Adam Kendall - Curricula Vitae
ADAM KENDALL
(January 2012)
Curricula Vitae:
Bio
Adam Kendall is a videoist and musician living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He treats video as a medium capable of detailed, structured composition and dynamic, improvisational performances. Adam regularly performs and screens pieces solo and in various collaborations, including the multimedia project Toys’ Opera, and has recently presented or performed at SEAMUS 2011 (Miami, FL), ICMC 2010 (Stony Brook, NY), The Stone (NYC), Contour Editions (Online), and Diapason Gallery (NYC). 2012 includes projects with the new-music ensembles Le Train Bleu (NYC) and Fuse (DC). He has organized a/v performance series and workshops, including {R}ake, and is a software developer who incorporates his own programming in his work. http://www.hellbender.org
Festivals and Exhibitions
SEAMUS 2011 (Miami 2011); Studio 3000/Unveiling the Curtain (Lexington 2011); cDACT gro{o}ve Exhibition (Stony Brook University 2010); Contour Editions (Online 2010); ICMC (Stony Brook University 2010); Point Play (2010); The Architectural League Beaux Arts Ball (2009); ; Music with a View (2008); Brecht Forum/Neues Kaberett’s Homemade Instruments Festival (2007); International Electro Acoustic Festival at Brooklyn College (2007); The New York Electronic Art Festival (2007); AMODA Digital Showcase (Austin 2006); Hardcore Art Contemporary Space (Miami 2006); Nuit Blanche (Montreal 2006); vBrooklyn (2006 - 2008); DUMBO Video Festival/video_dumbo (2005 & 2006); Electronic Music Foundation/Hip Chips Marathon (2005); Experimental Intermedia/Festival With No Fancy Name (2005); Spark (Minneapolis 2005); T-Minus (2005 - 2007); Synaesthesiologists/The New York Video Festival (2004); Versionfest (Chicago 2003).
Performances and Screenings
3LD Art and Technology Center; American Museum of Natural History; The Aurora Picture Show (Houston, TX); Austin Museum of Digital Art (Austin, TX); Barbes; BuddY (Chicago, IL); Darmstadt; Diapason Gallery; Eyewash; Flux Factory; The Felicja Blumental Music Center and Library (Tel Aviv); Galapagos; Harvestworks; Hudson Opera House (Hudson, NY); Issue Project Room; Joe’s Pub; Le Poisson Rouge; LMAKseries/LMAKprojects; Millennium Film Archives; Monkeytown; The Old American Can Factory; One Step Beyond; Optosonic Tea; La Place des Arts (Montreal); {R}ake; Roulette/Location One; Rooftop Films; Secret Project Robot; Spiegeltent; The Stone; The Tank; Tonic/SubTonic; Unity Gain; WFMU (Hoboken, NJ).
Activities
- Co-organizer of and instructor for the Video Composition Workshop, Brooklyn, NY (2010 to 2011)
- Brooklyn Arts Council 2008 Community Arts Regrant Recipient
- Organizer of the vBrooklyn video-festival, Brooklyn, NY (2006 to 2008)
- Freelance workshop instructor at Harvestworks, New York City (2006 to 2009)
- Co-organizer of the multimedia performance series {R}ake, Brooklyn, NY (2004 to 2011)
- Co-organizer of the multimedia performance series F:T:H, New York City (2002 to 2004)
- Freelance Max/MSP/Jitter programmer, New York City (2002 to present)