curt cloninger: selected artworks

During the Beginning
During the Beginning (2008)

Media: language, handwriting, code, mouth, light, sound, water, glass, wood.

A series of installation stations based on Genesis 1:3, "And God said let there be light and there was light." Make sure audio is on.

Pop Mantra
Pop Mantra (2008 - present)

Media: pop music, voice, guitar, time

A series of performances where I perpetually perform a short excerpt from a different pop song for several hours. Make sure audio is on.

the emily dickinson difference engine
The Emily Dickinson Difference Engine (2007)

Media: found objects, poetry fragments, tables, typography, software.

A performance and installation combining phrases from Emily Dickinson's poetry with found objects.

st. frank and the wolf
Breathing in B Flat (2007)

Media: performance (audio, synesthetic projection).

A live performer's voice controls the mix of six pre-recorded voices and images. Sculpting sound and light to explore an ecstatic space of unsaying. Accompanied by a companion audio archive. Make sure audio is on.

st. frank and the wolf
St. Frank and the Wolf (2007)

Media: performance (audio, synesthetic projection, fabric).

A live performance which mixes two pre-recorded projected performances. A dialogue with sound, light, and space that explores the irreducible aspects of faith. Make sure audio is on.

the unbearable being of lightness
The Unbearable Being of Lightness (2006)

Media: animated collage projection, mixed media drawing, improvisational piano composition, fruits & vegetables.

Installation/performance exploring various states of solidity and ethereality. "A memory museum of earth made by people who are now in heaven."

vertical features remix
Vertical Features Remix (2006)

Media: video.

A one-minute re-interpretation of Peter Greenaway's film Vertical Features Remake. Make sure audio is on.

synesthetic bubblegum cards
Synesthetic Bubble Gum Cards (2003 - present)

Media: HTML, JavaScript, digital photography, digital design, audio

Generative collage. Each card continually remixes itself after a few seconds, drawing from a database of prepared source images. Make sure audio is on.

Selected Cards:
a. Graffiti Card: From the Ornamental Pack. Sampled and treated graffiti from various cities, generatively remixed.
b. Kells Card: From the Ornamental Pack. Sampled and treated excerpts from the Book of Kells, generatively remixed.
c. Chartres Series Card: From the Brakhage Pack. Sampled and treated excerpts from Stan Brakhage's film Chartres Series, generatively remixed.
d. Place Pack Wildcard: From the Place Pack. My own photographs from different world cities (and sampled photographs of Mars) treated and generatively remixed.

playdamage
playdamage (2000 - present)

Media: HTML, JavaScript, Flash, Director, animated Gif, digital imagery, audio

Multimedia journal. Linear navigation (each piece links to the next piece). 60+ screens. All screens have audio and most are animated loops. Ongoing. Make sure audio is on.

Selected Screens:
a. evol
b. yr.living.all.over.me
c. { MAG X 2}. Digital readymade.
d. traveling without moving. Original photography and video from the fair.

grace engine
the grace engine (2001)

Media: Flash, DHTML, audio

Series of 4 reactive spiritual feedback interfaces incorporating original audio compositions. Complete source audio is available on the last screen of the series. Make sure audio is on.