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“Being Perceived” at Artville 2025
An immersive cube made of mirrored polycarbonate invites participants to choose: do you want to be perceived? If yes, interior lights activate, creating an infinity room effect while making the participants visible to those outside. If no, exterior lights turn on, rendering the cube opaque from within while leaving those inside hidden observers. The structure functions as both architecture and interface—its mirrored walls dramatizing the thresholds between exposure and concealment. Being Perceived examines the paradox of human connection: we protect ourselves from being seen even as we long to see others. The only space of mutual freedom occurs outside the system, in the unmediated moment before entering or after leaving the cube, where vulnerability and reciprocity are shared.
“Welcome to Artville”
“John Holmes, whose immersive installations blend real-time data, sensors, and interactive systems to explore perception, identity, and societal structures,” written by Carrington Fox, nFOCUS
“Can Nashville Stay Plugged Into New Media?”
“The city’s new-media landscape has a clear leader in John ‘The Shaman’ Holmes…
…These DIY arts organizers are creating nomadic gallery programming in response to the challenges of more permanent brick-and-mortar displays. One of the newest faces among Nashville’s independent curators is John Holmes…
…The question facing Nashville isn’t whether the city has the creative talent or cultural appetite for new-media art — Holmes’ programming proves both exist in abundance. The question is whether the city’s institutions will recognize what’s happening in domestic spaces and pop-up displays, and help build the infrastructure to support it. Until they do, Nashville will keep losing ground to cities that understand the future of art won’t be contained within gallery walls — it’s happening everywhere technology and creativity intersect. In the meantime, Holmes is keeping Nashville’s contemporary art scene logged-in — one interactive art happening at a time.”
written by Joe Nolan, Nashville Scene