05 June 08 - 12:08mpc2059 - trail blazers
05.20.08mpc2059 is a conceptual art and audio project that utilizes puredata and max/msp.
mpc2059 is a conceptual art and audio project that utilizes puredata and max/msp.
07 January 08 - 10:38mpc2059 - machinic demo
01.07.08mpc2059 is a conceptual art and audio project that utilizes puredata and max/msp.
18 December 07 - 15:38INTERVIEW: UNDECISIVE CONTEXTS An E-mail Conversation with Mark Edward Grimm
12.18.07#006 Re: MAGAZINE / UNDECISIVE CONTEXTS
An E-mail Conversation with Mark Edward Grimm
04 November 07 - 12:58megrimm - BFG Soundtrack
11.04.07Soundtrack to the Rochester Children's Theater production of "The BFG".
01 October 07 - 11:52ESSAY: Nine Parts of Nine Parts: Part II Mullaya
10.01.07Part two of an essay series based on the theatrical production of 'Nine Parts of Desire' by Heather Raffo.
19 July 07 - 09:01ESSAY: Nine Parts of Nine Parts: Part I Layal
07.11.07Part one of an essay series based on the theatrical production of 'Nine Parts of Desire' by Heather Raffo.
17 April 07 - 09:06ESSAY: Carlos Katastrofsky and Internet Artworks: Conceptualizing Centrality and Maritime Networks
04.17.07An essay devoted to the work of Carlos Katastrofsky by conceptualizing his work through ideas of centrality and maritime networks.
28 February 07 - 08:55ESSAY: Painting as Image Assemblage and Reterritorialization in the works of Jacob Roesch
02.28.07An essay about a painter friend of mine.
28 January 07 - 11:50ESSAY: Neo-minimalism, Generative Art and the Work of Amy Cheatle
01.28.07An essay I wrote about my wife and artistic collaborator Amy Cheatle as a personal reaction to her recent work.
20 December 06 - 17:07ESSAY: Frank Shifreen and the Materialism of Shamanistic Painterly Visions
12.20.06An essay I wrote about my good friend Frank Shifreen in reaction to criticism I over heard on his painting art show at Macy Gallery at Teachers College at Columbia University.
02 November 06 - 16:03red blood ground
11.02.06All songs were written and recorded in a 24 hour period.
This album explores how simple song structures are created and recorded. These songs are based on 'melodies' or 'tunes' that I have been developing in my head for the past few years.
14 October 06 - 08:39Excavate: CoHabit 2.0
09.02.2006An demonstrative inquiry of possibilities in autonomy and collaboration.
In collaboration with 'socialmediagroup', we excavated dirt to the bedrock in an art park in upstate New York - to use the dirt for 1 month in an electronic, interactive installation - returning it to where it came from in an altered, rejuvenated state. This is the forth installment in the series "eco-works" begun in 2003.
14 October 06 - 08:38CoHabit: Cooperative Networks and Ecologies
01.22.05An artistic inquiry into sustainable systems and interactive, architectural collaborations.
In collaboration with 'socialmediagroup', we disassembled a depression-era fruit barn in upstate New York - transporting the materials to Manhattan - to mill small building blocks for gallery goers to utilize as miniature collaborative structures. This is the third installment in the series "eco-works" begun in 2003.
14 October 06 - 08:37ORG: Reaping the White Walls
09.29.2004An art and biology show. Macy Gallery at Columbia University.
In collaboration with 'socialmediagroup', we baked bread and brewed beer for gallery opening participants to eat and drink. This is the second installment in the series "eco-works" begun in 2003.
14 October 06 - 08:36Virtual Real-Estate: Squatting Domains
09.02.04Full Screen net.art websites devoted to a single Squatted Domain Name
I experimented with creating various websites that acted as single 'channels' of information (imagery, video, animation) in full screen mode that emulated a television 'portal' in a web browser. All information had various instances of 'looping' that created an indefinite 'web' instance. Sites were 'found objects' - domains that were registered yet had no content so therefore had the potential of a virtual 'squat".
14 October 06 - 08:35Guerrilla Servers: Gentoo Linux Server Project
07.02.04Streaming Content from the Institution Guerrilla Style on Custom Gentoo Linux Servers
In collaboration with 'socialmediagroup', we built, maintained and ran our own servers without institutional authorization from the Columbia University network.
14 October 06 - 08:25Rooftop Guerrilla Gardening: SkyGarden
03.18.2004A Guerrilla Gardening Research Experiment in the Manhattan Urban Terrain.
In collaboration with 'socialmediagroup', we grew a garden on the roof of an 11 story building in upper Manhattan without authorization. This is the first installment in the series "eco-works" begun in 2003.
14 October 06 - 08:23NYC Anti-War Protests: Art & Actions
05.10.2003Ongoing Project Documenting Anti-War/Activistic Actions and Interactions in NYC since 09.11.01
In collaboration with 'socialmediagroup', we documented immediate political events after the collapse of the World Trade Center and leading up to the Iraq war.
14 October 06 - 08:22Army Men: Symbolic Plastic
03.19.03Operation United States Freedom
214 plastic 'Army Men' were deployed in and around Manhattan in New York City. They were placed in buildings, in public and private areas, and on 'the streets". This was done the same day as the "2003 invasion of Iraq" when 214,000 United States service men and women were deployed in Iraq.
10 October 06 - 13:33The Long Emergency Notification System: The Thick Neck Sessions
05.04.2006Musical experirments with electronica, computers, sequencing, filters and noise rock.
A Pro-Tools studio was built equipped with a Digi 002 rack, mixing board, computers and mic'ed instruments (drums, keys, bass guitar). The following are recordings done over a 2 year period starting in 2005. Experiments commenced with musical forms such as techno-electronica, noise rock and jam rock. Other experiments in noise and sound creation often commenced.
10 October 06 - 13:27PostMarks and JaKlab: L.E.P.
11.12.2003Experiments with recording and 'Pop' song structures
The following recordings were done over a 4-year period in NYC from around 2001 to 2004. Most recordings during this period were experimental jam sessions that resulted in fixed songs structures. Experiments included singer/songwriter material, instrumental compositions, and indie-rock structures. Many pieces have an 'un-finished' quality and are not very refined. Their 'incomplete' nature is what makes them interesting and complete. These recording DO NOT have a underlying coherence but instead are meant to experiment with different musical genres, sounds and content.
10 October 06 - 13:08Sounds from the Undeveloped Nature of the Human Distortion Box: Volume III
06.14.2001Experiments in Computer Generated Noise
The third 'Volume' in the SFTUNOTHDB series I began taking 'found' sounds and manipulating them on the computer. I was really interesting in this volume in understanding what the computer could do and how audio could be manipulated in different forms. The program 'pure-data' was used in conjunction with audio samples to create this entire recording.
10 October 06 - 13:05Sounds from the Undeveloped Nature of the Human Distortion Box: Volume II
07.19.00Experiments in Computer Generated Noise
The second 'Volume' in the SFTUNOTHDB series explores the relationship between instruments and computer technologies. With this Volume I was interested in understanding aspects of MIDI technologies and how they related to the computer. I juxtaposed this with 'acoustic' instruments and traditional 'electronic' instruments in order to better understand the relationships between the two very different control devises for sound creation.
10 October 06 - 13:02Sounds from the Undeveloped Nature of the Human Distortion Box: Volume I
08.19.99Experiments in Computer Generated Noise
The first 'Volume' in the SFTUNOTHDB series was some first innitial experiments with computer generated noise and beats. These experiments were conducted over the course of a 2 month period using basic 'WAV' editing programs. This work proved a stating point for future computer related works that span several volumes.
03 October 06 - 19:56mmpc: Pink Triangle Man and Other Recordings
02.13.1999First experiments with the traditional 'Rock' band structure.
mmpc was a first experiment with the structure of an electronic band format. The music was primarliy 'Jam Rock' based but became highly experimental with electronic improvisational formats and time progressed. 'Jams' were extended sometimes reaching an hour or so in length. Songs structures began with 'cover' songs and some originals, often evolving into experiments in controled noise. The following is our one 'album' of original music and other various recording.
03 October 06 - 11:22Analog Pixels: Situational Experiments with Color Field Surfaces
01.22.2001Experiments in creating physical pixels for use in installations, interactivity and situations.
These experiments in painted surfaces and LCD photos were begun at the end of my masters work at Rochester Institute of Technology. I was interested in creating flat painted surfaces that were devoid of brush strokes and photographs that were devoid of objects for use in gallery installations and creating public situations.
01 October 06 - 14:48The Material Anatomy of the Handgun and Its Representations
05.19.06Script for a Performace: Academic Lectures, Video and Poetry
This Project is a performance based lecture that uses a video as a large scale backdrop to expressive, academic spoken word. It is the first in a series of expected performaces to be based around weaponry, war and violence. This lecture was inspired by a statement by Gilles Deleuze in the book 'Negotiations' where he proposes that 'lectures should be like rock concerts'. These, therfore, are experiments with what would be traditional academic presentations.
01 October 06 - 14:47Deleuze and Guattari and the Machinic Phylum
01.09.06Initial Draft of Ideas Concerning the texts of D&G
The following is from a paper that I am now in the process of drafting. It is a first attempt at understanding the very complex thought of Deleuze and Guattari and their understanding the the 'Machinic Phylum'. I feel very close to this subject matter because as a materialist, artist, and the son of craftsmen it is important foor me to understand the philosophical and historical implicaitons of creating and using materials.
01 October 06 - 14:47Introduction: The Art of Collaborative Networks and Autonomous Systems as an Educational Praxis
12.30.05Initial Paper Draft and Writen Experiments
A first draft of a certificational paper that I have been working on. This paper is by far complete. I am not even sure I indend to finish it! But in a way am more interested in workinng out some of my ideas in writen form rather than, at this moment, creating a finished product.
01 October 06 - 14:46Archive 02: Resisting Empire - A Cultural Diffusion
05.08.06Idea Writing: An Archived, Non-Refined Draft
Just something I found while looking through my notes. Just a strange rambleing blurb about resisting empire, cultural diffusions and the like. Sometimes it is a lot easier (and interesting) to write something quickly and with feeling than to really sit dowwn and write a very refined and researched piece. the following is one such example of some improvisational , semi-academic, post-modern type writing.
01 October 06 - 14:45Running a Car from Vegetable Oil?
11.07.05Cultural Reflextions and Project Propositions
In the wake of moving from New York City and the ever increasing fuel prices it has become apparent to me that the American addiction to oil might have to go through a serious phase of withdrawal before it can begin the process of curing. Just as methadone might be thought of as an alternative to the highly addictive heroin, as a substitute and being less harmful it does its trick, weaning the patient from its self destructive opiate cousin.
01 October 06 - 14:45T-Shirts as Public Art
09.16.05Cultural Reflections and Project Propositions
I've been thinking about t-shirts lately and about creating a line of them. They would of course be highly political in nature. Living in the suburbs exposes one to a lot of imagery worn on the body in the form of this medium. I was really prompted when I was doing a little research and came across a variety of extremist right-wing imagery.
01 October 06 - 14:43Reflections on Art 01
07.28.05General Reflections on art and art making
I imagine like anyone involved in the arts it is vital that one continually persists in reconceptualising their own conception of what ART IS. My own personal view on this matter has gradually changed over the past ten years. As an undergraduate in a Community College my understanding of anything 'artistically based' was very much limited indeed to my past, historical experiences - mainly landscape painting and animal photography. Eventually throughout my education I soon began to take in a more globalized view of the arts, for the most part New York City based - not too far from Rochester NY where I was born and initially educated.
01 October 06 - 14:42Archive 01: Labor, Craft and Open source
05.08.05Idea Writing: An Archived, Non-Refined Draft
Since I haven't had a lot of time in the past week I just thought I would post some obscure "idea" writing that I was developing some time ago. This short is just one of many that I will eventually post as I come across them scattered all over my hard drive. I believe this writing to be highly subjective and was a little leery to post publicly at first. Since I am trying to write a certification paper and eventually a dissertation I soon realized it was not entirely out of my interest to track my progress no matter how "wrong" the thinking may be. What I have realized is that it is not really about whether the writing is "wrong" or "right" in a research or academic manner but whether one is "thinking" or "not-thinking". I myself would rather see "wrong thinking" than "right regurgitation". This is very true in art and when I teach my students this they (and I for that matter) usually become pleasantly surprised by the outcomes. This is to be my first entry in this experimentation of subjective thoughts. I will then be able to link thoughts together as these entries progress.
01 October 06 - 14:23Ecologies Part I: Garden as Revolutionary Act
04.29.05Ecological Observations of the Everyday
For the past few days my wife and I have been progressively tackling our upstate New York yard. After spending the past 5 years in New York City we recently moved to the upstate Rochester area due to the death of my father. My grandfather has been I’ll and living with my mother and she just couldn't take care of him alone. We have basically taken the summer off from our business and academic work. This sudden move has allowed us to be quickly immersed in suburban culture and because I am (I hope) a critical thinker I have become increasingly interested in the suburban landscape and its revolutionary potential for community and political transformation.