top of page

The Method(s)

I build immersive installations using performance, sculpture, found-object assemblage, and site-specific design to activate speculative scenarios. Each project is constructed as a kind of ritual set or experimental stage—visually rooted in retro-futurist aesthetics and pseudo-scientific symbolism. These environments often resemble labs, test sites, or interdimensional communication hubs, populated by altered objects, DIY tech, and surreal instruments.

Material choices are intuitive yet deliberate: scavenged tools, modified devices, and symbolic artifacts are arranged to suggest alternate functions or hidden logics. These sculptural sets become activated through performative action—whether in the form of live public rituals or private, field-based investigations. Audience participation is integral; they become both subject and observer, influencing the work in real time.

Processually, my work evolves through a balance of structured planning and improvisation. Intention is set, but outcomes are left open. Performances unfold as responsive interactions between bodies, space, and material, where scripted gestures meet spontaneous events. Through this dynamic, the work exists in a constant state of becoming—part activation, part inquiry, and part transmission from somewhere else.

 

© 2014 by GABE MICHAEL KENNEY / Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page