Peter Burr Explained

Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, United States
Alma Mater:Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation:Digital artist, new media artist
Known For:Animation, installation art

Peter Burr (born 1980) is an American digital and new media artist. He specializes in animation and installation. He was also a touring member of the collective MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE; and founded the video production company, Cartune Xprez. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Career

Peter Burr was born in 1980 in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002.[2]

He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (2018), a Sundance New Frontier Story Lab Fellowship (2016),[3] a Creative Capital Award (2016),[4] and film/video prizes at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, among others. He was an artist-in-residence at MacDowell Colony and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.

His work has been exhibited at The Whitney Museum of American Art,[5] The Museum of Modern Art,[6] 3-Legged Dog in New York,[7] San Francisco Cinematheque's experimental festival CROSSROADS,[8] Supernova Digital Animation Festival in Denver,[9] Documenta 14 in Athens,[10] and Centre Pompidou in Paris.[11]

In 2005, he founded the video label and touring animation roadshow Cartune Xprez.[12] In 2015, he was named one of the "best unrepresented artists." by The AFC.[13]

Works

Burr's works integrate video game design into new media and digital art. His projects often blend cinema with interactive elements to explore themes of alienation, urbanism, and the social influence of internet technologies. Special Effect is a live cinema performance that was presented at 50 different venues across the world from 2012 to 2014.[14] Cave Exits is an art installation described as a living structure inside a 4-channel video cube, premiering at the Images Festival in Toronto in 2015.[15] He continued that collaboration with an interactive artwork entitled Dirtscraper that premiered at the inaugural exhibition of the ICA at VCU.[16] The project employs the "video game concept of an endlessly mutating death labyrinth," exploring themes of alienated feminine bodies and feral architecture. Peter and Porpentine were commissioned by Rhizome to continue that body of work through a Virtual Reality piece. The result of that commission was the project Arcology, a "portrait of a woman navigating a living labyrinth."[17]

In May 2018, Burr's ongoing work Pattern Language was exhibited at Times Square as the monthly installment of the Midnight Moments series. The display involved digital art on advertising screens.[18]

In January, 2021, his project Responsive Eye was exhibited at Telematic Media Arts and Minnesota Street Project. It is a collection of multimedia artworks that examine ways we endure contemporary life in gridded simulations. [19]

In December, 2022, his artwork Boom Town launched at Feral File. It explores the cyclical nature of boom and bust economies within virtual landscapes.[20]

In July, 2023, His project Sunshine Monument premiered at The Whitney Museum. It is an exploration of dystopian themes through architectural constructs within virtual spaces reflecting on the museum structure that houses it both literally and symbolically.[21]

Works

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 . Peter Burr with Porpentine Charity Heartscape, Biography . 2024-02-22 . Institute for Contemporary Art . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2017-01-09 . Alumni Deborah Kass and Peter Burr Among ARTFCITY's "The Best of Everything 2016!" Carnegie Mellon University . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728160313/http://www.art.cmu.edu/2017/01/09/alumni-deborah-kass-peter-burr-among-artfcity-the-best-of-everything-2016/ . 2017-07-28 . 2017-07-20 . School of Art Carnegie Mellon University.
  3. Web site: Sundance Institute's New Frontier Story Lab Explores the Future with Six Creative Teams and Projects. www.sundance.org. 2018-07-24.
  4. Web site: Creative Capital - Investing in Artists who Shape the Future. www.creative-capital.org. en. 2017-07-20.
  5. Web site: New digital art commission by Peter Burr launches on whitney.org . 2024-02-22 . artdaily.com.
  6. Web site: Pierpont . Madeleine . Oct 3, 2023 . MoMA Postcard: Collaboration and Creativity on Blockchain . February 22, 2024 . MoMA.org.
  7. Web site: 3LDNYC — CAVE EXITS An immersive video installation by.... 3LDNYC. 2017-07-20.
  8. Web site: A leap for CROSSROADS. Ficks. Jesse Hawthorne. 2017-05-16. 48 hills. 2017-07-20.
  9. Web site: Supernova Digital Animation Festival. FilmFreeway. en. 2017-07-20.
  10. News: Hallucinations / Live / Cinema / Festival. 2017-07-20. en.
  11. News: Peter Burr. 2015-09-04. IFFR. 2017-07-20. en.
  12. Web site: The Dream Outside: An Interview with Peter Burr about Cartune Xprez Bad at Sports. badatsports.com. en-US. 2017-07-20.
  13. Web site: 2015-12-28 . The Best Unrepresented Artists of 2015 . 2017-07-20 . Art F City.
  14. Web site: RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 113 - 70s dystopia in 2013 via 80s & 90s tv. www.realtimearts.net. en. 2017-07-20.
  15. Web site: Cave Exits. 2015-04-28. The Plus Paper. 2017-07-20.
  16. News: A New Contemporary Art Museum in Virginia Leads with Politics. 2018-04-24. Hyperallergic. 2018-07-24. en-US.
  17. Web site: Artists' VR. www.newmuseum.org. en. 2017-07-21.
  18. Web site: Times Square Arts: Pattern Language. arts.timessquarenyc.org. en. 2018-07-24.
  19. Web site: Responsive Eye - Peter Burr . 2024-02-22 . T e l e m a t i c . en-US.
  20. Web site: BOOM TOWN: An Art and Digital-Centric Talk With Peter Burr – CAP 74024 Magazine . 2024-02-22 . en-US.
  21. Web site: Peter Burr: Sunshine Monument . 2024-02-22 . whitney.org . en.
  22. Web site: Peter Burr . 2024-02-22 . whitney.org . en.
  23. Web site: Feral File - Exhibiting, Curating, and Collecting Digital Art . 2024-02-22 . Feral File . en.
  24. Web site: Living In the Gap: In Conversation with Peter Burr . 2024-02-22 . Headlands Center for the Arts . en.
  25. Web site: Dirtscraper. rvamag.com. en-US. 2018-07-24.
  26. Web site: 3LDNYC. 2017-07-20.
  27. News: The Mess. 2016-01-18. IFFR. 2018-07-24. en.
  28. Web site: 3LDNYC — CAVE EXITS An immersive video installation by.... 3LDNYC. 2017-07-20.
  29. Web site: Peter Burr - Undervolt & Co. www.undervolt.co. en. 2017-07-20.
  30. Web site: Peter Burr - Undervolt & Co. www.undervolt.co. en. 2017-07-20.
  31. Web site: Alone with the Moon :: 25 FPS. www.25fps.hr. 2018-07-24.
  32. Web site: Guggenheim Fellow. Burr. Peter. 2018-07-24. Guggenheim Foundation.
  33. Web site: 2017 Grantees. Brooklyn Arts Council. en-US. 2017-07-20.
  34. Web site: Creative Capital - Investing in Artists who Shape the Future. www.creative-capital.org. en. 2017-07-20.
  35. Web site: Sundance Institute's New Frontier Story Lab Explores the Future with Six Creative Teams and Projects. www.sundance.org. 2017-07-20.
  36. Web site: Supernova Digital Animation Festival. FilmFreeway. en. 2017-07-20.
  37. Web site: The Mess triumphs at 25FPS. Cineuropa Shorts. 2017-07-20.
  38. Web site: New York Foundation for the Arts. www.nyfa.org. 2017-07-20.

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