Kurt Ralske
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Kurt Ralske is an American visual artist and musician. He is the former singer and guitarist in alternative rock
band Ultra Vivid Scene
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In the late eighties and early-nineties he released three albums as Ultra Vivid Scene
. After his last album under the Ultra Vivid Scene moniker, he produced, engineered, and performed on numerous albums for a variety of artists, including Ivy
, Rasputina
and Charles Douglas. He is also the producer of the album "Una semana en el motor de un autobus" by the spanish band Los Planetas.
In 1999 he self-released two albums on his miau-miau label, one under his own name Kyrie Eleison and the other <> as Cathars. In 2001 he released another two albums, Kurt Ralske Amor. 0 + 01, and as Cathars Early Bells and Voices. The Amor. 0 + 01 album featured several digital video clips.
Since then he has focused on digital video. His video installations and performances are created exclusively with his own custom software and his work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.
Ralske programmed and co-designed a 9-channel video installation that is permanently in the lobby of the MoMA in NYC. In 2007, he received a Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship grant. In 2003, his work received First Prize at the Transmediale International Media Art Festival in Berlin, as a member of the video ensemble 242.pilots
. He is also the author/programmer of Auvi, a popular video software environment in use by artists in 22 countries.
In 2007, Ralske completed the interactive video accompaniment for Mathew Rosenblum's RedDust Opera.
Ralske is currently a Visiting Professor and Resident Artist at the Digital + Media Graduate Program of the Rhode Island School of Design
, and is also on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts
, in NYC, in the graduate program in Computer Art.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Ultra Vivid Scene
Ultra Vivid Scene
Ultra Vivid Scene was an American alternative rock band, started by Kurt Ralske.Former Nothing But Happiness and Crash guitarist Ralske started Ultra Vivid Scene in 1987, was signed to 4AD Records in 1988, and released his first UVS EP, She Screamed, in 1988...
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Biography
During the mid-eighties, Ralske was a guitarist in the bands Nothing But Happiness and CrashCrash (UK band)
Crash were an indie rock band formed in 1985 in New York City, who took their name from the J. G. Ballard novel. The band moved to London in 1987...
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In the late eighties and early-nineties he released three albums as Ultra Vivid Scene
Ultra Vivid Scene
Ultra Vivid Scene was an American alternative rock band, started by Kurt Ralske.Former Nothing But Happiness and Crash guitarist Ralske started Ultra Vivid Scene in 1987, was signed to 4AD Records in 1988, and released his first UVS EP, She Screamed, in 1988...
. After his last album under the Ultra Vivid Scene moniker, he produced, engineered, and performed on numerous albums for a variety of artists, including Ivy
Ivy
Ivy, plural ivies is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan.-Description:On level ground they...
, Rasputina
Rasputina
Rasputina is a cello-driven band based in New York that is renowned for their unconventional and quirky music style as well as their fascination with historical allegories and fashion, especially those pertaining to the Victorian era....
and Charles Douglas. He is also the producer of the album "Una semana en el motor de un autobus" by the spanish band Los Planetas.
In 1999 he self-released two albums on his miau-miau label, one under his own name Kyrie Eleison and the other <
Since then he has focused on digital video. His video installations and performances are created exclusively with his own custom software and his work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.
Ralske programmed and co-designed a 9-channel video installation that is permanently in the lobby of the MoMA in NYC. In 2007, he received a Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship grant. In 2003, his work received First Prize at the Transmediale International Media Art Festival in Berlin, as a member of the video ensemble 242.pilots
242.pilots
242.pilots was a live video improvisation ensemble consisting of HC Gilje , Kurt Ralske and , which performed at various international festivals and venues 2001-2004....
. He is also the author/programmer of Auvi, a popular video software environment in use by artists in 22 countries.
In 2007, Ralske completed the interactive video accompaniment for Mathew Rosenblum's RedDust Opera.
Ralske is currently a Visiting Professor and Resident Artist at the Digital + Media Graduate Program of the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
, and is also on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
, in NYC, in the graduate program in Computer Art.
Cathars
- locale (Computer Music Journal)
- Early Bells + Voices (Atomic)
(Miau International)