projects

Oceanic Verses
Live opera with multichannel video, 2011 / in collaboration with Paola Prestini
Kennedy Center, River to River Festival & the Barbican Centre

// project brief
// fimmene dance
// location study 6
// location study 8
// storyboard
// video triptych
// development film

Ouroboros
Immersive 3D video, 2010
Ise Cultural Foundation, Museum of Outdoor Art, La Napoule Art Foundation

The history of the universe told through 3D animations that unfold in an immersive holographic space.
Created in collaboration with SWEATSHOPPE. Curated by Koan Jeffrey Baysa.

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// artistic statement
// installation shots

Epiphany
Immersive video, 2008
Mediations Biennale

A journey through the afterlife presented as visual & musical poetry.
Shot in Greenland, Iceland, France and USA. A collaboration with composer Paola Prestini and librettist Niloufar Talebi.

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4Monkeys
Immersive video, 2008

Custom software generates a swirling panoply of letters that coat
walls with secret meaning. // see more

Philogenesis
Theater, 2008

Short surreal plays bring concepts of philosophy to life. Developed at the
Water Mill Center for the Arts. // see more

Memory Begins
Two-channel video, 2010

Videos are projected on opposite walls, one flush and the other skewed
as if falling forward. The conception is non-verbal: direct perceptions
of a lost summer tinctured with bittersweet impressions that precede the
coalescence of memory from experience.

// installation photo
// installation schematic
// video sample




LAB HD
Broadcast television, 2004 - 2006

A TV channel and collaborative artwork broadcast across the USA. // play LAB
LAB produced the Robert Wilson Video Portraits, which are now a traveling exhibit. // see voom portraits

Baghdad Transcendental
Process printing & charcoal, 2009

Large-scale prints recreate a walk through the ancient city of
Baghdad between wars. // see more
Fast Company says, " What Yoko Ono, Ali Hossaini, Julian Montague,
and Ranier Ganahl all have in common is a keen intuition of their urban
environments."

ArtTV
Single-channel video, 2001 - 2003

Sketches for a fantasy video art TV channel that became LAB HD. // see more

Divine Machines
Single-channel video, 2008

The history of eyes, cameras and optics in less than 10 minutes. // play video

Unperception Now
Single-channel video, 2006

A kaleidoscopic video postcard from the highlands of Madagascar. // play video

Photography
Silver gelatin prints

I practice film & digital photography, including darkroom printing. Locations include New York City, Iceland, Madagascar, Burma,
Cambodia, Iraq, Indonesia and Egypt. Please contact me to review portfolios. Above: Favohitra (Madagascar) & Mecca (Saudi Arabia).
see // Grimsey (Iceland)




exhibitions & performances

• Epiphany, Mediations Biennale, Poznan, Poland, October, 2012
• Ouroboros, La Napoule Art Foundation, Denver, Colorado, September, 2012
• Oceanic Verses, River to River Festival, New York City, July, 2012
• Oceanic Verses, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, June, 2012
• Ouroboros, The Museum of Outdoor Arts, Denver, Colorado, June, 2011
• Fabric of Life (solo show), Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, November, 2011
• Fading Civilizations, SoundRes Festival, Lecce, Italy, August, 2011
• Executive Privilege, White Box, New York city, June, 2011
• Ouroboros, The Museum of Outdoor Arts, Denver, Colorado, June, 2011
• Memory Begins, Mediamorfosi 2.0, Milan, Italy, April, 2011
• The Aging Magician, interdisciplinary theater, director, The Kitchen, New York City, April, 2011
• Memory Begins, SudLab, Naples, Italy, February, 2011
• Memory Begins, White Box, September, 2010
• Selection from Ouroboros, Charles E. Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, Bowdoin, Maine, July, 2010
• Oceanic Verses, The New York City Opera at Skirball Center, New York City, May, 2010
• Ouroboros, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York City, March - April, 2010
• Baghdad Transcendental, The Drop Urban Infill, New York City, October, 2009
• Prints from Epiphany, The Kaufman Arcade, New York City, September 2009 - May, 2010
• Prints from Epiphany, Gallery 8, New York City, October, 2009
• Divine Machines, The Hackney Empire Theatre, London, UK
• The Same River, Noumena and Time is the Moving Image, Theater workshop at Water Mill Center for the Arts, New York August, 2008
• Study for Epiphany, American Museum of the Moving Image Feb - April, 2008 (Image 1, Image 2)
• Unperception Now, Montreal Festival of Film on Art, Montreal, Canada March, 2008
• Productions from LAB HD, Perpetual Art Machine, Scope Art Fair, New York City March, 2008
• Unperception Now, Janos Gat Gallery, New York City December, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California October, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, San Francisco Cinemateque October, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Scanners Film Festival, The Lincoln Center, New York City July, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Borderlines Festival, Beijing June, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Orchard 47 April, 2007
• Unperception Now + productions from LAB HD, Anthology Film Archives November, 2006
• Study from Epiphany + productions from LAB HD, Anthology Film Archives June, 2006

writing

Artistic statement
Vision of the Gods

pantar productions (c)2010