Scott N Andrew
Institute for New Feeling

Institute for New Feeling

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The Institute for New Feeling is a collective founded by Scott Andrew, Agnes Bolt, and Nina Sarnelle, committed to the development of new ways of feeling, and ways of feeling new. As a group, our identity is always shifting. Borrowing aesthetics and language from wellness and tech industries, market research, speculative design, political propaganda, we assume a familiar yet fragile voice of authority.

IfNf has recently shown work at The Getty Museum, LA, Ballroom Marfa, TX, MoMA, NY, Istanbul Modern, Turkey, MAAT, Lisbon, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Hammer Museum LA, Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Jardin Essential, Bruxelles, Recess, NY, and Mwoods, Beijing.

IfNf has been featured in Frieze, Art in America, Vogue Italy, Huffington Post, SFMoMA, Creators Project, FlashArt, and Hyperallergic.

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Projects with Institute for New Feeling

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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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E.S.P. TV

2015
Institute for New Feeling (IfNf) performance for E.S.P. TV #78 (2015). A collaborative live product display taped in Pittsburgh, exploring televisual language.
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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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Phantoms

2014
is a 2014 single-channel video by Scott Andrew featuring 3D animated diamonds holding alter egos, tumbling through a psychedelic vortex. Explores themes of entrapment and queer liberation.

News featuring Institute for New Feeling

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Collab Arts @ Pitt

2023
Our first info event is this week Thursday 8.00 pm at the Frick Fine Arts Building Basement (B42) with multimedia artist Scott Andrew as our guest speaker. Professor Scott Andrew is a co-founder...
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seek @ Recess

2015
https://www.facebook.com/events/1577714199157153/ Book an appointment at institutefornewfeeling.com/seek . Seek is the newest treatment from the Institute for New Feeling. It offers individuals a...
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RPM

2015
Visit 5 energy vortexes around Pittsburgh on Sunday, April 19 5-7pm by The Drift + The Institute for New Feeling, The Drift (with Steve Gurysh), and web interface design by Ethan Jerrett....
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KCHUNG Radio

2015
April 16th @ 3pm The Institute for New Feeling will be featured on a full hour-long radio show on KCHUNG radio, as guests on Soyoung Shin’s “Her Variety” (every Thurs at 3pm)....
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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...
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Papa John’s Projects

2015
EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET IS SPAM!  PJP is a post irrelevant art space with the sole purpose of existing within social media... Featuring The Institute for New Feeling on January 7th, 2015...