KEVIN CLANCY

2011-04-12T13:20:00.000-07:00

heapblackfriday

2002-06-28T16:27:00.000-07:00

IMAGES | VIDEO | BLACK FRIDAY | EPHEMERA | BLOG

H.E.A.P. HQ BLACK FRIDAY

2001-06-28T16:30:00.000-07:00

H.E.A.P. HQ culminated in Black Friday, a free-sale closing that was organized by posting each free item back on Craigslist and inviting the Boston art community to an exhibition. The diverse crowd, in search of free items or an art show, merged as they gathered in front of the roped-off gallery space. The crowd reached a critical mass, and the countdown began. As the rope was pulled back, the crowd instantly flooded into the gallery, toppling sculptures and dismantling the installation. The entire exhibition was cleared in 15 minutes of euphoric consumption.

heapblackfriday

2001-06-28T16:27:00.001-07:00

IMAGES | VIDEO | BLACK FRIDAY | EPHEMERA | BLOG

H.E.A.P. HQ IMAGES

2001-06-28T16:27:00.000-07:00

H.E.A.P. HQ EPHEMERA

2001-06-28T16:25:00.000-07:00

H.E.A.P. HQ VIDEO

2001-04-22T21:25:00.000-07:00

m,a,n,t,r,a

2001-04-21T19:47:00.000-07:00

m,a,n,t,r,a
Participatory Sound Meditation, Custom Software created with Max/MSP
2010

Full video documentation coming soon.

Images by Julie Chen

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Long Live Ephemera

2001-04-21T19:46:00.000-07:00

Long Live Ephemera
Matchsticks on Paper, Audience
2008

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The walk for ________

2001-04-21T19:44:00.000-07:00

The walk for __________
Intaglio Etchings on Hahnemüle
2008

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All we see is all we know is all we are.

2001-04-21T19:42:00.000-07:00

All we see is all we know is all we are.
Styrofoam cups, Assorted beverages (Refresco Goya Fruit Punch, Sierra Mist Ruby Splash, Gatorade Fruit Punch, Sobe Elixir Orange Carrot, Gatorade AM Orange Strawberry, Sobe Lifewater Mango Melon, Refresco Goya Mandarin Soda, Stop & Shop Sun Pop Orange, Sobe Lifewater Orange Tangerine, Redrock Merengue, Gatorade 2 Orange, GOOD·O Piña Pineapple Soda, Vitamin Water Tropical Citrus, Sunny Delight, Refresco Goya Pineapple Soda, Polar Diet Orange Dry, Powerade ION4 Lemon Lime, Mountain Dew, Gatorade G2 Lemon Lime, Gatorade X-Factor Lemon Lime + Strawberry, Gatorade Tiger Cool Fusion, Refresco Goya Lemon Lime, Powerade ION4 Sour Melon, Little Hug Lemon Lime, Jones Soda Green Apple, Gatorade Frost Glacier Freeze, Powerade Zero Mixed Berry, Jones Soda Blue Bubblegum, Gatorade G2 Blueberry + Pomegranate, Everfresh Island Punch, Mountain Dew Voltage, Gatorade Fierce Grape, Crush Grape, Powerade ION4 Grape, Sobe Lifewater Yuzu Black Currant, Powerade Zero Grape, Gatorade Rain Berry, Powerade ION4 Strawberry Lemonade, Sobe Lifewater Strawberry Kiwi, Sobe Lifewater Blackberry Grape)
2009

Artificially-flavored drinks arranged by color to form the visible light spectrum.

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Universal Flag

2001-04-21T19:40:00.000-07:00

Universal Flag
Video Sculpture
2009

Universal Flag presents every national flag alphabetically in rapid succession to study the hybridization, pluralism, homogeneity, and chaos that may arise from our increasingly globalized culture. Because of its many colonies, the British flag lingers like a watermark on the Universal Flag, a persistent stain of colonialism and Western power and influence.

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Everything you know is a lie, including the lies.

2001-04-21T19:35:00.000-07:00

Everything you know is a lie, including the lies
Television monitor, live-feed video, graphite on paper, oscillating fan, commercial studio light
2009

Everything you know is a lie, including the lies examines the role that technology and mass media play in the manipulation, transmission,and processing of truth. It addresses the condition of skepticism in an age of immense alteration and artificiality.

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You cannot live forever.

2001-04-21T19:31:00.000-07:00

You cannot live forever.
Process-based Installation, live-feed video, dissected Artforum magazines, graphite drawings
2009

You cannot live forever was a process-based installation that focused on the disposability and rapid production of images in contemporary visual culture. The project revolved around the process of excavating and repurposing images from an archive of Artforum magazines as material for the creation of new works. The exhibition consisted of a fluid live-feed collage projection, a collection of works on paper made in the space, and a wall drawing. Images were created and subsequently buried by new images over the course of the three day exhibit.

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H.E.A.P. HQ

2001-04-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

H.E.A.P. HQ | / | IMAGES | VIDEO | BLACK FRIDAY | EPHEMERA | BLOG

H.E.A.P. HQ
Process-based Installation, Found Objects
2009

H.E.A.P. HQ was a three-week generative installation that accumulated every free object that could be found on Craigslist and the dumpsters and curbs of Boston.

H.E.A.P. HQ was the collaborative effort of Kevin Clancy, Nicholas Leonard, Daniel Mooradian, and Derek Thomas.

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Portable Utopia

2001-04-21T19:25:00.000-07:00

Portable Utopia
Mobile Library and Expandable Social Space
2011

Portable Utopia is a mobile resource library and expandable social space initiated by Kevin Clancy in partnership with Keleketla!Library in Johannesburg, South Africa. The mobile unit circulated throughout the city and surrounding townships in January and February of 2011, providing a transient platform for learning, sharing, making and discussion.

The mobile unit contains a library of books, flat files for prints and works on paper, a collapsible stage for lectures and performances, and an inflatable geodesic dome gathering space. Portable Utopia is an open platform that will adapt to the energy and desires of the community.

www.portableutopia.org

Images by Kevin Clancy, Rangoato Hlasane, and Itumeleng Mthethwa

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Days are numbered.

2001-04-21T19:14:00.000-07:00

Days are numbered.
Single-Channel Video Loop
2009

Days are numbered constructs a continuum of the human life cycle by arranging appropriated footage of individuals blowing out their birthday candles sequentially from age 1 - 115.

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2001-04-21T19:08:00.000-07:00

The Museum ©f Modern Nature
2010

The Museum of Modern Nature was a transient museum dedicated to the evolution and perception of “Nature” in contemporary consumer culture. The museum collected contemporary artifacts that displayed civilization's increasingly synthetic, anthropomorphic, exploitative, and domineering relationships to the natural world.

www.momn.org

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Babel

2001-04-21T18:49:00.000-07:00

Babel
Upright Acoustic Piano, Manual Typewriter, Electromagnetic Solenoids, Wires, Performance
Video by Noah Stout
2009

Babel is an electromechanical sound sculpture that translates language directly into sound. The keys of a manual typewriter are wired to a series of electromagnetic solenoids that strike corresponding keys on an acoustic piano. Babel is an instrument for text-based sound performances that examine the possibility of universal communication, the barriers of language, and the encryption of meaning.

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