Dianne
Harris
Dianne Harris takes a multi-disciplinary approach to exploring the unseen realms of existence. Through a multitude of different media she merges divergent fields of knowledge and understanding taken from the world around her, science, philosophy, mythology and mysticism and merges these concepts within the realms of psychology & philosophy. Her raison d’etre is to heighten the awareness of human potentiality and question the self-imposed limitations that serve to confine the very nature of our ideas, thoughts and being.
Using light art, kinetic sculpture, video & installation, Dianne questions reality with non-reality, beyond the specifics of time or place, her work simultaneously references the past, present and future to explore the unseen, states of harmony, discordance, disappearance, re-emergence and the vibration of matter.
Dianne’s work focuses on the invisible and unseen forces surrounding us and within us. Many of her concepts and ideas stem from her direct spiritual experiences and studies of ancient knowledge that resonate strongly into her visions and manifestations.
Bruce Nauman’s prophetic quote from 1969 captures this essence:
“The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.”
The two neon heads in a state of perpetual absorption and interrelationship generate the Caduceus symbol. Originally representative as the messenger of the Earth Mother some 6000 years ago, the Caduceus has since become a sign of friendship, peace, negotiation, duality and a symbol for alchemy and transformative powers carried by the God Mercury to bring messages across from the Spirit realms. His staff symbolizing movement, fluidity and flux as a passageway across dimensions. In ancient China, mercury was thought to prolong life and the alchemists of the early modern period believed that gold could be produced by varying the quality and quantity of sulphur contained in mercury.
More recently Clendenon discovered a centuries-old library in India where he found diagrams of mercury vortex engines, the Caduceus he believed was an ancient symbol of electromagnetic flight and cosmic energy.
E=MC² represents energy in constant flux, it explores how consciousness flows or emanates from one person to another, an invisible force relative to spirit or ether, the space between particles.
Ether=Matter x Consciousness²
The work uses reflection and shadow to evoke multi-dimensional layering. The neon tubes that are unlit become reflective surfaces to the lit tubes creating a palette of pastel shades, not normally seen in neon.
Dianne Harris is an international new media Artist and founding Director and Curator of Kinetica Museum which specialises in kinetic, electronic & new media art. Dianne has exhibited nationally and internationally over the past 20 years and her work is collected privately and commissioned. Her works have been included in the temporary & permanent collections of; Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, Science Museum London, Taipai National Museum of Science Taiwan, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology Cambridge, Kinetica Museum London, Canary Wharf London, Sketch London, British Council and in many galleries and private collections throughout UK, Europe and America.
Dianne has curated over 20 major exhibitions for Kinetica Museum from 2006 – 2026 including the annual Kinetica Art Fair (2009 – 2014).
In 2003 – 2004, she opened a gallery in Westbourne Studios ‘The Luminaries’ which was the first kinetic and interactive gallery space in London, which became the forerunner to Kinetica Museum.
Dianne has also designed and collaborated on many installations and new commissions with digital art, audiovisual and music groups; Hex, Hexstatic, Coldcut, Future Sound of London and the Amorphous Androgynous.
In 1991 when Dianne was at St Martins School of Art, she and Matthew Slotover co-founded Frieze magazine.
Most recently she has redesigned the interior of Queen of Cups Michelin Star restaurant in Glastonbury UK, 2026 and is now currently in planning to curate Kinetica Museum’s 20th Year Anniversary exhibition leading into 2027.
For more of Dianne’s work find her on instagram @dianneharrisart
For Kinetica Museum see : www.kinetica-museum.org
To contact Dianne email : [email protected]