Shannon Novak

100 Queer People (Sequence)

Online, 2023.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

This work explores how artificial intelligence (AI) represents queer people and the resulting implications of this view. Novak generated 100 images with AI (artificial intelligence) using the prompt “queer person”. The result was a series of simulated portrait photos showing strong biases towards certain demographics.

Lavadians in Motion

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2023.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Documentation of "Lavandians in Motion", a work by Shannon Novak that used artificial intelligence (AI) to create Lavandians, the inhabitants of Lavanda which is a hypothetical world where being LGBTQI+ is no issue.

Te Haeata | Anew

Burnett Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, 2023.

Producer: Kermath.

This is a collaborative body of work between Novak and the Burnett Foundation Aotearoa as part of the organisations Artist Partnership programme. Novak was the inaugural recipient of this programme.

Our Youth

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2021.

Students from Junction Park State School (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) voice their thoughts about diversity, love, and the importance of feeling safe. This formed part of the project Make Visible: Queensland - All Welcome at the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10).

Mānawatia Takatāpui/Defending Plurality

Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand, 2021.

Producer: Jamie Coxon.

Soundtrack: Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Shannon Novak, 2016.

Documentation of the exhibition Mānawatia Takatāpui/Defending Plurality.

Therapeutic Agent

Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2020.

Producer: Nicholas Setteducato.

Documentation of the exhibition Therapeutic Agent showing the interaction between the window work Imminent Light and the wall work Quietly Disfigured.

I Extend My Arms

Aotea Square, Auckland, New Zealand, 2020.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Collaborator: Jeff Nusz (Artist).

Documentation of a collaborative work between Shannon Novak and Jeff Nusz. The work translated movement into shape and colour in real time.

Gordon

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2018.

Producer: Iain Frengley.

Collaborator: Nick Young (Visualisation Engineer).

Documentation of a collaborative work between Shannon Novak and Nick Young. It is an augmented reality work that uses the Microsoft HoloLens and was part of the exhibition The Expanded Gallery.

Flight of the Magnolia

Te Tuhi, Auckland, New Zealand, 2018.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Collaborator: Jeff Nusz (Artist).

Documentation of a collaborative work between Shannon Novak and Jeff Nusz. The work translated movement in the gallery into shape, colour, and sound in real time.

Unbounded

Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2018.

Producer: One Man Crew.

Composer: Jeremy Mayall.

Documentation of the exhibition Unbounded by Shannon Novak.

Limb II: Shannon Novak responds to 360-degree video content at Pataka

Pataka, Wellington, New Zealand, 2018.

Producer: Andrew Strugnell.

Shannon Novak responds to 360-degree video content at Pataka as part of his exhibition Nexus.

Capriccio IV (Limb III)

Porirua Skatepark, Wellington, New Zealand, 2018.

Producer: Dicken Yiu.

This work is a virtual intervention in public space as part of Nexus by Shannon Novak.

Capriccio V

Cathedral of St. Ursus, Solothurn, Switzerland, 2018.

Producer: Dicken Yiu.

This work is a virtual intervention in public space.

Capriccio III (Vessel LV)

The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2017.

Producer: Dicken Yiu.

This work is a virtual intervention in public space as part of The Expanded Gallery by Shannon Novak.

Vessel LVII: Shannon Novak responds to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2017.

Producer: Jon Chapman.

Shannon Novak responds to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery as part of his exhibition The Expanded Gallery.

Supertonic responds to the work Modulation

Courtenay Place Park, Wellington, New Zealand, 2017.

Producer: Evan Williams.

Supertonic responds to the work Modulation by Shannon Novak.

Capriccio II

New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2016.

Producer: Masaya Todoroki.

This work is a virtual intervention in public space.

Capriccio I

Auckland Central, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016.

Producer: Masaya Todoroki.

This work is a virtual intervention in public space.

The Projection Band responds to work from Deep Concinnity

Te Tuhi, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016.

Producer: Ivan Mrsic.

The Projection Band responds to work from the exhibition Deep Concinnity by Shannon Novak.

Listening Forms

NZME Building, Auckland, New Zealand, 2015.

Producer: Matt Smith.

Documentation of Listening Forms by Shannon Novak, an interactive public artwork.

Myers Playground

Single channel animation, 2014.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Scherzando

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand, 2013.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Documentation of Scherzando by Shannon Novak which formed part of the group exhibition Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas. Each work is an augmented reality intervention, revealed using a mobile device.

Screen Harmonics

Sir Paul Reeves Building, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand, 2013.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

This is an augmented reality enabled work by Shannon Novak, activated using a mobile device.

String Section

Faculty of Arts, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 2013.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

This is an augmented reality enabled work by Shannon Novak, activated using a mobile device.

Score Generators

Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, 2013

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Collaborator: Jeff Nusz (Artist).

Documentation of a collaborative work between Shannon Novak and Jeff Nusz. Score Generators is a series of augmented reality interventions revealed using a mobile device.

A Garden for Orpheus

George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2013.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Documentation of A Garden for Orpheus by Shannon Novak, a series of augmented reality interventions revealed using a mobile device.

Transcriptions Verse 1

Multiple locations, 2013.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Documentation of Transcriptions Verse 1 by Shannon Novak, a series of augmented reality interventions revealed using a mobile device.

Transcriptions Verse 2

Multiple locations, 2013.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Documentation of Transcriptions Verse 2 by Shannon Novak, a series of augmented reality interventions revealed using a mobile device.

Acoustic Synergy closing reception part 1

Ro2 Art Downtown, Dallas, Texas, US, 2012.

Producer: Richard Serrano.

Documentation of the performances made in response to the exhibition Acoustic Synergy by Shannon Novak. In Part 1, Amanda Preston reads the poem Metatron by Allene Nichols, Sean Sutherlin reads his poem Parallax, and James Ryland discusses mathematical forms, Metatron’s Cube, grid cells, and fractals.

Acoustic Synergy closing reception part 2

Ro2 Art Downtown, Dallas, Texas, US, 2012.

Producer: Richard Serrano.

Documentation of the performances made in response to the exhibition Acoustic Synergy by Shannon Novak. In Part 2, Amanda Preston reads several of her poems written in response to the exhibitio

Paradizo

Ro2 Art Downtown, Dallas, Texas, US, 2012.

Producer: Danielle Georgiou.

Sound design: Cody Ross Rex.

This work is a collaboration between artists Danielle Georgiou and Cody Ross Rex and is a response to the exhibition Acoustic Synergy by Shannon Novak.

One Song Three Composers opening reception

CentralTrak, The University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency, Dallas, Texas, US, 2011.

Producer: Shannon Novak.

Performers Christopher McGee, Luke Garrison, and Julia Pridavka open the exhibition One Song, Three Composers by Shannon Novak. They improvise from scan cards developed by Novak's mentor, New Zealand artist Michael Smither.

One Song Three Composers closing reception

CentralTrak, The University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency, Dallas, Texas, US, 2011.

Producer: Hilly Holsonback.

Following a presentation by theorist Richard Merrick on synesthesia (as it relates to colour and sound), poets Amanda Preston and Allene Nichols take the stage. The poets wrote pieces in response to the exhibition One Song Three Composers by Shannon Novak.