Artist Archive
Stupid Lepton Live Stream Performance
February 21, 2021
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.
2021 | Video
“Practice Sharing — an online presentation of expanded approaches to language-based practice within the field of artistic research.”
December 16, 2020
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.
2020 | Exhibitions, News, Writing
Hello. How Are You? Goodbye. (New 360 immersive video)
November 10, 2020
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 produced changes in the a/v signals through biofeedback. This is a form of conversation between the machine […]
2020 | News, Video | Tags: 360 vidoe, aliens, plants, video art
Some News
October 26, 2020
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 […]
2020 | Exhibitions, News | Tags: exhibitions, news, screenings, video
Which Wave “Diagonal Fractal Post-Everything
May 14, 2020
Here is the video I made for Which Wave‘s “Diagonal Fractal Post-Everything.” I used some video feedback and analog synth gear.
2020 | Music Videos, Video
We Tried to Tell You
July 14, 2019
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. All of the videos from the show here:
2019 | Video
Exhibition at Day & Night Projects
July 14, 2019
From the project space: Laurie Nye and Karl Erickson: Time for Something Else Opening Reception: Thursday, June 20, 7–10pmExhibition 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 […]
2019 | Collaboration, Exhibitions, Uncategorized
video for “People” by Which Wave
February 4, 2019
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 http://whichwave.net. Check it out:
2019 | Music Videos, Video | Tags: animation, music video, video
How To Heal With Color
July 11, 2018
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. The performance is an action to unite the viewer’s sense of color with the awareness of their own bodily states, leading from awareness to tension to release. It has been performed at […]
2018 | Video | Media: event, performance, video | Tags: monster selfhelp, performance, signal culture, video
Flower Meditation
May 12, 2018
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.
2018 | Video | Media: video | Tags: signal culture, video
Autonomous Reality Communities Performance
May 7, 2018
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 […]
2018 | Uncategorized
Autonomous Reality Communities
April 30, 2018
“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. I draw the title from Gene Youngblood’s essay of the same name, in which he argues for the use of computer […]
2018 | Video | Media: live performance, performance, video | Tags: video
Wash Away the Effluvia of the Capitalocene
February 1, 2018
Wash Away the Effluvia of the Capitalocene Digital video, 58 seconds, 2018 A cleansing wash to prepare for a better tomorrow. Video manipulated with Signal Culture’s Frame Buffer and Maelstrom apps. Sounds made with VCV Rack.
2018 | Video
Motherless Mind-Children (Partial Reconstruction)
December 21, 2017
Motherless Mind-Children (Partial Reconstruction) Digital Video, 9:36, 2017 This is a re-edit/remix of a live video mixing performance. It is an abstracted narrative about how, in order to evolve physically and biologically, we must find ways to join with the non-human, here represented by centipedes and snails. In order to accomplish this communion, we must […]
