RECKONING 3 (2014)

HD video, color, sound, 2013, 11' 14"

Comprising sequences, images, and sounds from popular video games, this artwork is an anthropological and performative exploration of the contemporary mediascape.

kent lambert (u.s.a.)

Kent Lambert (b. 1976, Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a Chicago-based musician and media artist. He worked from 2001 to 2004 as the Video Data Bank’s Distribution Assistant and is currently a technological expert at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago. His creative output primarily consists of vocal driven art-pop music and pop-inflected video art made from repurposed industrial and commercial media. His ever-mutating art-pop band Roommate has been performing stateside and abroad for over a decade.

Nato nel 1976 a Colorado Springs, in Colorado, Kent Lambert è musicista e media artist. Ha lavorato per società che si occupano della distribuzione di opere di videoarte e film sperimentali e come tecnico nel dipartimento di Film, Video, New Media and Animation della School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ha realizzato la colonna sonora di diversi documentari prodotti dal National Geographic. Attualmente lavora nello staff del reparto Arts Technology del Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, dell’Università di Chicago. La sua produzione artistica si sviluppa lungo due direttrici: la musica art-pop e videoarte pop creata attraverso l’uso creativo e ricombinante di media commerciali e industriali. Lambert vive e lavora a Chicago.

interview

Watch an exclusive interview with the artist.