Floor plan

Presented Works

Sisyphus on Vacation: 1 large photographic print, 1 video documentary (lcd-screen), 4 small prints.

Atlas Goes Superman: Video projection (projector), 2009.

Atlas: Video stills (photographs), 2008-2009.

Mama: Video installation on a monitor with audio in sync with motion detector, 2008.

Papa: Video installation on a monitor with audio in sync with motion detector, 2009.

My Favorite Saying: Video blog project with short videos on computer screen for audience to browse through and to participate.

History of Art: Artist Book: 2005-2008, presented on a pedestal-shelf.

PaperSeries/DogEars: Series of 9 photographs, printed and matted, 2008-2009

Parasite: Painted wood with cardboard letters placed as object trouvé.

Bandaids: 1 bandaid image, framed and 1 wall for public collaboration.

Collaborative Silverware. 2 sets of silverware, elongated (3 feet each) as performance and installation piece.

Artist Biography

Richard Jochum is currently a Visiting Scholar and Artist-in-Residence at Teachers College Columbia University in the Department of Arts and Humanities and the Film and Education Research Academy FERA. He has worked as a media and video artist since the late 1990s and has had numerous international exhibitions and screenings. Richard received his PhD from the University of Vienna (1997) in which he undertook a study of strategies of coping with complexity in contemporary philosophy. His MFA in sculpture and media art is from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (2001). Richard’s art practice is accompanied by publications and research in the field of cultural theory and media art and he has been awarded several grants and prizes. He is a member of node101, a collaborative community that spreads social media technology worldwide and taught courses in media studies and technology at Columbia University (New York), at the University of Applied Arts (Vienna) and at the University of Applied Sciences (Dornbirn). One of his most recent installation - an installation of 30 light boxes as a flip book – is ready for installation beginning of June 2009 in the Arlberg railroad tunnel in Western Austria. More information can be found at http://richardjochum.net

Outline

This blogsite outlines the exhibition of Richard Jochum at DowdFineArt Gallery at SUNY Cortland. The exhibition will start Aug 6 and lasts until September 26, 2009. It will contain video work, installations, photography, objects, and include art work based on audience participation. The exhibition will be accompanied by workshops and was first announced to the local audience at a public lecture on April 2, 2009.