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ANOTHER DIMENSION: DIGITAL ART IN MEMPHIS

ANOTHER DIMENSION: DIGITAL ART IN MEMPHIS

I’m thrilled to share that I have a video in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and I will be part of an artists talk there. The Show: ANOTHER DIMENSION: DIGITAL ART IN MEMPHIS Through September 11, 2022 Karl Erickson, Be Almost Miraculous, 2022 About the show:While digital art has existed since the 1960s, it has experienced increasingly mainstream interest in recent years. Due in part to our…

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Experiment with Social VR

Experiment with Social VR

In relation to my AFK (away from keyboard) exhibition Learn Sing Plants Counting Monsters Colors Alphabets at Rhodes College, I have been experimenting with making a web/social VR version. Please check it out here and let me know what you think. See it here.

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Learn Sing Plants Counting Monsters Colors Alphabets

Learn Sing Plants Counting Monsters Colors Alphabets

Education Lessons: Blue, Digital Animation, 2021, 01:08 minutes My new installation Learn Sing Plants Counting Monsters Colors Alphabets is on view February 11–March 11, 2022 at Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College. I’ll be giving a talk 6:00 pm on Thursday, March 3rd at Rhodes College. It will also be on Zoom at this link: https://rhodes.zoom.us/j/98119867756 And, there will be a reception on…

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Check Me Out On Vimeo

Check Me Out On Vimeo

As I refocus on my website and plan the redesign, please check out my Vimeo site for new works. And I am active on Instagram, too.

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Stupid Lepton Live Stream Performance

Stupid Lepton Live Stream Performance

https://vimeo.com/514974987 Stupid Lepton Performance Live streaming performance as part of the Memphis Concrete event on February 19, 2021.I performed as “Stupid Lepton” and used a modular synth connected to a plant for sound and various Signal Culture Apps for video manipulation.

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"Practice Sharing — an online presentation of expanded approaches to language-based practice within the field of artistic research."

“Practice Sharing — an online presentation of expanded approaches to language-based practice within the field of artistic research.”

Excited to share that my art and writing about it is included in “Practice Sharing — an online presentation of expanded approaches to language-based practice within the field of artistic research.” Please check it out, there are scores of fantastic language focused artists and writers and musicians involved.

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Hello. How Are You? Goodbye. (New 360 immersive video)

Hello. How Are You? Goodbye. (New 360 immersive video)

Hello. How Are You? Goodbye. Karl Erickson 360° digital video, 2020 2:30 minute loop

For this video, a plant was connected to a modular video and sound synthesizer. Electricity generated by the plant was amplified so that it…

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Some News

My video Talk to Your Plants About Uplift Experiences is included in the Indie Memphis Film Festival “Aniexpialidocious (Animated Shorts)” screening. You can stream all of the fantastic animations here. I am thrilled to be included in the Film Festival along with my colleague Trimiko Melancon, and former students Emily Burkhead and Ethan Garland. Please check out their videos as well. 

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Which Wave “Diagonal Fractal Post-everything Here is the video I made for Which Wave's "Diagonal Fractal Post-Everything." I used some video feedback and analog synth gear.

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We Tried to Tell You One of my videos from my recent show with laurie Nye "Time For Something Else" at Day & Night Projects. The extraterrestrial intelligences turn away in frustration from humankind.

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Exhibition at Day & Night Projects

Exhibition at Day & Night Projects

From the project space:

Laurie Nye and Karl Erickson: Time for Something Else

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 20, 7–10pm Exhibition Dates: June 20–July 27, 2019

Day & Night Projects is pleased to present two artists with works in dialogue, Laurie Nye and Karl Erickson. Their exhibition Time for Something Else features paintings, videos, and drawings which posit a visionary science-…

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video for “People” by Which Wave I've very excited to have made the video for the song "People" by Which Wave. It is from the debut "People E.P." - Spotify or download EP free at Check it out:

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How To Heal With Color How To Heal With Color 8:15, 2018 live audio-visual performance "How To Heal With Color" is a real-time performance mixing video and sound.

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Flower Meditation My wife gave me flowers for my birthday. I made this video with them. Used: Paracosm Lumen, Signal Culture Frame Buffer and Mixer. For sound, Make Noise 0-Coast with a touch of delay and reverb.

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Autonomous Reality Communities Performance

Autonomous Reality Communities Performance

Autonomous Reality Communities is a live video and sound performance.

It is a visual tone poem using the vocabulary of motion graphics and abstraction to posit that humankind is not the center of universe and that there are other layers of existence. I draw the title from Gene Youngblood’s essay of the same name, in which he argues for the use of computer generated and modulated moving image art…

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Stills from Life Can Be Difficult

Stills from Life Can Be Difficult

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Autonomous Reality Communities "Autonomous Reality Communities" is a visual tone poem using the vocabulary of motion graphics and abstraction to posit that humankind is not the center of universe and that there are other layers of existence.