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Updated 29/09/21
Colin Self
www.colin-self.com
Born: December 15, 1987
Current City: Berlin, DE / Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION:
2006-2008 The Evergreen State College
2008-2010 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA)
2014-2017 Bard Milton-Avery Program
2021 Akademie der Künste’s INITIAL Special Grant Recipient, Berlin, DE
2019 Amplify Berlin Music Mentor, Berlin, DE
2018 FUGA Resident @ Etopia, Zaragoza, SP
2015 Horton Gallery Resident, Berlin, GE
2015 Shandaken Residency Recipient, New York NY
2014/15 Eyebeam Resident, New York NY
2013/14 Queer Art Mentorship Fellowship, New York NY
2013/14 Rhizome Commission Artist Grant Recipient, New York NY
SELECTED PERFORMANCE WORK:
Four Criminal Queers, composition for Berliner Capella Choral Ensemble
2021, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin DE
DAWN, Performance with Sheena McGrandles
2021, Heizhaus, presented by Sophiensalle, Berlin, DE
The World To Come, Composition for Rundfunkchor and Berlin State Orchestra
2020, Vollguthanger, Berlin DE
Xhoir Open Sessions, for “Welt Ohne Außen”
2018, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE
SIBLINGS (Elation VI)
2019, Trauma Bar, Berlin, DE
2018, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
Holly Herndon Ensemble
2018, CTM Festival, Berlin, DE
SIBLINGS (Elation VI)
2017, DonauFestival, Krems, Austria
Holly Herndon A/V Trio
2015-2017 International Tour
everything fits in the room
2017, HAU, Hebbel Am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
The Fool (Elation V)
2017, The Kitchen NYC, New York, NY
“Strategy 1-6” for the Opera Forward Festival, Performance
2016, The Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3hd: The Labor of Sound in a World of Debt, Performance
2015, HAU2 Hebbel Am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
Docking, Performance & Audio Programming
2015, Commission for BOFFO Performance Festival, Fire Island, NY
ELATION Walks, Performance & Audio Programming
2015, Otherwild Store, Los Angeles, LA
2015, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn NY
Normal Singing, Multimedia Choral Performance
2015, Museum of Art & Design, New York NY
Dirty Looks Roadshow, Performance and Panel Discussion
2014, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2014, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2015, Pennsylvania State BIOCODE Conference, PA
The Fool (Elation V), Opera Co-written and directed with Raul De Nieves
2014, Issue Project Room, New York, NY
Stockhausen’s Originale (2014), Organized by Caden Manson and Nick Hallett, Action Musician
2014, The Kitchen, New York NY
god sees everything, Music/Sound Composition for Phoebe Osbourne
2014, OMCA, Oakland, CA
Vocal Exercises 7-12, Choral Vocal Performance
2014, VOX POPULI at AUX, Philadelphia, PA
Vocal Exercises 1-6, Choral Vocal Performance
2014, White Columns for The White Columns Annual, New York NY
ELATION IV
2013, PS1 MOMA for Randy Magazine Release, Queens NY
2013, REDCAT Theater for Outfest, Los Angeles, CA
CHEZ DEEP, Performance
2014, The Poetry Club, Glasgow, UK
2013, Ace Hotel, New York, NY
2012, Santos Party House, New York, NY
2012, Nada Pool Party, Miami, FL
The Liturgy of The Divine Feminine, Performance
2013, Dixon Place for PS122’s COIL festival, New York, NY
2012, Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago, IL
ELATION III: Sinister Backbend, Performance & Lecture
2012, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago IL
2012, For BLASTING VOICE at The Suzanne Geiss Gallery, New York, NY
Dragon Is The Frame (Group Show for Mark Aguhar), Performance Installation
2012, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
SELECTED CURATORIAL WORK:
Clump
2018-2019, TV Bar, Berlin, DE
Regenerative Feedback: Source/Channel Noise
2018, Issue Project Room
Clump / ClumpTV / The Radical Diva Grant
2010-2014, Monthly Queer Performance & Music & Bi-Annual Grant Program, Trophy Bar, Brooklyn NY
Next Time 1: (Almost)
2011, Performances, Triskilion Arts, Brookyln NY
Next Time 2: (Already)
2012, Performances and Installations, White Box Gallery, New York NY
The Next Time Symposium
2013, Conferences, Lectures, Performances, and Publication, envoy enterprises, New York NY
SKILLS:
Proficient in Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Protools, Ableton Live, Premiere