ALEXANDER WENDT SELECTED WORKS

ALEXANDER WENDT SELECTED WORKS

Lit, 2012 2016 Lit Sunshine Recorder (version 1 5), video & light composition of real time (video & licht komposition der echtzeit), black and white video 30 minutes, with a chance soundtracks by Jez riley French, Jasper Leyland, Robert Curgenven, Sandra Kazlauskaite and Wendt ; exhibited at Drone Cinema Festival, Netherlands, Kammermachen, Germany, 2015 at Speeding and Braking: Navigating Acceleration, conference at Goldsmiths, University of London 2016, and SOUND IMAGE colloquium, Greenwich University, 2016,

Quintéte, 2012 Installation at Crypt Duomo Avellino, Piazza Ospedale for FLUSSI Media Arts Festival, Avellino, Italy in collaboration with Gianluca Bonomo / in zusammenarbeit mit Gianluca Bonomo mixed media, 4 video micro-projections and 18-channel sound with partial hyper sound projection / 4 video projektionen mit 18-kanalton partiell hypersound projektion

SAADvL, 2011 2013 Installation and performance with multi-channel sound, at Field Studies symposium at the Faculty For Architecture & Spatial Design A a recording of this performance with Musarc Choir ʻSetting conditions by which something will come into existence' was released as part of a ʻBelow The Radarʼ compilation curated by Jez riley French "A Quiet Position" with the WIRE magazine #335 in January 2012 and modified version installed at KInetica Arts Museum, 2013

SAADvL, 2011 2013 A modified version of SAADvL titled ʻShards Cloud Sound with Pendulumʼ at Kinetica Art Museum Night,on docked Motorship Stubnitz in London 2013 installation and iterative performances, accumulative set investigating sonic properties of the fishing and freeze vessel MS Stubnitz

Field Studies Field Studies is a summer-school led by acclaimed sound artists and composers. It explores the possibilities of engaging with places through listening, and working with recorded sound as a creative and practical tool in the context of architecture, the city and art practice. Field Studies is organised by Musarc, a sound and architecture research platform at the Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Design (ASD), 2011 at London Metropolitan University. Alexander Wendt presented and created new work as participant.

Sonic Retreat, 2011 Symposium for contemplation, deep listening and creative exchange workshops, presentations, talks, performances, networking off the grid in rural Wales, near Llandrindod Wells

Sunwheel / Sonnenrad, 2010 12X50, Carbon7, Exmoor Nationalpark and Cornwall installation / object assorted plants, blossoms, fruits and dead twigs / verschiedene Pflanzen, Blüten, Früchte und abgestorbene Zweige

Bottleneck Organº / Flaschenhalsorgelº, 2008 12X50, Carbon5, Greenwich, London installation / object-instrument 23 bottlenecks rescued from the Thames bed and banks, strings attached / 23 Flaschenhälsevom Flussbett der Themse mit Schnur

Repeat, 2010, 12 vinyl record UK, Australia, Germany Special Art Edition in white vinyl with cover bearing a golden emboss, includes also a unique print work silksreen shaded golden ink 4-layers and handmade paper hand-numbered edition of 300

IMG_1971 IMG_1975 investigating the space of physical identity, using portait photography found on hard drives discarded by the taiwanese government a cameraʼs shutter is triggered gun-like and one identity is erased, names are replaced by generic serial numbers, eg. IMG_1971 which no longer bearing the uniqueness of itʼs former self - ghosts appear capturing the physical identity by which any connection to the personʼs life is severed. the former unit name-face-identity is resolved New Lucky Village, 2009 SPACE, Docklands, Isle Of Dogs, London video installation with performance sound / DVD duration approximately 35min devoid of context the new anonymity, and the soundtrack of the discarded faces makes us reading them anew

[wc:lbc:l], 2008-2009 Chemnitz, London, New York Alexander Wendt with Elaine Thomazi Freitas and Luke Hastilow large scale interactive wall installation, variable size, various programmes mixed media, wall panels / projections, computer system

[wc:lbc:l], 2008-2009 London, Chemnitz, New York Alexander Wendt with Elaine Thomazi Freitas and Luke Hastilow large scale wall installation, variable size, mixed media, interactive wall panels / projections,

C.D.R.I.P., 2008 Alexander Wendt with Ayumi Kubota Kammermachen #2, Chemnitz, Germany video still frame of performance, mixed media, industrial wood shredder, paper shredder, various CD players(8), CD albums(500), video projection, lighting

Kammermachen #2, 2008 Chemnitz, Germany Alexander Wendt and students of the London Metropolitan University installations, mixed media, performances and workshops Insomnia, Mimosa (Talk to me), Sonikube, itree

London Rikshaw, 2008 Alexander Wendt with Mika Masuda Kammermachen #2, Chemnitz, Germany portable installation, mixed media, Bycicle rikshaw, portable DVD player, headphones (2), field recordings and multiple split-screen videos street scenery Borroughs of London

108 Pieces Demolition, 2008 LABAN Conservertoire Contemporary Dance, Deptford, London installation, performance, research and collaborative event (with Douglas Benford, Jasper Leyland and Janek Schaefer) mixed media, sand. wooden blocks, prepared worktables, multichannel soundsytem and recording space, audio responsive projection audience participation required

108 Pieces Demolition, 2008 LABAN Conservertoire Contemporary Dance, Deptford, London installation, performance, research, audience participation and collaborative event (with Douglas Benford, Jasper Leyland and Janek Schaefer) mixed media, sand, wooden blocks, prepared worktables, multichannel soundsytem and recording space, audio responsive projection

54 Pieces Demolition, 2007 SITE ART Gallery, Royal Albert Docks, Liverpool installation, performance, research mixed media and audience participation, sand, wooden blocks, prepared worktable, multichannel soundsytem and recording space online report at http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/library/c13987_3.pdf

a-cycles, 2006 FACT Foundation for Arts and Creative Technology, Liverpool research, 192 participants presentation: mixed media and audience participation, published in The Itemisation of Creative Knowledge by Liverpool University Press 2006 ISBN: 1-84631-038-5 / pp. 128-147, with accompanying DVD / online report at http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/library/g27507_3.pdf