In Zurich, the artist creates a two channel video installation that displays a comparison of the dissolved oxygen levels in both Lake Zurich and the Limnat River. To begin this project, she will develop a a piece of hardware from a dissolved oxygen sensor. This hardware will be fashioned to float off a lifejacket or body buoyancy aid. The device will be connected to a laptop that can read the data transmitted in real time and provide an instant visualization of the amount of oxygen available. Currently, the artist is testing content ideas for use in the real-time visualization. The link above connects to the animation studies for the project, which document the process of how the artist conceptualized different ways to image water quality.

With a diverse academic background in painting, animation, and biology, Holmes situates her work at the intersection between artistic, biomedical, and linguistic modes of bodily representation. With a Bachelor's degree in art history from Williams College, Holmes received a Masters of Fine Arts in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an Masters of Fine Arts in digital arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. To promote her interdisciplinary artistic practice, the Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan awarded Holmes a prestigious three-year fellowship. Holmes recently earned an Illinois Arts Council individual grant and an Artists In Labs residency in Switzerland. She is currently an assistant professor of Art and Technology at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she teaches courses in interactivity and the history and theory of electronic media.