Exp.Inst.Rain
touch devices are increasingly common; people understand how to use them.
“Exp.Inst.Rain” analyses this new technology and makes use of this new common
understanding to fuse sound and visuals into real-time interactivity.
Balam Soto
An award winning, internationally acclaimed new media artist, Balam Soto creates contemporary, exploratory artworks that fuse low tech with high tech, including interactive art installations and public artworks. Balam works independently on the artistic and technical sides of his pieces. He has exhibited in fine art venues worldwide. Venues include the AluCine Latin Media Festival in Toronto, Canada; World Maker Faire at the New York Hall of Science Museum in Queens, NY; El Museo del Barrio in Manhattan, NY; Gallery of Oi Futuro in Brazil; Queens Museum of Art in Queens, NY; Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art in Scranton, PA; the Centre Cultural in Brussels, Belgium; the National Library of Cameroon in West Africa; and the Art and Technology Corridor at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, PA among numerous others. Balam is the owner of Balam Soto Studio and co-owner of Open Wire Lab, both located in Hartford, Connecticut.