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PlatteForum’s
Creative Residencies!
VINCENT COMPARETTO
Vincent Comparetto created a sound installation during his residency. ArtLab youth assisted in the construction and subsequent de-construction of a big, black box – a sound room measuring 12 feet square. Visitors were able to enter the box from which a “labyrinth” of illuminated hanging speakers of varying heights “whispered” mixed audio tracks. Vincent created the audio soundscapes of children’s voices that he recorded during workshops and also incorporated found audio. Additionally, Vincent created a digital animation loop from the drawings from 3 rd graders – covering car chases, bouncing landscapes and underwater adventures. His mixed-media installation was intriguing and innovative and offered the public a new form of auditory experience.
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Artist Statement
My grandfather was an electrician, he repaired TVs,
radios, and just about anything electronic. As a child
I worked alongside my father in the garage as he restored
cars. I never learned too much about cars but I learned
how to use the tools. My mother was a painter. This
is how my work came to be, from their influence. They
supplied me with the ability to manipulate media to
build certain ideas.
I have always felt my work is an
exercise in problem solving, both on material and
subconscious levels. If I become comfortable with
a medium or a process I have to find new ways to complicate
it by preparing obstacles for myself to overcome in
the future. Remove these elements of chance and the
process would be without progress for me. I want to
make mistakes and I want to find myself questioning
my motives, constantly.
Recently my work has been evolving
away from it’s original visual parameters. This
has a lot to do with my original process becoming
so autonomous and executable. Plus the availability
of certain technologies has allowed me explore these
vast new areas of sound, and movement. So now with
my obstacles in place my creative lease has been renewed.
Artist Bio
Vincent has been working as a
designer for print, multimedia, motion graphics, set
design, 3D and 2D animation for the past eleven years.
He has won several awards including the Telly award
for graphic work on a documentary. He has exhibited
regionally on a yearly basis in numerous shows since
1994 including 9 exhibitions at Andenken Gallery and
the recent exhibition (Sept-Oct 2004) at Weilworks for
"Digital Movement," an all video-based exhibition.
Most recently he designed the digital elements of an
interactive kiosk directed towards children for the
Denver Art Museum, Retrospectacle Contemporary Art
Exhibit 2003.
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| PlatteForum’s Creative Residency Program builds on the tradition of artist residency programs around the world and is unique to Denver. The program offers the public an opportunity to see a body of work being developed by an artist, and then experience the culmination of that work in exhibitions and performances. Each residency incorporates an intensive workshop for under-served youth, which builds on the artist’s forms and for concepts. The artists share their passions for the creative process with the youth. This collaboration is the cornerstone of our learning programs. |
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