Matthew Teigen | Portfolio

The first four pieces require the Adobe Shockwave plugin. Don't forget to turn your sound up.

Statement of Purpose

Cybernetic Improv (2002-2008)
Performance, interactivity. Includes the software used (Adobe Shockwave), a recording of the performance, a detailed description, the script, and photographs by Timothy Nohe. I improvise electric guitar over randomly generated music while talking about Japanese classical music and random number generation.

 

Biosynth Concerto (2002-2008)
Performance, interactivity. Includes the software used (Adobe Shockwave), a recording of the performance, a detailed description, and photographs by Steven Bradley. I play a pre-recorded sound-art piece while five others play along using a software synthezier I wrote.

 

skeletonMeat (2008)
Interactivity (Adobe Shockwave)

 

 

Comorbidity (2008)
Interactivity (Adobe Shockwave)

 

The Stupendous Chrissy Parker Project (2003)
Internet art. Virtually travelling around the country by changing zip codes on an internet dating service, an imaginary girl gathers 89 love letters from men in 6 U.S. cities. Includes a detailed description, a dating service profile, and a geographical presentation of the love letters. Modeling by Ana Williams.

 

Zugzwang (2008)
Internet art. Rrose Selavie, Marcel Duchamp's transgender alter ego, delivers one of 35,831,808 possible sentences. "Zugzwang" is a chess term, essentially meaning "a forced move". Duchamp left art in 1918 to play chess semi-professionally, doing so until his death in 1968.

 

Les Cadavres Automatiques (2005)
Internet art. Web-based take on "Cadavre Exquis", where participants are asked to build their own Exquisite Corpse from a set of given parts.

 

 

untitled document (2008)
Internet art. A series of meaningless pages are linked together in a meaningless way -- an exercise in anti-usability.

 

 

Q the Z: Not a Blog (2006-2008)
Internet art. Users submitted questions, the answers to which were then posted on the web.

 

 
 

Lullaby for a Virus (2006)
Sound, 2:43

 
 

Frozen Insect Zoo (2006)
Sound, 2:24

 

Pit of Doom (2007)
Animation, 1:26. A sympathetic, gumdrop-shaped creature living at the bottom of a pit is visited by two people in sequence.

 
IKINYA 5000 (2007)
Animation, 3:29. A blue-skinned, cybernetic humanoid treks across 30th century Africa, leaves the planet when a nuclear holocaust begins, and ultimately traverses the galaxy for a symbolic return.