Last year, Biggs sent a project up to the International Space Station as part of MIT Media Lab\u2019s Space Exploration Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs has had solo exhibitions and film screenings at the Museos de Tenerife; Neuberger Museum of Art; SCAD Museum of Art; Blaffer Art Museum; Musee d&#8217;art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; among others.<\/p>\n<p>Her work and research have been supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Reviews of her work have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, ArtForum, ARTNews, Art in America, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs is a member of the New Museum\u2019s cultural incubator, NEW INC with the support of Science Sandbox. She works with Cristin Tierney Gallery, CONNERSMITH, Galerie Analix Forever and Hyphen-Hub.<\/p>\n<div>Learn more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/janetbiggs1\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is a link to RSVP for the April 8th performance discussed n the interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cristintierney.com\/events\/26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cristintierney.com\/events\/26\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The books mentioned in the interview are Alan Lightman&#8217;s Einstein&#8217;s Dreams, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, the biggest ideas in science from Quanta, Edited by Thomas Lin, The Sublimity of Document, Cinema as Diorama by Scott MacDonald, and Women Artists, The Linda Nochlin Reader, edited by Maura Reilly.<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11217\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CERN_IARI_Performance-Invite_750-bl.jpg?resize=696%2C696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CERN_IARI_Performance-Invite_750-bl.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CERN_IARI_Performance-Invite_750-bl.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CERN_IARI_Performance-Invite_750-bl.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CERN_IARI_Performance-Invite_750-bl.jpg?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Singular Value Decomposition&#8221; announcement for upcoming July 8th performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11196\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11196 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step-installation-neubergerLR2-1-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;A Step On the Sun,&#8221; 2012. Four-channel HD video installation with sound.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11197\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11197 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B45A8489-B_LR-1-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Weighing Life Without a Scale,&#8221; 2018. 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