Nicolette Swift

I’m a tinkerer of sorts and my work is fueled by that. Each piece is a fresh look at how I can do something different. I play with the unconventional: from unique cameras, rigs, angles, and audio to rhythmic editing, to the finished display. My camera is often found mounted to my body, hanging out my car’s sunroof or falling towards the ground for that perfect shot. The camera of choice depends on the end goal or the experiment. From braille as editing dots, to Morse Code, my editing reveals a hidden message or mimics a song that the viewer cannot hear. A right, left, right, left directional flicker, stereo pan, or cut on motion can toy with my audience’s perception and recollection. To top it all off I think about my output. Am I making a black box or white cube piece? Can it cross between the two? How could I display work without revealing cords, cables, and playback devices? I like gadgets and gizmos that further my installation. I want my viewers to participate in the experience physically and/or emotionally. The end result is a work that encompasses the experiment, through one or more senses, activating emotional and/or critical thinking about the experience that has just taken place.

My work has screened in the UK, Canada, Spain; and locally at the Wexner Center's Ohio Shorts.  I have been awarded several grants and awards, GCAC Media Arts Fellowship, an AIA Teaching Residency, and a AITC Residency.

GCAC Media Arts Fellowship – 2014

Grants
GCAC – Equipment Grant – 2012 – 2018

GCAC – Professional Development Grant – 2013

Truus de Groot + Jeff Chenault 6/2017
Truus de Groot 6/2016

Darkness Visible – Pennington Custom Art Services 10/2016 – Collaboration with Matt Swift



Resided – 2016 An installation collaboration
The Game Show – EASE 2/2016-4/2016

Goodbye Margaret – 2016
Upper Arlington Film Festival – Upper Arlington, Ohio 5/5/2017
Moving-Image-Arts International Short Film Festival – Toronto, CA 3/23/2017
Film Forum on the Lake – Geneva, Ohio 2/5/2017
Wimberley Film Festival – Wimberley, Texas 1/14/2017
Short Short Story – Providence, Rhode Island 11/27/2016
BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival – Bilbao, Spain 9/12/2016
Brand New Blinkers – London, UK 8/18/2016
Ohio State Fair Fine Art Show 2016 – 8/2016 – GCAC Award
PlaceMakes – West Cherry St. Film Night – 6/15/2016
Wexner Center – Ohio Shorts – 4/30/2016

180 Montage: Broad and High 2015 Co-created with Jennifer Bender
Breaking Waves Music and Arts Festival – Freeport, Nova Scotia 7/30/2016
Independents’ Day – 9/2015

Slow Ascent – 2014 Co-created with Matt Swift
Independents’ Day – 9/2015
Ohio State Fair Fine Art Show 2015 – GCAC Award
Ohio Made Shorts 5/2015
Sahar International Short Film Festival – 2/2015
CS Gallery – 100 Under 100 – 11/2014

The Experimentals –
Popup Installation at Independents’ Day 9/2015

City Walks – 2011-2016
MOTE 078 – City Walks (Installation) 7/2015
City Walks: The Body, Wellness, and Urbanization  – The Oak Room  7/2014
The Oak Room – Meaningful Gestures 11/2013
Ohio State Fair Fine Art Show 2013 – GCAC Award
ComFest – Best of CMIAR 6/30/2013
A Scape – CS Gallery 5/2013
Urban Arts Space – Idea Lab: The Best of CMIAR – 10/2011
CBUS Film Screening 9/2012
BYOB Columbus 3/2012

Your Memories – 2014
Ohio State Fair Fine Art Show 2014 – 3rd Place

Ennui – 2012
GCAC 2015 Public Forum 2/2015
Public Domain 10/2014
SeptemberFest 9/2012
ComFest – Best of CMIAR- 6/23/2012
Columbus Arts Fest Afterparty 6/2012

Arrow of Time 2011 Co-Created with Matt Swift
The Ohio State Fair – 2012
CS Squared – CS Gallery 4/2012
Still’n Motion – CS Gallery 6/12/2011

Consume 2011
Agora 5/21/2011

Lamentation 2011
ComFest – Best of CMIAR- 6/23/2012
CS Squared – CS Gallery 4/2012
Urban Arts Space – Idea Lab: The best of CMIAR – 9/20 – 10/7/2011
The Ohio State Fair – 7/27 – 8/7/2011 – Jurror’s Choice
Still’n Motion – CS Gallery 6/12/2011
Feature at Agora 5/21/2011
Appalachian Edge Film Festival 4/13/2011

Can (V. 2) 2010
ComFest – Best of CMIAR- 6/22/2012
The Ohio State Fair – 7/27 – 8/7/2011
ADD Short Film Festival TBA
Appalachian Edge Film Festival 4/13/2011

Editing Work
Columbus in Cuba, Cuba in Columbus - 10/2019
Sick Days – Derek Stewart Productions 10/2015
Change My Relationship – Karla Downing 2013-2015
3 Weeks of Terror – “Chuckles in the Dark” – Whiskey Face Productions 10/2014
48 Hour Film Project Columbus, Ohio – “Stepping Down” – 4, Robert Foor – 7/22-24/2011

Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition – Central Ohio Region – 2016
Independents’ Day Film Committee – 2014-2017
Journal of Short Film – Production Assistant – 2011 – 2016
Souled World – The Oak Room 12/2014 – 1/2015
Columbus Moving Image Art Review 2009-2018
Student Film Fest 2014 – 2015
Wizard World Film Fest 2013
Columbus International Film + Video Festival – Student Division Co-Chair  2011 – 2014
Campus Movie Fest – OSU 2010

Upcoming Events

Look for bi-weekly live streams in collaboration with Reese Brothers Productions.  Art Tells a Story, Let it Tell Yours is live on Tuesdays and Thursdays and features local artists and arts organizations having a conversation.

Columbus Moving Image Art Review