http://cristophersea.com CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI ::: CRISTOPHERSEA.COM Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:33:10 +0000 http://cristophersea.com en http://cristophersea.com/41445/VIDEO-COMPOSITION http://cristophersea.com/41445/VIDEO-COMPOSITION Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:33:10 +0000 CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI ::: CRISTOPHERSEA.COM 41445 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41445/VIDEOsss_COMPS_2.jpg" border="0" width="253" height="31" align="left" /> Cristopher Cichocki has been operating on the fringe between the art and music world for years as a pioneer within an emerging genre of art known as “video composition.” Video compositions are hybrid video works generated through a symbiosis where both sound and vision co-exist equivocally creating a synesthetic experience. In the process of “composing” a video composition the typical video editing process transforms and excels into a highly rhythmic, precision-based musical exercise. Ideally, the end results of Cichocki’s video compositions are experienced in a live context viewed as large-scale video projections while the accompanying audio reaches intense volumes. Video compositions in effect induce hyper-levels of multi-sensory stimulation attacking the senses at strobing frame rates up to 30 contrasting frames per second. Rather than a traditional screening of the works in a theater, Cichocki literally performs these video works, utilizing the X-factors of intuition and chance within the live performance structure. Explorations of audio and video are manipulated through electronic instruments, most notably, a DVD turntable which activates Cichocki’s performances as an improvisation of sight, space and sound, live and direct. Cichocki's video composition performances have shared the stage at shows including: HEALTH, Daedelus, Jogger, Dev/Null, Rumspringa, Halloween Swim Team, Cantus Firmus, Warm Climate, Duhka, Narwhal Party, Bad Dudes, White Mice, Foot Village, Rale, Kevin Shields, Nosa J Thing, Captain Ahab, Sword Heaven, Bryan Lewis Saunders, Monsturo, Killsonic, Sightings, DJ Scotch Egg, Grrrips, David Scott Stone, Dirty Branchez, Realicide, Amyeric Hainaux, Youth of the Beast, Anavan, Friends Forever, Kit, The Press Fire, Puppy Dog, Former Ghosts, Justice Yeldham, Alien Soundtracks, Daddy Kev, Nero's Day at Disneyland, Plank Tonic, Ezra Buchla, Unnecessary Surgery, The Racket Club Band, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Occasional Detroit, Wah Wah Exit Wound, Sikhara, Neon Navajo, Chief, Clockcleaner, and more. Aside from Cichocki's solo video composition works he has directed and produced experimental videos for musical acts: I Heart Lung, Foot Village, Rale, Kevin Shields, Cantus Firmus, Warm Climate, Jason Forrest. The Teknoist, Meat Parade, Liar's Rosebush, Dino Fillipe, and David Scott Stone. http://cristophersea.com/41445/VIDEO-COMPOSITION http://cristophersea.com/43525/PRESS http://cristophersea.com/43525/PRESS Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:42:30 +0000 CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI ::: CRISTOPHERSEA.COM 43525 Environmental Graffiti - Interview with Cristopher Cichocki Beautiful Decay - Cristopher Cichocki Startling Moniker - Interview with Cristopher Cichocki Startling Moniker - Review of Cristopher Cichocki "Elemental Shift" Startling Moniker - Review of Cristopher Cichocki / Kevin Shields / Rale Foxy Digitalis _ Review of Cristopher Cichocki "Elemental Shift" Temporary Fault - Review of Cristopher Cichocki "Elemental Shift" Tiny Mix Tapes - Review of Cristopher CIchocki / Kevin Shields / Rale Animal Psi - Review of Cristopher Cichocki "Elemental Shift" Animal Psi - Review of Cristopher Cichocki / Kevin Shields / Rale Auxilliary Out: Review of Cristopher Cichocki / Kevin Shields / Rale VICE Magazine - VICELAND Curated by Deathbomb Arc Pitchfork.TV - Foot Village "Anti-Magic" directed by Cristopher Cichocki Pitchfork.TV - I Heart Lung "Interoceans" directed by Cristopher Cichocki Urbanario - Cristopher Cichocki / Katharina Grosse Plastic Water Magazine - Interview with Cristopher Cichocki http://cristophersea.com/43525/PRESS http://cristophersea.com/44983/SELECTED-WORKS http://cristophersea.com/44983/SELECTED-WORKS Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:06:12 +0000 CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI ::: CRISTOPHERSEA.COM 44983 .slideshow_count_44983 { display:none; } Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/44983/Picture 6_142.png" border="0" width="577" height="535" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/44983/Picture 2_150.png" border="0" width="380" height="583" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/44983/Picture 8_75.png" border="0" width="670" height="527" align="left" 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src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/43842/CICHOCKI_PORTRAIT_7.jpg" border="0" width="562" height="190" align="left" /> Cristopher Cichocki lives and works in the desert of Southern California’s Coachella Valley. His core of influences spans diverse territories including: Earthworks, Minimalism, Arte Povera, DADA, quantum physics, guerilla art, punk, and experimental music. Encompassing painting, photography, video, sculpture, sound, installation, and performance, Cichocki accents the constant flux and sublime entropy within the everday. Throughout his exploration of sites off the beaten path he inserts his vision onto subjects of decay and abandonment. The scope of Cichocki’s practice amplifies the world around us, illuminating the ephemeral, continually shifting nature of existence. _________________________________________________________________________________ CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI Born 1979 in Death's Door, WI Lives and works in the Coachella Valley, CA EDUCATION 2001 BFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - Lew and Edie Wasserman Recipient - Bank of America Fine Arts Scholar - La Quinta Arts Foundation Recipient 2000 Yale Summer School of the Arts, Norfolk, CT - Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship 1995 & 1996 California State Summer School of the Arts, Valencia, CA - La Quinta Arts Foundation Fellowship - California Governor's Award Recipient SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS // 2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2009 Desert Abyss, Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts, Palm Desert, CA Cristopher Cichocki, Recent Paintings, MVSVEM, Los Angeles, CA 2007 Minimal Maximal, 333, Palm Springs, CA 2006 Origins of The Desert Abyss, The Villagio, Indian Wells, CA 2005 Ceremony, Bigoudi, Osaka, Japan 2004 Clues Into The Underground, Actionsound, Los Angeles, CA 2003 Elements Could Shift, 2 person show with Seth Kasselman, Blue 7 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2001 Something For Everyone, CalArts Gallery D-301, Valencia, CA 2000 Constant Flux, Yale Stoeckel Gallery, Norfolk, CT Transportable Transports, collaboration with Beth Knight, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA 1999 Conditioning For The New Millenium, CalArts Gallery A-402 Valencia, CA 1998 The Time is Now, Calarts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA A Reconsideration of Clukky, collaboration with Jesse Lee Stout, CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS // PERFORMANCES // SCREENINGS 2010 NOVA Artscapes, Scion Building, Los Angeles, CA NOVA Contemporary Culture, Sao Paulo, Brazil Experimental Video Showcase, Wild Project, New York, NY Mapping The Context, The Arts at Context, Indio, CA Joshua Tree Arts and Music Festival, Joshua Tree, CA 2009 Plankton Robots, Fluxco, Los Angeles, CA Cristopher Cichocki, Recent Paintings, Panorama Towers, Las Vegas, NV Upset The Rhythm Showcase, The Smell, Los Angeles, CA 2008 Elemental Shifting , Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Austin, TX Live and Direct, ITDE, Chicago, IL SXSW Arts and Music Festival, Austin, TX 2007 Optical Projections, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA Group Photo Open, Modern Masters, Palm Desert, CA Group Photo Open, Viceroy Hotel, Palm Springs, CA Everything Is Shifting, Pehrspace, Los Angeles, CA Druid Film Festival, Il Corral, Hollywood, CA 2006 Wooster On Spring, The Candle Building, New York, NY Turn The Screws Festival, Il Coral, Hollywood, CA Salton Tide (collaboration with Warm Climate), Mr. T's Bowl, Highland Park, CA 2005 Trashed, Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA Word of Mouth, Ivar Theatre, Hollywood, CA Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Group Show, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA Melting Pot, Center Stage, Highland Park, CA 2004 The Golden State Of Being, Bamboo Lane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Symbiosis, Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles, CA. 2003 Non-Alphabetical Group Show, Storage Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2002 Day in Day Out, LOCO, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Blind Date With An Exquisite Corpse, CallArts SBD, Valencia, CA Collections, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA One Night Only, Mulligan's, Valencia, CA Examaning More Pictures, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA 2000 Multiplicity/Acceleration, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA Untitled Group Show, Yale Stoekel Gallery, Norfolk, CT The Sigourney X Tension Painting Show, CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA Past Presented Future, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA 1999 Divine Intervention, Action Space, Los Angeles, CA Hybrids and Mutants, CalArts Sub-Level, Valencia, CA http://cristophersea.com/43842/CV-BIOGRAPHY http://cristophersea.com/41683/NEWS http://cristophersea.com/41683/NEWS Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:24 +0000 CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI ::: CRISTOPHERSEA.COM 41683 9.01.10 ROJO®NOVA travels to Los Angeles to generate a mix of creative event and art exhibition, open to public, which will take over Scion Space in Culver City, for 4 weeks, and will present exclusive collaborative art installations and new original artworks by Tofer Chin, Gustavo Gagliardo aka DEFI, Rebecca Ward, MOMO, Koen Delaere, Anna Tatariel aka OVNI, Sosaku Miyazaki and Yago Hortal. Opening night will feature a live performances by Computer Jay and Cristopher Cichocki. OPENING NIGHT SEPT. 18th from 7 - 10 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/photo.jpeg" border="0" width="670" height="590" align="left" /> 8.25.10 I'll be screening 8 of my video works in Malmo, Sweden in the mix of the electronic and video arts festival FULL PULL taking place Sept. 24 - Oct 3. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/Full Pull 2010.jpeg" border="0" width="600" height="400" align="left" /> 8.23.10 8.8.10 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/40282_440385930512_187055860512_4877175_3276810_n.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="586" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/40228_439185020512_187055860512_4849972_1830740_n.jpg" border="0" width="405" height="720" align="left" /> 4.29.10 My work has been selected to be part of the international ROJO ®NOVA Exhibition taking place in Sao Paulo, Brazil beginning July 1st - August 21st. ROJO ®NOVA is the main event commemorating 40 years of the prestigious MIS. I will be creating site specific installations within the museum along with performing my video compositions to live audiences. The 7 week long festival will feature a plethora of talent from Fuck Buttons, Spike Jonez, Kit Webster, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Chicks on Speed, Bjørn Melhus, KR, Maya Hayuk, Universal Everything, and many more. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/Picture 2.png" border="0" width="534" height="283" align="left" /> 4.10.10 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/Indio-FLYER_WEB.jpg" border="0" width="447" height="604" align="left" /> 4.05.10 STATE REC is playing a pre-Coachella show the night before the big festival starts here in the desert. Los Angeles bands Bleached, Signals, and Mika Miko share the stage. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/FLYER_STATE_RE.jpg" border="0" width="459" height="576" align="left" /> 1.13.10 Environmental Graffiti is one of the greatest blogs in the world. I'm proud to be the featured artist on EG this week. Read EG's interview with me........... HERE <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/EVOLUTION_DETAIL.jpg" border="0" width="591" height="432" align="left" /> 1.09.10 My band STATE REC just played with San Fran bands Death Sentence: Panda! and Piles at J Dee's Landing in Palm Springs, CA. Here's some quick clips from the show...... 12.07.09 I just began working on a video collaboration with one of my favorite experimental composers....... David Scott Stone. David's forthcoming album is being released through the L.A. label Post Present Medium ran by Dean Spunt of No Age. According to schedule our video collab will be featured in the next PPM compilation. David has collaborated with some of my all time favorite musical acts including: The Melvins, Fantomas, The Locust, Big Business, Merzbow, and most recently has joined LCD Soundsystem as lead guitarist. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/n731214779_877797_5735.jpg" border="0" width="604" height="258" align="left" /> 12.01.09 I'm in a new band called STATE REC. I pound on drums and my counterpart Ryan Seymour plays bass. We both manage to vocalize primal communication as well. STATE REC's first show is going to be alongside musical acts such as Gram Rabbit and Foot Village..... plus visual artists including The Date Farmers and Phillip K. Smith III inside the SCRAP Gallery in Indio, CA on Dec. 19th. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/l_487fabef377245b9a413941098bcde20.png" border="0" width="519" height="633" align="left" /> 10.17.09 Beautiful Decay posted a short and sweet blurb on my work. Check it HERE. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/BEAUTIFULD.jpg" border="0" width="514" height="432" align="left" /> 8.30.09 The opening reception for my solo show Desert Abyss begins 7:00 PM - September 25th at the Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts in Palm Desert, CA. Desert Abyss is a multi-sensory installation environment involving elements of video, painting, photography, sculpture, and sound. Musical performances by my good friends Rumspringa and Halloween Swim Team will entertain the Marks Center Courtyard on opening night. Public events are scheduled throughout the exhibitions' month long duration: Wednesday September 30 @ 6:00 - Artist Talk (I will discuss my work and artistic influences) Wednesday October 14 @ 7:00 PM Open Mic Night - "Open Mic for Open Minds" <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/FINAL.jpg" border="0" width="657" height="297" align="left" /> 8.10.09 BACK TO BACK L.A. PERFORMANCES I'll be performing in Los Angeles 2 nights in a row starting Aug 21st at Skylight Books in Los Feliz, then at The Smell in downtown on the 22nd. I curated the Electronic Arts Night at Skylight, and Brian Miller from Foot Village put together the lineup for The Smell gig. Each night is scheduled to deliver some of the very best in L.A.'s cutting edge music scene................... <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/SMELL_AUG_22_WEB_FLYER.jpg" border="0" width="480" height="676" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/SKYLIGHT_WEB_FLYER.jpg" border="0" width="486" height="616" align="left" /> 7.06.09 FOOT VILLAGE VIDEO PREMIERE Saturday, July 11th will be the video premiere for the "Anti-Magic" video I directed and produced for my pals Foot Village. It's going to be at The Smell in downtown L.A. Foot Village is playing along with 7 other bands who are all artists on the London based label: Upset The Rhythm. This is all part of the Upset The Rhythm Showcase, and my favorite radio station in the world KXLU is presenting the whole deal. Here are the details.................... Saturday July 11th @ The Smell 12:40 Lucky Dragons 12:00 Foot Village (plus video premiere) 11:20 Gowns 10:40 KIT 10:00 Death Sentence: PANDA! 9:20 Softboiled Eggies 8:40 The Urxed 8:00 Former Ghosts plus between band set by BARR DJs No Age & IVOR 247 S. Main St. Los Angeles CA 90012 8pm! / all ages / $8 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/IMG_2314_1-1.JPG.jpeg" border="0" width="504" height="335" align="left" /> (still frame from Foot Village's Anti-Magic) 5.25.09 PLANKTON ROBOTS GROUP SHOW If you're in LA this Saturday evening May 30th stop by Fluxco Gallery and witness my work in the midst of "Plankton Robots" curated by Karl Jean Petion and Jonah Olson. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/41683/l_e8465706ac304465bd9c93a0f55badd1.jpg" border="0" width="504" height="553" align="left" /> http://cristophersea.com/41683/NEWS http://cristophersea.com/40752/DISCOGRAPHY http://cristophersea.com/40752/DISCOGRAPHY Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:49:42 +0000 CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI ::: CRISTOPHERSEA.COM 40752 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/40752/CC_elementalshift.jpg.jpeg" border="0" width="450" height="450" align="left" /> Cristopher Cichocki - Elemental Shift Format: DVD / Visual Album Label: Table of Contents Released: 2008 Available from: Table of Contents "[Elemental Shift].... cuts to the core of what noise and experimental cinema are all about." - Foxy Digitalis "Elemental Shift...may very well be the best noise release of the year." - Startling Moniker "[Elemental Shift] presents a collection which is consistently engaging and imaginative. Very recommended." - Animal Psi "Elemental Shift is a must have." - Temporary Fault "I can't recommend this release enough. Simply stunning and one of my favorite noise discs of the year." - Lars Gotrich NPR's Online Music Producer <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/40752/elementalshiftB.jpg.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="450" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/40752/elementalshiftC.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="450" align="left" /> (Packaged in a circular metal tin with crushed fish bones and barnacles from the Salton Sea adhered to the inside lid. Size: 5"x5"x1") <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/40752/content002-.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="622" align="left" /> Cristopher Cichocki / Kevin Shields / Rale Format: Spilt 3" DVDr - Volume 1 Label(s): Table of Contents / Deathbomb Arc Released: 2008 OUT OF PRINT First in a series of 3" DVD-r video singles by Cristopher Cichocki, this split boasts 2 tracks with sonic eruptions courtesy of renowned Los Angeles noise composers Kevin Shields and Rale. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/40752/KEV_SHIELDS.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="622" align="left" /> (3" DVD-r held on an aluminum sheet, wrapped in printed vellum and contained within a clear resealable polybag. Size: 5"x7") <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/40752/content003.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="622" align="left" /> Cristopher Cichocki / Warm Climate/ I Heart Lung Format: Spilt 3" DVDr - Volume 2 Label(s): Table of Contents / Asthmatic Kitty Released: 2008 The second installment in the series of 3" DVD-r video singles by Cristopher Cichocki. Volume 2 merges kaleidoscopic analog video psychedelia with the haunting aural abstractions of Seth Kasselman's Warm Climate before lulling into hypnotic glistening waters over a celestial composition from So. Cal. avant-jazz drone duo, I Heart Lung. Available from: Table of Contents <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/4402/40752/IHL.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="622" align="left" /> (3" DVD-r held on an aluminum sheet, wrapped in printed vellum and contained within a clear resealable polybag. 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