Kurt Ralske 156 East 2nd Street #26 New York, NY 10009 USA Kurt.Ralske…

Kurt Ralske
156 East 2nd Street #26
New York, NY 10009 USA
Kurt.Ralske@gmail.com
01 (212) 473 2656
http://www.retnull.com


_____Profile

     Internationally exhibited award-winning artist.
     Experienced teacher at graduate and undergraduate level.
     Programmer of software for media art applications.
     Recipient of 2007 Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship.


_____Selected Exhibitions + Performances

     2007 Timecoded, Magazinni del Sale, Venice, Italy
     2007 Triadic Memories, LMAK, New York City
     2006 Times Square Timeshare, Armory Show, NYC
     2006 Atom Heart Mother, De Bijloke, Ghent, Belgium
     2006 Triadic Memories, Diapason Gallery, NYC, USA
     2005 Darkness (Not Darkness), Watershed Media Arts Centre, Bristol, UK
     2005 White-Out, USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway
     2004 Elektropoesia, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden
     2004 Motion Graphics, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
     2004 Atom Heart Mother, Palais des Beaux Art, Brussels, Belgium
     2004 John Cage Program, De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium
     2004 Next Time, Location One, NYC, USA
     2004 Pilot Error, Theatre Mercelis, Brussels, Belgium
     2003 Grey Exploitations, Haus der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
     2003 SelfWare, Listhalle, Graz, Austria
     2003 242.pilots, American Museum of the Moving Image, NYC, USA
     2003 Petrograph v1.0, Site Gallery, Sheffield, England
     2003 242.pilots, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
     2003 Unloaded, Art Bunker, Zurich, Switzerland
     2003 Sonic Architecture, Theater Kikker, Utrecht, NL
     2002 242.pilots, Podewil, Berlin, Germany
     2002 242.pilots, Black Box Theater, Oslo, Norway
     2002 LYR, Generative Art Conference, Milano, Italy
     2002 Soundlab, Experience Music Project, Seattle, USA
     2002 242.pilots, Montreal Museum Of Contemporary Art, Canada
     2001 NATO Compilation, Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
     2001 Zpin, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
     2001 Creative Time, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, NYC, USA
     2001 242.pilots, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
_____Teaching Experience

     2006 Fall to present - Visiting Professor of Video and Sound,
     School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
     Full-time position (15 course hours per week). Graduate/undergraduate courses taught:
     ___Interactive Multimedia
     ___Video 1
     ___Video 2
     ___Sound 2
     ___Sound 4

     2005 Spring to present - Adjunct Professor MFA Computer Arts,
     School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
     Graduate courses taught:
     ___Max/Jitter 1
     ___Max/Jitter 2
     ___Max/Jitter 3 / Masters Thesis Seminar
     ___Masters Thesis Advising

     2001 to 2004 - Lecturer
     Harvestworks, New York NY
     Courses taught:
     ___Introduction to Real-time Video
     ___Video VJ-ing
     ___Video Compression
     ___Nato.0+55 Workshop
     ___Private tutoring in Max/MSP/Jitter

     2000 to present - Workshop leader/presenter
     Various academic institutions and arts centers internationally
     ___Real-Time Video with Auvi software
     ___Tools for Real-Time Video
     ___Improvising with Algorithms


_____Other Professional Experience

     2004-2005 - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
     Video Artist / System Architect / Software Engineer for MoMA Display Screens project.
     I designed and implemented the 9-channel HD video installation that is permanently
     on display in the museum lobby.

    2000-present - Auvi Software
    Software Engineer / Image Processing Research + Design.
    I have written commercial media art software that is sold via Auvi (www.auv-i.com).
    The software is in use by artists and educational institutions in over 22 nations.

    2000-2001 - Culturestream.com
    Software Engineer
_____Workshops and Artist Presentations

    Columbia University - USA
    Brown University - USA
    Parsons School of Design - USA
    Cooper Union College - USA
    New York University / Tisch School of Art - USA
    School of Visual Arts, NYC - USA
    Rennselaer Polytechnic - USA
    American Film Institute - USA
    Bard College - USA
    Brooklyn College - USA
    CUNY / Hunter College - USA
    Massachusetts College of Art and Design - USA
    Harvestworks - USA
    Utrecht School of Art - Netherlands
    STEIM - Amsterdam, Netherlands
    V2 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Tesla - Berlin, Germany
    Bergen Kunstakadamiet - Norway
    Bergen Senter Fur Elektronisk Kunst - Norway
    Chicago Max User's Group - USA


_____Selected Awards and Honors

    2007: Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship

    2003 : First Prize at Transmediale International Festival of Media Art, Berlin
    for 242.pilots DVD "Live in Bruxelles"

    2004-2005 : National Science Foundation Scholarship Award in Computer Science/
    Mathematics

`   2002 : Honorary Mention at Transmediale International Festival of Media Art, Berlin
    for solo audio-visual work "Ur.02"


_____Education

    School of Visual Arts, New York - MFA studies (in progress, part-time)
    Hunter College / CUNY - BA in Computer Science
    New York University / SCPS - Certificate in Java, Certificate in Internet Technologies
    Sun Microsystems Certified Java Programmer
_____Technical Skills

     Programming languages: C, C++, Java, Max/MSP/Jitter, Objective C, Cocoa,
     Javascript, HTML, OpenGL, CG, Mathematica, Flash/ActionScript, Processing
     Software packages: Final Cut Pro, AfterEffects, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor,
     Photoshop, Illustrator, ProTools

_____Artist Residencies

     2006 : University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
     2000 / 2002 / 2004 : STEIM, Amsterdam, NL
     2004 : Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
     2004 : iMal, Brussels, Belgium
     2003 : Location One, New York

_____Areas of Specialization + Interest

     Software development for real-time image processing
     Multi-channel video installations
     Mathematical modeling of natural phenomena
     Post-structural criticism: Lacan, Baudrillard, Derrida, Lyotard, Zizek

_____Selected Audio and Audio-video CD/DVD Releases

     242.pilots : "Live in Bruxelles" : Carpark DVD
     Ultra Vivid Scene : "Rev" : 4AD/Sony
     Ultra Vivid Scene : "Joy" : 4AD/Sony
     Ultra Vivid Scene : "UVS" : 4AD/Sony
     Kurt Ralske : "amor.0+01" : Subrosa
     Cathars : "locale" : Computer Music Journal
     Cathars : "Early Bells + Voices" : Atomic
     Cathars : "" : Miau International
     Kurt Ralske : "kyrie eleison" : Miau International
     Kurt Ralske / Keith Fullerton Whitman : "K+K" : Reckankreuzung