Artist and researcher exploring online cultures, class, nostalgia and our collective experiences of digital imagery. Email mail.chrismichael@gmail.com or find all my links via Linktree.
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Spiraal (2023-ongoing)
w/ Mariam Morshed
Insta
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There's Something in Those Trees (2022)
Woven cotton throw, 137 x 183cm, edition of 11
Available via Gumroad
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Redux (2021)
HD digital video, sound, 3 mins [excerpt]
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In Your Room (2019)
HD digital video, sound, 6 mins [excerpt][Install] Pre-amp, vinyl money bank, monitor, custom wire sleeving.
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Universal Credit Otaku (2019)
132 page paperback (120 x 165mm) with 16 b/w illustrations, ISBN: 978-1-9160856-9-5. Published by Metafauna.Illustrated throughout by Jo Baaklini.
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Dave Day (2019)
@A.M. London / All Hallows Church (formerly Blackwing Studios).Universal Credit Otaku book launch hosted on Dave Gahan's birthday [aka Dave Day] in the former studios where DMs debut album was recorded.
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Signing On, Signing Off (2019)
HD digital video, sound, 19 mins [excerpt][Install] Vinyl money bank, monitor, custom rubber door stop.
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How Astra Worked Herself Into A Shoot (2019)
Performance & broadcast, 40 mins.Originally performed as part of New Genres, a research group at the RCA led by Joshua Trees then subsequently broadcast on RTM. Archived on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Soundcloud.
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Legalize It (2015)
Various, exhibition
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LAN Party (2013)
Part of Wendel! Open Your Door at Southwark Park Galleries
Installation, performance, CRT monitors, Xboxes, controllers, table, custom alluminium trestle legs.⌁ Kindly organised by The Woodmill with funding provided by Arts Council England [video proposal] ⌁
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![Everything Everything Will Be Alright Alright](assets/images/image24.jpg?v=55a84daa)
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Everything Everything Will Be Alright Alright (2012)
SD video, sound, 6 mins [excerpt][Install] Monitor on wheels, painted external HDD, custom wire sleeving.
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Hard Drives in Essex, Karagarga, T2 Keyring & Crysis Barrel (2012)
Various mixed media.
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Roving Image Dump (2011)
Chroma key flag, camera, tripod, HD monitor, software, collected image dump.
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Movies (2011)
Exhibition co-curated with Ben Clarke.
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Crysis Mass Physics Ultimate (2011)
Plaster, acrylic, chroma key screen + looping VHS video
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