NeonMarshmallow
2011 New York City
October 14 15 16 Public Assembly Brooklyn
14
Grouper
Kevin Drumm
The Men
Phill Niblock
James Ferraro
Xeno & Oaklander
15
Tim Hecker
Mark Fell
Phoenecia
Carlos Giffoni
Tim Harrington
Rene Hell
16
Mandelbrot & Skyy
La Big Vic
Joe Lentini
Forma
Date Palms
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Rhys Chatham
Alan Licht
Loren Connors
Ryley Walker
DJ sets
Veronica Vasicka
Spinoza
Ric Leichtung
Emilie Friedlander
Brian Turner
Todd P
Visuals
EyeBodega
Yr Friend Matthew
Jon Williams & Rebecca Gaffney
Johnny Woods
October 13
Clocktower Gallery
New York
C Spencer Yeh
Zarzutzki
Mark Fell (Official Site) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Sheffield (UK). After studying experimental film and video art at the local polytechnic he reverted to earlier interests in computational technology, music and synthetic sound. In 1998 he initiated a series of critically acclaimed releases, featuring both collaborative and solo works, on labels including Mille Plateaux, Line, Editions Mego, Raster Noton and Alku. Although working in electronic and techno music traditions, Mark's practice has become increasingly informed by non-European musics. This is evident in two recent linked works "Multistablity" and "UL8" which explore a number of unfamiliar timing and tuning systems. Uncut magazine called these "completely mind-blowing" and the Wire said these were "amazing". As well as recorded works Mark also produces installation pieces often using multispatial speaker technologies. His work in this area is characterized by 'non illusion based' approaches to surround sound environments. This methodology became prominent in a work commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Vienna) in collaboration with Roc Jiménez de Cisneros in 2008. For this the two artists developed a 48 speaker piece that rejected complex three dimensional panning systems in favour of spatially static synthetic sound. Critically Mark's work is informed by Western philosophy, especially the writings of Heidegger and Wittgenstein.