Jenny Pickett

APOcrita

APOcrita. Jenny Pickett and Julien Ottavi (Aug 23, 2023)

Jenny Pickett is an artist, composer and member of the artists’ collective APO33 where she works on projects ranging from interactive installations to experimental music. As part of the duo Solar Return with Julien Ottavi since 2013, she performs using VLF antennas as a musical instrument, playing the physical space, incorporating radio statics, modular synths, prepared guitar and various captation devices.

Pickett is a member of various ensembles including: Onsemble (Orchestra of Nantes and St Nazaire), Orgone (Contemporary percussion group), OFFAL (Orchestra for Females and/at Laptops). She is a PhD Candidate at Cyprus University of Technology where she is attached to the Media Arts and Design Research Lab (MADlab). Her research interests include critical approaches to music and technology, interactivity, hybrid and participatory practices in art. Pickett's thesis is: "Do it with others (DIWO), Methodologies for artistic production and education." She holds a BA in Fine Art from Falmouth College of Arts and an MA in Interactive Media: Critical Theory and Practice from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is currently a lecturer in ‘Art and Techniques of Representation’ at the Nantes School of Architecture (ENSA).