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artist statement [français]
I see what I make as the electro-mechanical equivalents of short stories. Instead of words, sentences and paragraphs, I use bolts, batteries, metal and custom electronics. These machinic texts create tension by mixing natural and technological systems. My work is rooted in hands-on experimentation in the studio. In constructing automata that make use of subtle and/or repetitive actions I hope to open a small space for contemplation in which the audience can become temporarily absorbed. March 2010 bio [français]
Peter Flemming is an artist who makes machines. His work has been featured across North America and Europe. He currently resides in Montreal, where he teaches electronics for artists at Concordia University. He has held workshops in electronics and programming at artist-run centres around the world. press
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Etc. Magazine Summer 2009 (jpeg scan)Espace Sculpture Spring 2009 (jpeg scan) Canadian Art Magazine Winter 2008 (jpeg scan) Le Devoir June 1 2008 (jpeg scan) Canadian Art Magazine Fall 2006 (jpeg scan) Macleans Magazine (national news weekly) Jan 12, 2004 (jpeg scan) Yukon News July 19, 2004 (jpeg scan) NY Times July 7, 2002 (jpeg scan) selected catalogs, writing about peter flemming
Lazymode review (unabridged text) by Neal Thomas 2008 (pdf)Manual catalog Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2006 (jpeg scan) Manual essay by Norman T. White 2006 (pdf) Ends and Means essay by Timothy Dallett 2001 (pdf) Electrohype Biennale catalog Malmo Konsthallen, Malmo, Sweden 2005 (jpeg scan) Machine Life catalog Agnes Etherington Centre, Kingston, Ontario 2004 (jpeg scan) writing by peter flemming
Field Studies essay for Jessica Field exhibition at Oboro, Montreal, published March 2010 (pdf)MMMSE Alpha 0.1.1 opensource hardware release for Vague Terrain 12: Device Art, January 2009 (pdf) Coarsetuning It essay for Stephen Kelly exhibition at SKOL, Montreal, September 2008 curriculum vitae (spring 2010)
all locations Canada, unless mentionedUPCOMING 2012 untitled touring solo exhibition and catalogue of work with DAGAFO, locations TBA (tentative) 2010 Process is Paradigm, (group exhibition) Laboral. Gijon, Spain Cultivamos Cultura, (research residency) São Luis, Portugal untitled (group exhibition) Blackwood Gallery. Curator: Christof Migone, Toronto ON SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 Reject, Harbourfront Centre, Curator: Patrick Macaulay, Toronto, ON Lambinatronique/Lazymode, Oboro, Montréal QC 2007 Rejet/Reject, Articule. Montréal QC 2006 Natural & Manufactured Series, Klondike Institute Of Art & Culture/ODD Gallery, Dawson YK Manual, Koffler Centre for The Arts, Curator: Carolyn Bell Farrell, Toronto ON (catalogue) 2002 Portrait of a River, The Burnished Chariot, Curator: Janis Mink, New London, CT. USA 2001 Manual, Eyelevel Artist-Run Centre, Halifax NS (essay) Water and Electricity, MFA Thesis Ex., Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS 2000 Why Do Machines Think They Are Humans?, Khyber Closet Gallery, Halifax NS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 Resounding, Dalhousie Art Gallery. Curators: Peter Dykhuis, Sym Corrigan. Halifax NS 2008 TMM: Hybrid, Trondheim Centre for Contemporary Art + TEKS. Curator: Espen Gangvik, Trondheim, Norway Schematic, Spacemedia. Curators: Heather Corcoran, Michelle Kasprzak,Gillian McIver. London UK 2007 It's A Wonderful Life, Owens Art Gallery, Curator: Gemey Kelly, Sackville NB. (catalogue) 2006 Danger Will Robinson, Latitude 53, Curator: Donna Wawzonek, Edmonton, AB. (essay) 2004 3rd Electrohype Biennial, Malmo Konsthall.,Curators: Lars Midboe and Anna Kindvall, Malmo, Sweden (catalogue) Machine Life, Group Exhibition, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Curator: Jan Allen, Kingston ON (catalogue) 2003 Obsolete Object Gallery, Art Gallery of Calgary. Curators: Mark Clintberg and Luanne Martineau, Calgary AB Used Vehicles, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Curator: David Diviney, Lethbridge AB (catalogue) 2002 Canada Darling, The Burnished Chariot, Curator: Emily Luce, New London CT, USA (catalogue) The Devil's Workshop, Mount St. Vincent University Gallery, Curators: Sarah Hollenberg and Spencer Ramsay, Halifax NS (catalogue) 2001 Misc. Mesh, Collective Exhibition. Halifax NS Interest Group, MFA Group Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax NS 2000 Group of Seven Eleven, Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax NS The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills, MFA Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax, NS 1999 Artsweek @ 401, 401 Richmond. Toronto ON Dinner@5, 7a*11d Performance Art Festival. Toronto ON 1997 Live at 455 Performance Series, de Leon/White Gallery. Toronto ON Artsweek @ 401,401 Richmond. Toronto ON :JAWA:bot:machines that perform, 7a*11d Performance Art Festival. Toronto ON Images Festival of Independent Film and Video. Toronto, ON It's After The End Of The World, Symptom Hall. Toronto, ON SYNC, Beaver Hall, Toronto ON RESIDENCIES 2006 Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, Artist in Residence. Dawson City YK Church Basement, Artist in Residence. Saskatoon SK 2005 TEKS, Artist in Residence/Workshop. Trondheim Norway BEK, Artist in Residence/Workshop. Bergen Norway 2004 Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, Artist in Residence. Dawson City YK 2003 BEK + HKS, NIFCA New Media Artist in Residence. Bergen, Norway Struts Artist-Run Centre, Artist in Residence. Sackville, NB 2001 Struts Artist-Run Centre, Artist in Residence. Sackville, NB LECTURES/SYMPOSIA/TALKS 2009 presenter, Grounding Open Source Hardware summit and symposium, Banff Centre, Banff, AB 2008 speaker, Trondheim Matchmaking. Trondheim, Norway 2000-present some type of artist talk has accompanied activities in Halifax, Sackville, Saskatoon, Dawson, Bergen NO, Trondheim NO, Montréal, Windsor, Banff, Malmo and more 2004 speaker, Machine Life Symposium, Queens University, Kingston ON 2003 speaker, Ultima Festival, NOTAM, Oslo Norway speaker: "Low Mech", Trondheim Matchmaking. Trondheim Norway SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 2009-pres Board Of Directors. Oboro. Montréal QC 2008-pres Board of Directors. Eastern Bloc Artist-Run Centre. Montréal QC 2006-pres Co-organizer. Dorkbot:Montréal. various locations in Montréal 2000-pres Workshop Instructor. workshops at centres, galleries, universities etc. in: Halifax, Banff, Sackville, Banff, Saskatoon, Dawson, Norway, Windsor, Toronto, Montréal etc. 2009 Curator. (w. Rita McKeough) Artificial Sweetener, OK-Quoi media arts festival, Sackville NB 2008 Geek-Concordia, (Lecture Series, organizer), Concordia University. Montréal QC 2007 Tech. Consultant, Pomme de parterre, International Garden Festival, Jardins de Métis, QC 2006-present Dorkbot:Montréal, co-organizer 2004 PAVED Media Arts Center, "Thinking Inside The Box" Workshop Instructor. Saskatoon, SK 2003 Tech. Consultant, Rita McKeough, Outskirts, Owens Gallery, Sackville NB 2002 Tech. Consultant, R. McKeough, Wave Over Wave, Sound Symposium, St. John's NF 2001 Eyelevel Artist-Run Centre, Board of Directors. Halifax NS 1999-00 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Exhibitions Committee. Halifax NS 1998-99 Inter/Access Artist-Run Centre, Board of Directors. Toronto, ON 1997 :JAWA:bot:machines that perform:, curator. Toronto, ON Symptom Hall Multi-Disciplinary Art Centre, director. Toronto, ON 1996-97 7a*11d Performance Art Collective, Founding Member. Toronto, ON 1995-96 WRITING 2010 Essay for Field Studies, solo exhibition by Jessica Field, Oboro, Montréal QC 2009 "Modified Montreal-Saskatoon Miller Solar Engine: Alpha 0.1.1" Vague Terrain: Digital Art / Culture / Technology, No.12: Device Art (online journal), ed. Rob Cruickshank, http://vagueterrain.net/journal12, January 2009 2008 "Coarse-tuning It " essay for Wave Up, solo exhibition by Stephen Kelly, SKOL, Montréal QC MERITS 2009 Canada Council For The Arts, New Media Research Grant Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, Professional Development Grant 2007 Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, Professional Development Grant 2006 Conseil des Arts et des Lettres Québec, Media Arts B Grant in Artistic Research and Creation 2005 Alberta College of Art and Design Faculty Research Award 2004 Canada Council For Arts, Travel Grants To New Media Artists Alberta Foundation For The Arts, Creation Grant Alberta College of Art and Design Faculty Research Award 2003 Canada Council For Arts, Travel Grants To New Media Artists Alberta College of Art and Design Faculty Research Award 2002 Canada Council For Arts, New Media Research Grant (the former) Nova Scotia Arts Council, Creation Grant 2001 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship 2000 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, MFA Entrance Scholarship 1999 Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education Project Grant 1998 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Grant to Emerging Artists 1997 Canada Council For the Arts, First Productions Grant in Media Arts Ontario College of Art and Design, Charles Street Audio Award EDUCATION 2001 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, MFA in Media Arts, Halifax, NS 1997 Ontario College of Art & Design, A.O.C.A., Toronto ON EMPLOYMENT Currently I teach Electronic Arts Studio & Electronics for Artists at Concordia University in Montreal. Previously I have taught at the Alberta College of Art & Design (ACAD) in Calgary, AB, Canada and the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (NSCAD) in Halifax, NS, Canada. In addition, I have worked for several years custom designing & building electronic/mechanical devices & interfaces for artists, & conduct workshops in electronics and programming at artist run centres internationally SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ETC magazine. Sarah Cook "London: Canadian New Media Art" (review of Schematic at :space: in London, UK, includes photos) June-July, 2009 ESPACE Sculpture. Esther Bourdages (review of Lazymode at Oboro, includes photos) winter 2009 Canadian Art Magazine. Neal Thomas "Peter Flemming: Lazymode/Lambinatronique"(review of Oboro show, incl. photo). Winter 2009 Le Devoir, Montréal QC. Jérôme Delgado "Hors d'usage et efficaces" (review of Lazymode/Lambinatronique)pg. E6, June 1, 2008 "It's A Wonderful Life" Owens Art Gallery, Sackville NB (catalog, essay, photo) fall 2007 Canadian Art Magazine. Ashley Johnson "Peter Flemming: Koffler Centre For The Arts" (review of "Manual", incl. photo). page 146, volume 23, issue 3, Fall 2006 CBC North. Dawson YK, Canada. Arts Report (various interviews on solar powered Canoe) August 2006 Manual Exhibition Brochure, Koffler Centre For The Arts. Toronto ON, Canada Essay by Norman T. White (incl. photo) May 2006 Electrohype Catalog, Electrohype/Malmo Konsthall (essay, incl. photo). Malmo, Sweden. February 2005 ESPACE Sculpture. Gil McElroy "Machine Life" (review, incl. photo) issue 68, Summer 2004 Machine Life Catalog, Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Kingston ON, Canada Jan Allen (exhibition catalog and essay, incl. photo) February 2004 MacLeans Magazine, Canada, "10 Artists Who Rock" Jan 12, 2004 FastForward, Calgary AB, Canada "Used Vehicles" (review) Border Crossings. James Trainor "Canada Darling" (review) issue 84, volume 21, no. 4, 2002 Devils Workshop, Mount Saint Vincent University. Halifax NS, Canada Sarah Hollenberg (exhibition catalog and essay, incl. photo) June 2002 Canada Darling, Burnished Chariot. New London CT, USA Emily Luce (exhibition catalog and essay, incl. photo) November 2002 NY Times, New York NY, USA. William Zimmer "Alternative Offerings, Fresh From Halifax" (review of Canada Darling, incl. photo) July 7, 2002 The Coast, Halifax NS, Canada. Jane Kansas "The Devils Workshop" (review) May 23-30, 2002 Arts Atlantic (Monthly National Arts Journal) Julian Forrest "Open Studio, Struts Gallery, Sackville" (review, incl. photo) issue 71, Spring 2002 Arts Atlantic (Monthly National Arts Journal) Linda Dornan "The Experiment Continues" (review, performance) issue 71, Spring 2002 CBC Radio One. Moncton NB, Canada. Arts Report (radio interview on Struts residency) October 2001 Sackville Tribune-Post, Sackville NB, Canada Scott Doherty, ed. "Exploring Interactions With Machines" (review) Oct 10, 2001 Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax NS, Canada Tim Dallett "Peter Flemming: Ends and Means" (exhibition essay, Manual) September 2001 Ma pratique artistique incorpore des pièces électroniques usuelles, des mécanismes faits maison, des processus mécaniques, des objets industriels, des articles de quincaillerie, de la technologie désuète ou bon marché pour grand public et/ou des codes informatiques copiés-collés ensemble. Mon travail va de petits dispositifs en réseau à des installations de grande échelle. Ce sont, pour moi, des équivalents électromécaniques de la nouvelle littéraire. Je n’utilise pas des paragraphes, des phrases, des mots et des lettres, mais plutôt des verrous et des écrous, des piles, du métal et des composantes électroniques pour explorer différents thèmes: utilité, efficacité, entropie, loisir et nature versus technologie. J'ai appris les rudiments de l’électronique à l’école des beaux-arts et a développé d’autres connaissances en bricolant dans l’atelier. Ma pratique s’appuie sur l’expérimentation empirique de diverses techniques et technologies, à laquelle s’ajoute un intérêt pour les phénomènes naturels et culturels. En construisant des automates aux mouvements répétitifs, je souhaite ouvrir un petit espace de contemplation dans lequel le public peut s’absorber temporairement. Avril 2008 Peter Flemming est un artiste qui construit des machines. Il a présenté son travail en Amérique du Nord et en Europe. Il vit présentement à Montréal où il enseigne l’électronique pour les artistes à l’Université Concordia. Il a mené des ateliers en électronique et en programmation dans des centres d’artistes autogérés à travers le monde. |
