From K Space Contemporary:
“In the K Space Project Space, Louis Katz presents a mesmerizing digital installation made up of 25 circuit boards with 4300 RGB LEDs programmed into a rhythmic dance of color and light. Sound, light, water, music, feelings, breath, often come in waves. Waves come at different speeds and interact with each other. Interactions can ebb, flow, clash, amplify, distort, but like waves at the beach, these interactions create new patterns, new waves, the products of the waves that made them.
Music and radio and math often use different words, but frequency, addition of waves, wavelength, and harmonics are concepts common to each. This piece is programmed with prime numbers and may appear to repeat frequently but it’s not frequent. The cycle of repetition is the product of these prime numbers controlling the timing of change. Leaning about prime factoring was useful in this work. But it was learning to temper harpsichord tuning, the singing of vocal polyphony, give and take, that drives this work.
Louis is the child of a politically active math teacher and a harpsichord making pharmacist. He learned important lessons in music from Larry Wolf, Mathematics from Herb Brod, Electronics from Herman Gardner, Chemistry by Carl J. Kampmueller and Eastern Art History from Walter Spink. May their memories be a blessing. Their lessons are.
Louis received his BFA from The Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from Montana State University. He received a Fulbright Research Scholarship to document traditional Thai pottery. He was a professor of Ceramics at The Island University (Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi) for 28 years and has been retired for the last several years. He is a lifelong learner.
K Space Contemporary is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to presenting and promoting contemporary art. Gallery hours are Wednesday – Saturday 11 am to 5 pm and Sunday 12 to 4 pm. We are located at 623 N. Chaparral Street in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas. To learn more, please visit www.kspacecontemporary.org or follow us on Instagram or Facebook @kspacecontemporary.”
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