Andy Giovale is an interdisciplinary artist in training. He is currently attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and will graduate in 2023. In the past , Andy worked as a circus performer, performing and choreographing aerial acts with his twin sister in a local circus (Circus Bacchus) until 2018. Andy now works in performance and writing, performing for events such as Home, a drive by performance piece in Flagstaff, Arizona hosted by a local performance collective, The Interference Series. When not performing, Andy experiments with art and technology, video, and projection and hopes to incorporate these mediums into his work. Andy lives in Chicago, Illinois where he attends school.
Stare, 2021, still from performance video, green screen
Conversation About Birds, 2021, photo book, 16 x 6in
This book included scents made by the artist so as the viewer flipped through the pages, a smell wafted up from the pages. The pairing of smell with the images complicated and steered the viewer in a specific direction. Pairing images with the smells of lemons, popcorn, exhaust, or lilac so the viewer is transported into the scene.