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Agnes Bolt

Agnes Bolt

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Agnes Bolt is an artist, photographer, curator, and nurse, based in Los Angeles, recognized for her interdisciplinary work that critically examines technology, wellness culture, and consumerism through speculative fiction and installation. She is a co-founder of the Institute for New Feeling (IfNf), an art collective that utilizes faux research clinics and performances to explore humanity’s digital existence and new ways of feeling. She holds an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and has exhibited internationally at institutions including MoMA, the Hammer Museum, and Whitechapel Gallery.

Projects with Agnes Bolt

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Avalanche

2017
(IfNf) is a complex media performance and water product satire. It uses a human filtration system and sound energy to bottle a manufactured avalanche, confronting climate anxiety.
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Other Sky

2017
is a subtle intervention by the Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt) where 50 people watch a fictional severe weather forecast on their personal devices while...
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RPM

2017
by the Institute for New Feeling and The Drift used performative actions to create five public "energy vortexes" across Pittsburgh (rivers, strip clubs, Laundromats). A collaborative urban...
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Accumulation No. 2

2017
Performance art by Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt) at MoMA. Participants "collect dust" alongside Yayoi Kusama's iconic work.
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Carpal Tunnel Exercise

2016
Interactive art installation by the Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt) that uses TENS gloves to simulate nerve relief while viewing the immersive film 'This is...
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This is Presence

2016
A 17-min video installation by the Institute for New Feeling (IfNf) exploring digital identity and web critique through a fabricated SEO marketing campaign and interconnected sites.
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Ditherer

2016
is an immersive VR project by the Institute for New Feeling (IfNf) exploring the complex, hidden histories and corporate fantasies of consumer products through surreal digital worlds.
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Furthering Cream

2016
is an Institute for New Feeling (IfNf) product—an accelerant aging cream grown and packaged in Southern California. The work critiques the digital wellness industry.
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Perfume

2016
Conceptual fragrance line by Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Agnes Bolt, Nina Sarnelle). Six scents blend natural herbs with urban/psychological notes.
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Air Freshener

2015
Watch the advertisement for "Air Freshener," a conceptual art project by the Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt). It features a ceramic diffuser releasing odorless...
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Pillow

2015
is a conceptual product by the Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt). This weighted cement neck pillow satirizes the wellness industry.
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Insole

2015
Discover Insole, a hybrid art installation and product by the Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt). Explores walking as pressure-point therapy through invisible/felt...
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Lens

2015
Institute for New Feeling (IfNf) presents "Lens," a subversive product line of custom contact lenses designed to render the wearer blind by modifying both appearance and perception.
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Re: long overdue payment

2015
An audio/visual fantasy project by the Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, and Agnes Bolt) that blends speculative mythology, product language, and internet scam aesthetics.
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seek

2015
is a 20-minute private interactive performance by the Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt) that uses misused search engines to generate a clairvoyant video reading...
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FELT BOOK

2015-2017
The Institute for New Feeling's touring conceptual project, FELT BOOK, featured installations and interactive art by over 100 artists, critiquing wellness culture across 12 cities in 2015.
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The Redirectory

2015
The Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt) project examining the internet as a narcissistic mirror, exploring corporate SEO, surveillance, and digital identity management.
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The Cloud

2014
The Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Nina Sarnelle, Agnes Bolt) presents "The Cloud," a conceptual performance featuring a 3-course gastronomical experience made entirely of foam and air.
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AutoSpa

2012
Scott Andrew's 2012 performance installation, AutoSpa, offers a 20-minute, in-car spa treatment including facial, massage, and aroma-sauna for driver and vehicle.

News featuring Agnes Bolt

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Direct Object/Direct Action

2015
February 1 – March 31, 2015* Threewalls  and online at ACRETV.org Opening Reception: January 23, 2015, 6-9 pm 119 N. Peoria, #2C Direct Object/Direct Action LIVE  February 27, 2015, 7 pm...