Brian Joseph Davis Explained

Brian Joseph Davis is a Canadian-born filmmaker and digital artist.[1]

Biography

Davis began exhibiting in the mid-aughts, working at the intersection of digital technology, memory, and pop culture. In 2006 he built a public recording studio at a gallery and paid visitors to sing the Beatles song "Yesterday" from memory. Davis' "Yesterduh" garnered international coverage[2] when the recordings were released online and went viral.[3]

In 2012 his project The Composites became one of the most visited Tumblrs of the year.[4] As Davis told the BBC, The Composites used "forensic art software, descriptive prose, with crowd sourced feedback, to create portraits of literary characters." The Atlantic called The Composites "Murakami meets CSI."[5]

From 2008 to 2010[6] he was president of the indie record label Blocks Recording Club.

After relocating to Brooklyn with his wife, the novelist Emily Schultz, where the pair co-founded the literary website . In 2016 Davis collaborated with Schultz to adapt her novel The Blondes for AMC Networks' Shudder streaming platform.[7] [8] When Schultz regained the rights in 2019, she and Davis produced[9] a scripted podcast adaptation starring Madeline Zima and Rob Belushi.

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Notes and References

  1. Kado, Steve (2007-12-22). Megatron: team interview with Brian Joseph Davis & Steve Kado. "C: International Contemporary Art", 22 December 2007. Retrieved from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Megatron:+team+interview+with+Brian+Joseph+Davis+&+Steve+Kado.+The...-a0173375788.
  2. Web site: Yesterduh. WNYC's Soundcheck. https://web.archive.org/web/20060712181055/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2006/06/15. 2006-07-12. dead.
  3. Web site: Daily Download: "Yesterduh," Brian Joseph Davis. Salon Staff. Salon. 8 June 2006 . 2017-02-12.
  4. Web site: An Artist Draws Police Sketches Of Famous Literary Characters. Mir. Leticia. Reporter. a BuzzFeed News. BuzzFeed. 2017-02-13.
  5. News: Here's What Humbert Humbert Looks Like (as a Police Composite Sketch). Garber. Megan. The Atlantic. 2017-02-12. en-US.
  6. News: It's Gonna Be Us!: An Oral History of Blocks Recording Club Chart Attack. https://web.archive.org/web/20151008082224/http://www.chartattack.com/features/2015/10/05/its-gonna-be-us-an-oral-history-of-blocks-recording-club/. usurped. October 8, 2015. 2015-10-05. Chart Attack. 2017-02-12. en-US.
  7. News: Deal Spotlight: Emily Schultz's 2012 novel gets a film treatment Quill and Quire. 2016-11-21. Quill and Quire. 2017-10-02.
  8. News: AMC Networks' Streaming Service Shudder Launches Original Programming With 'Primal Screen' Doc (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter. 2017-10-02. en.
  9. Web site: 5 Reasons We're Excited For 'The Blondes' Podcast!. 2019-06-12. Villain Media. en-US. 2019-08-18.

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