15 December 2007 - 23 February 2008
a couple thousand short films about Glenn Gould
New York based artist Cory Arcangel is an artist, musician, DJ and computer geek, well known for his approach to ‘creative hacking’ and subversive use of technology.
Arcangel’s work represents a shift in how artists and consumers alike are interacting with the world around them. By utilising the Internet as a vehicle for the proliferation of his mutations, Arcangel’s ideas can make the rounds in a fraction of the time as would have been possible years ago. Arcangel brings the viewer into his familiar world and exposes the ease to which that world can be compromised.
The main focus of the show is a major new piece of work titled, 'a couple thousand short films about Glenn Gould'. For this two screen video installation Cory Arcangel has arranged selections of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1741 composition The Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) for the massed ranks of hundreds of online amateur instrumentalists.
To produce this new work, Arcangel has taken numerous examples of home made videos from popular video sharing websites and re-edited them note by note into sections from Bach’s composition, each screen carrying a melodic line.
The exhibition also includes Arcangel’s work titled, I Shot Andy Warhol an 8-bit game hack, a modified version of the interactive light gun game, Hogan's Alley. In I Shot Andy Warhol, players are asked to shoot various versions of Andy Warhol, with the player putting themselves in the role of Valerie Solanis who in 1968 attempted to gun down Andy Warhol.
'a couple thousand short films about Glenn Gould' is commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella in collaboration with Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, Spacex, Exeter and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. Supported by Arts Council England.
Visit Cory Arcangel's home page
Click here to view:
CORY ARCANGEL RECITAL OF BORN TO RUN GLOCKENSPIEL ADDENDUM
Other interesting links:
http://del.icio.us/cory_arcangel
a couple thousand short films about Glenn Gould
New York based artist Cory Arcangel is an artist, musician, DJ and computer geek, well known for his approach to ‘creative hacking’ and subversive use of technology.
Arcangel’s work represents a shift in how artists and consumers alike are interacting with the world around them. By utilising the Internet as a vehicle for the proliferation of his mutations, Arcangel’s ideas can make the rounds in a fraction of the time as would have been possible years ago. Arcangel brings the viewer into his familiar world and exposes the ease to which that world can be compromised.
The main focus of the show is a major new piece of work titled, 'a couple thousand short films about Glenn Gould'. For this two screen video installation Cory Arcangel has arranged selections of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1741 composition The Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) for the massed ranks of hundreds of online amateur instrumentalists.
To produce this new work, Arcangel has taken numerous examples of home made videos from popular video sharing websites and re-edited them note by note into sections from Bach’s composition, each screen carrying a melodic line.
The exhibition also includes Arcangel’s work titled, I Shot Andy Warhol an 8-bit game hack, a modified version of the interactive light gun game, Hogan's Alley. In I Shot Andy Warhol, players are asked to shoot various versions of Andy Warhol, with the player putting themselves in the role of Valerie Solanis who in 1968 attempted to gun down Andy Warhol.
'a couple thousand short films about Glenn Gould' is commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella in collaboration with Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, Spacex, Exeter and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. Supported by Arts Council England.
Visit Cory Arcangel's home page
Click here to view:
CORY ARCANGEL RECITAL OF BORN TO RUN GLOCKENSPIEL ADDENDUM
Other interesting links:
http://del.icio.us/cory_arcangel
