Brody Condon
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Brody Condon is an artist based in New York. Concerned with the aftermath of trauma and the over-identification with fantasy in contemporary culture, Condon’s work is best known for its influence on the re-purposing of existing pop cultural material (often computer and LARP games) to create performative situations, video, and sculpture.
in 2002. He participated in residencies at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
in 2004 and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2001.
district of downtown Los Angeles at the collective basement event space c-Level, and the Electronic Orphanage run by the artist Miltos Manetas
. Soon after Condon exhibited the collaborative computer game modification work ‘Waco Resurrection’ described as an attempt to “create documentary video games” with the c-Level collective at venues such as the Rotterdam Film Festival, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
and the Kitchen
in New York, and the early anti-war protest game modification “Velvet-Strike” with the artist Anne Marie Schleiner most notably at the 2004 Whitney Biennial
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After 2004 Condon’s videos, game modifications, and sculptures began to be featured at galleries, cultural institutions, and event spaces internationally via solo and group exhibitions such as Pace Wildenstein Gallery in New York, the Stedelijk Museum Post CS and Museum Het Domein in the Netherlands, KW in Berlin, Machine Project
in LA, Museum of Contemporary Art Tampa, and La Casa Encendida and Koldo Mitxelena in Spain.
Condon returned to performance in 2008 with unscripted and durational events using modified techniques from the Nordic progressive LARP scene and historic performance art such as "Twentyfivefold Manifestation", "Case" and "LevelFive". He has recently presented performances and related video at venues such as Museum of Modern Art, the New Museum, PS1 Greater New York, and Performa 09 in New York, the Hammer Museum and LACMA in Los Angeles, and the Sonsbeek 2008 Public Sculpture exhibition in the Netherlands.
Education
Condon received his MFA from the University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
in 2002. He participated in residencies at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten is a two-year residency for visual artists, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Funded by the Dutch government, residents are granted a stipend and are allotted a personal studio in the former military barracks building in which the Rijksakademie is housed...
in 2004 and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2001.
Exhibitions
After a period of private solo performances and sculptural installations in the late 1990s dealing with post traumatic memory and fantasy, in 2002 Condon publicly exhibited modified computer games in the ChinatownChinatown
A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of overseas Chinese people, although it is often generalized to include various Southeast Asian people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. Binondo's Chinatown located in Manila,...
district of downtown Los Angeles at the collective basement event space c-Level, and the Electronic Orphanage run by the artist Miltos Manetas
Miltos Manetas
Miltos Manetas is a Greek painter and multimedia artist. He currently lives and works in HighgateManetas has created Internet Art as well as paintings of cables, computers, video games and Internet websites. His work has been collected by Charles Saatchi...
. Soon after Condon exhibited the collaborative computer game modification work ‘Waco Resurrection’ described as an attempt to “create documentary video games” with the c-Level collective at venues such as the Rotterdam Film Festival, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is a multi-disiplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens, YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area's diverse...
and the Kitchen
The Kitchen
The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
in New York, and the early anti-war protest game modification “Velvet-Strike” with the artist Anne Marie Schleiner most notably at the 2004 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
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After 2004 Condon’s videos, game modifications, and sculptures began to be featured at galleries, cultural institutions, and event spaces internationally via solo and group exhibitions such as Pace Wildenstein Gallery in New York, the Stedelijk Museum Post CS and Museum Het Domein in the Netherlands, KW in Berlin, Machine Project
Machine Project
Machine Project is a Los Angeles based not-for-profit arts organization and community event space dedicated to making specialized knowledge and technology accessible to artists and the general public...
in LA, Museum of Contemporary Art Tampa, and La Casa Encendida and Koldo Mitxelena in Spain.
Condon returned to performance in 2008 with unscripted and durational events using modified techniques from the Nordic progressive LARP scene and historic performance art such as "Twentyfivefold Manifestation", "Case" and "LevelFive". He has recently presented performances and related video at venues such as Museum of Modern Art, the New Museum, PS1 Greater New York, and Performa 09 in New York, the Hammer Museum and LACMA in Los Angeles, and the Sonsbeek 2008 Public Sculpture exhibition in the Netherlands.