Former art life

2017
De-Dupe
Edit of previous work Dupe (2012)

Group show at Aftermath Gallery, Christchurch

2015
Patches #01–10 View
10 YouTube live streams of modular synthesizer performance

As rex&dan with Eugene Hansen

2013
Future Calls the Dawn (Contagion mix)
Modular synthesizer performance

As rex&dan with Eugene Hansen
City Gallery, Wellington

2013
Future Calls the Dawn Chorus (Inversion Mix) View
Modular synthesizer performance accompanied by a recording of a game engine map generated from LINZ elevation data of Wellington

As rex&dan with Eugene Hansen
107 Projects and the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW presented by ISEA2013, Sydney

2012
Dupe View
Single-channel video from a live recording of an audio-visual performance, embracing a pyschedelic sci-fi aesthetic to conflate historical and contemporary cults of religion and work.

Group show and floor talk with Rachel Shearer, Shannon Reed, Terry & Lewis Urbahn
mediagallery, The Film Archive, Wellington

2012
Future Calls the Dawn
Modular synthesizer performance

As rex&dan with Eugene Hansen
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin

2011
Rasta Blasta View
Collaborative audio work with vjRex

Group show with Andy Thomson, Dr Kron, Eugene Hansen, Jenny Gillam, Mike Heynes, Peter Trevelyan, Simon Morris
Te Tuhi, Auckland

2010
Travellers Box Server View
A week-long performance responding to new legislation in the form of the “Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008”

The Travellers Box project was an “artistic discourse where the box is used as the trajectory / mediating object.” The Travellers Box travelled to several countries beginning from 2004, including Denmark, UK, USA, Germany, Sweden, Norway and NZ

2010
Dead Rave Club (New Visitor Stream mix)
“Late night” audio-visual performance during Anthony McCall exhibition

With Richard Falkner as kazaamBLAM!
Adam Art Gallery, Wellington

2010
Friendly Curating #2 View
Video chat between artist/curator and guest. Performance mimicking streaming artifacts (simulated freezes and time jumps) as a tactic to defuse camera shyness.

With Lucie Tuma
Wellington/Basislager Binz, Zurich

2010
Friendly Curating #1 View
Video chat between artist/curator and guest. Performance occurred completely offline prior to the event via a series of increasingly inept excuses preventing participation.

With Lucie Tuma
Wellington/Atelierhaus Frankfurt, Frankfurt

2009
Audio-visual set as part of James Luna’s One Day Sculpture performance

With Richard Falkner as kazaamBLAM!
Te Papa Sounding Theatre, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

2009
Single performance of audio-visual project

With Gemma Syme
Mighty Mighty, Wellington

2008
Jurassic Park Mini Golf Sound System View
Mini golf green with in-floor subwoofer as a frame for video work sampling the 1993 film, “Jurassic Park” (the linked video shows the project under construction).

Part of Exposure 2008, Massey University

2008
The co-opting of re-use/re-mix culture as online business model explored: hand-crafted dog “bone” biscuits, wall drawings, single-channel video of bespoke biscuit factory performance, webpage with multiple speaking dalmations

With Arie Hellendoorn
High Street Project, Christchurch

2007
The Black Deeds
A repurposed arcade cabinet with added breathalyser, featuring graphic elements from the video game “The New Zealand Story” and a character animated by the player’s own level of drunkenness

Group show with Arie Hellendoorn, Julian Bishop, Eugenius van Penseel
The Engine Room, Wellington

2007
Title unknown
2–channel video work documenting attempts to relearn how to perform a common skateboard trick—the kickflip. A set of concrete stairs were poured for the recorded performance based on a 3D model from Tony Hawk Pro Skater

Group show
mediaGallery, The Film Archive, Wellington

2007
Audio-visual installation and performance View
With vjRex, Jenny Gillam, Daniel Agnihotri-Clark, Paul Faris, Richard Reddaway, Steve Rowe, and Gemma Syme

The Film Archive, Wellington

2006–2013
Audio-visual project as Morbo Ridiculoid (live video) with Richard Falkner (live audio)
Ridiculoid on Vimeo

Opened for Yacht at Cassette Nine in Auckland (2009), Ratatat in Wellington (2008), and Stereo Total w/ JD Samson (Le Tigre) at San Francisco Bath House, Wellington (2008). Headlined the Cuba St Carnival Mighty Mighty Menagerie stage (2010) and played Splore 2010

2006–2015
On bill with many circa–2000s NZ indie acts: Mr Hayday, Disasteradio, Little Pictures, Leno Lovecraft, Pig Out, Holiday With Friends, Diana Rozz, Trimasterbate, Tapeman, Double Ya D, Evil Ocean, Superforce, Living On Video, The LEDs, The Sneaks, Alphabethead, So So Modern, kneale.kneale.kneale, Shaky Hands, Cut Off Your Hands, Volcana, Tommy Ill, Urbantramper, Little Bark, FLICK, DJ Ace Hurt, TV DiSKO, DJ Stevie Kaye, DJ Gene Kremer, D:UNK, Videotheque club night... likely more but long forgotten

Visual support for DJ Krush (Japan) in 2010 and Samiyam (USA) in 2011 at San Francisco Bath House, Wellington

2006
Regular support slot with vjRex for resident DJs at Sandwiches, Wellington

The Lost Websites

2008 2009 2010