Mat Miller
Artist Bio
Mat Miller is the person behind 1984 studios, a business project that combines his passion for art and film making. Based in Oklahoma, Mat Miller explores his work through photo, video, and installation art, and is inspired by creators and thinkers from all over the world. His company, 1984 studios, is a studio that explores the relationships between art mediums from the physical, digital, and spiritual realms. 1984 Studios works with individuals and organizations on expression, and produces content for various usages like social media and TV. They also put on art shows and work closely with the arts community in and around Oklahoma. They have a deep passion on connecting people with resources and a place to explore everything from the physical to the world within ones self. The future is creation, and 1984 Studios is dedicated to helping people discover and share their own unique ideas with the world.
Artist Work
Title: In Between Dimensions
Category: Projection and Mapping
Genre: Installation
Description: The projection you experience here is an exploration of aura and how auras can appear within everyday life whether you know it or not. Your energies within you radiate so far beyond yourself they affect others in ways you can’t imagine. So sit with this piece, look into it as if you are the being interacting in the environment. Reflect on yourself, feel what you put out, feel what you take in, breathe, feel, breathe, feel, breathe, feel, breathe…
Title: Illios ii
Category: Projection and Mapping
Genre: Installation
Description: The geodesic dome “Ilios”, a sound and light installation was originally created by Johnathan Moony in 2016. Johnathan, a member of the bands Phantogram and Other Lives had only a handful of showings with “Ilios” and was soon retired to a warehouse where it sat for years. 1984 Studios wanted to bring it back to life. The dome was purchased and transported over 2000 miles to its new home. “Ilios" was broken and had forgotten it’s self. In 2022 it was rebuilt and repurposed into its new form “Illios ii”. Where it learned to not only self reflect but to vibrate in a different way and shine for all to see and experience.
“Illios ii” is a geodesic dome 12 feet wide and 12 feet tall. It’s made of solid wood panels with 18” steel angles bolted together by nuts and bolts. It’s outside is painted white to reflect light from 2-3 projectors and it’s inside is made of mirror plexiglass in almost 360°. This installation has been apart of several events at 1984 Studios and one installation in Tulsa Oklahoma at Dream Land Festival, an arts and technology festival.
Title: Notes On Survival
Category: Projection and Mapping
Genre: Performance
Description: Notes on Survival is a multimedia performance that shifts between moments of protest, rest and pure joy. Anchored in both the public and private experiences of Black Oklahoman Womxn activists, this dance-theater piece questions if Black Womxn can and should save us. We gather across time and space to share notes about what it means to truly be free in the fight for racial and gender equity.
This performance is a collaborative effort featuring the artistic labor of Marie Casimir, Grace Franklin, Fabian Garcia, Angel Little, Mat Miller, Gay Pasley, Ahkamaye Perry, Jessica Ray, J'aime Griffith and Joy Douglas. We also acknowledge the labor and contributions of activists Sheri Dickerson, Grace Franklin, Camille Landry, Sincere Terry and Aleah Walker.
This performance is supported by a partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary and a Creative Projects Grant from Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.
Location
73107