Brody Condon

Bio

Brody Condon’s (1974 Mexico) early work is best known for its influential exploration of contemporary art and games. The projects included computer game modifications, interventions in online games, and live role-playing events. This early interest in our relation with the screen and fluid subjectivity evolved to facilitating and documenting game-like situations that dig deeper into dissociative phenomena.

Relevant projects include performative workshops on the hidden states underlying delusion formation with Yale neuroscientist Philip Corlett (Prediction Error, 2020-2021); group encounter sessions set in the far future, led by a monumental sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Future Gestalt, 2012); mortality salience experiments with public participants at the Athens Biennial, Greece (Response Priming, 2018), and exploring shifts in the narrative self via durational role-play at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and the Berlin Biennial, Germany (Level Five, 2010 and 2016).

Condon is a media arts lecturer at the University of California San Diego, and has presented artist lectures and workshops internationally at art departments and institutions such as MoMA, Columbia University, and the New School in New York, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, RCA London, and CCA Glasow, Yale School of Art, RCA Stockholm, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and many others.

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Education & Residencies

  • 2005–2006 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL Residency
  • 1999–2002 University of California San Diego, CA, US MFA, Interdisciplinary
  • 2001 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, US Residency
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Teaching & Workshops

  • 2026 Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts, University of California San Diego, CA, US Lecturer — Senior Projects in Computing Arts
  • 2021 Bremen University of the Arts (HfK), Bremen, DE Workshop (class of Rosa Barba) — Bild und Emotion
  • 2018 Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Yale University, New Haven, CT, US Workshop — Experimental Psychology and Artistic Practice
  • 2018 Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SE Workshop (class of Stefanie Hessler) — Control Flow
  • 2015 Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg at Skövde Konsthall, Skövde, SE Guest Instructor — Art and Games Obstruction
  • 2004 Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California Irvine, CA, US Adjunct Professor — Intro to New Media
  • 2003–2004 Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts, University of California San Diego, CA, US Adjunct Professor — Virtual Environments
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Selected Exhibitions, Screenings & Events

  • 2026 Artport 25th Anniversary Exhibition Group Exhibition – Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
  • 2024 Procrustean Bed Performance – w/ Adam James. Museum of Borås, Borås, SE
  • 2023 Against Gravity Screening – International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, DE
  • 2021 Prediction Error Performance – Blend and Bleed Symposium, Luca School of the Arts, Brussels, BE
  • Prediction Error Performance – Alfabet Project, Łódź, PL
  • Prediction Error Performance – School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, US
  • 2020 Prediction Error Performance – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO
  • Video Art at Midnight Screening – Babylon Theater, Berlin, DE
  • 2019 Co-Play Lecture and Performance – Močvara Gallery, Zagreb, HR
  • 2018 ANTI-Athens Biennale Group Exhibition – TTT Building, Athens, GR
  • Control Flow Solo Exhibition – E2-E4, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SE
  • 2016 9th Berlin Biennale Group Exhibition – Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE
  • Affect Systems Performance – Transmediale, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
  • The Fall Experiment – with Christine Borland Solo Exhibition – Stroom Den Haag, Den Haag, NL
  • 2015 Momentum: Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art Group Exhibition – Moss, NO
  • Circles of Focus – with Christine Borland Solo Exhibition – CCA Glasgow, Glasgow, SCT
  • IMPAKT Film Festival Screening – Utrecht, NL
  • Playgrounds Group Exhibition – Redline, Denver, CO, US
  • 2014 Daughters of Decayed Tradesmen – with Christine Borland Public Art Commission – Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh, SCT
  • Four Sessions Solo Exhibition – 4th Anyang Public Art Project, Kim Chung Up Museum, Anyang, KR
  • 2013 Extraordinary Renditions – with Christine Borland Group Exhibition – BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, GB
  • Dissident Futures Group Exhibition – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, US
  • 2012 To Prove Her Zeal, One Woman Ate Mud Solo Exhibition – Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, US
  • Future Gestalt and Level Five Solo Exhibition – On Stellar Rays Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Line Up (after Trisha Brown) Public Art Commission – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Big Reality Group Exhibition – 319 Scholes, Brooklyn, NY, US
  • PVM2130 Group Exhibition – Furnished Space / The Block, London, GB
  • Test Run Screening – Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, DE
  • Future Gestalt Performance – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Future Gestalt Performance – Getty Pacific Standard Time at Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • 2011 29th Biennial of Arts Ljubljana Group Exhibition – Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, SI
  • Videosphere Group Exhibition – Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US
  • (Re)Move/(Re)Frame Group Exhibition – CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, US
  • Level Five Larp and Live Stream – Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Bluecoat Theater, Liverpool, GB
  • 2010 Greater New York Group Exhibition – PS1/MoMA, Long Island City, NY, US
  • Level Five Larp and Live Stream – Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Resurrectine Group Exhibition – Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Without Sun Performance and Screening – Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, US
  • Substitute Teachers Group Exhibition – Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, US
  • 2009 Case Performance – New Museum of Contemporary Art/Performa 09, New York, NY, US
  • Without Sun Performance and Screening – Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, US
  • Time Based Arts Festival 09 Group Exhibition – Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, US
  • Without Sun Performance – Reed College Cooley Gallery, Portland, OR, US
  • 2008 Judgment Modification Solo Exhibition – Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, US
  • Modifications Solo Exhibition – USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL, US
  • Sonsbeek 2008 Public Sculpture Exhibition Public Art Commission – Arnhem, NL
  • Eyes Wide Open Group Exhibition – Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
  • Try Again Group Exhibition – La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
  • Try Again Group Exhibition – Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastián, ES
  • 2007 History Will Repeat Itself – with C-Level Group Exhibition – KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
  • History Will Repeat Itself – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Hartware Medien Kunst Verein, Dortmund, DE
  • 3 Modifications Solo Exhibition – Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Enlarge Your Practice Group Exhibition – La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
  • 2006 Default Properties Solo Exhibition – Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL
  • 2005 Breaking and Entering Group Exhibition – Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Just Do It – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Linz Kunstmuseum, Linz, AT
  • Bienal de Video y Nuevos Medios Group Exhibition – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, CL
  • Artbase 101 Group Exhibition – New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, US
  • Ars Electronica – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Linz, AT
  • State of Play Group Exhibition – Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, AU
  • 2004 Bang the Machine Group Exhibition – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, US
  • Whitney Biennial 2004 – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
  • Untitled War Performance – Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Media City Seoul – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Seoul, KR
  • Join Us – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO, US
  • Rotterdam Film Festival – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Rotterdam, NL
  • Cult Classic – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, AU
  • 2003–2001 Waco Resurrection – with C-Level Solo Exhibition – The Kitchen, New York, NY, US
  • Killer Instinct Group Exhibition – New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, US
  • Whitney Artport Online Exhibition – www.artport.whitney.org
  • Method Group Exhibition – Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • ALT DigitalMedia Group Exhibition – American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY, US
  • While You Were Playing Group Exhibition – Flux Factory, Queens, NY, US
  • Exhibit4:play – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – The Digital Hub, Dublin, IE
  • Games: Computerspiele von Kunstlerinnen Group Exhibition – Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, DE
  • Fragged Group Exhibition – John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle, AU
  • Get Rid of Yourself – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – ACC Galerie, Weimar, DE
  • Get Rid of Yourself – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Halle 14, Leipzig, DE
  • L'oading Group Exhibition – Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea di Siracusa, Siracusa, IT
  • Version>03 Technotopia vs. Technopacolypse Screening – Chicago Cultural Center / MCA, Chicago, IL, US
  • Machinista Group Exhibition – Permian Media Art Festival, West Ural, RU
  • Gamerlounge Group Exhibition – Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, DE
  • New Fangle – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Herbst Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA, US
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Lectures, Panels & Symposia

  • 2021 The Dark Cube – with Jason Brown Lecture – NTNU Artistic Research Week, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2020 Six Days on the Intangible Lecture and panel discussion — Symposium Organization by Sissel Tolaas, Stiftung Kunst und Natur, Nantesbuch, Germany
  • Social Choreography Lecture – School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
  • 2019 Live Interaction Design Symposium Lecture – Malmö University, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2018 Brody Condon, Hanna Proctor, Kristoffer Månsson Panel discussion – E2-E4, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2017 Social Choreography Lecture – Play-Co Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
  • E-Games: die Kunst des ernsten Spiels Lecture – Panke Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • School of Machines Lecture – ACUD, Berlin, Germany
  • 2016 Robert Storr Lecture Series Lecture – Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, USA
  • The Fall Experiment – with Christine Borland Lecture and symposium organization – Stroom den Haag and Fundatie Voorheove, Den Haag, Netherlands
  • 2015 Social Choreography Lecture and studio visits – School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA
  • Circles of Focus – with Christine Borland Lecture and symposium organization – Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow. Glasgow, UK
  • 2014 Circles of Focus – with Christine Borland Lecture and studio visits – Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Visiting Artist Lecture Columbia University School of Art, New York, NY, USA
  • Death Animations – with Christine Borland Lecture and symposium organization – Kim Chung Up Museum, Anyang, Korea
  • Visiting Artist Lecture Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2013 Visiting Artist Lecture Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, New York, NY, USA
  • Documenting Group Encounters Keynote lecture – Knutepunkt 2013 Conference, Oslo, Norway
  • 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture and studio visits – Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, USA
  • Death Animations – with Christine Borland Lecture and symposium organization – Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
  • CMU Lecture Series Lecture and studio visits – Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • The Shapes of Space, The Shears of Time Symposium Lecture – The New School, New York, NY, USA
  • Toward a Gaming Aesthetics of Inactivity Symposium Lecture – Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
  • Art and Anthropology – with Christine Borland Lecture – Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, Scotland
  • 2010 –2004 Audience and Avatar Lecture and studio visits – University of South Florida, Visual Arts Department, Tampa, FL, USA
  • The Influencers Festival Lecture – Center of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona, Spain
  • Not the Boss of Me Symposia lecture and panel discussion – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Documentary and Political Games Lecture and panel discussion – International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Playful Festival Lecture and panel discussion – Filmtheater ‘t Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Waco Resurrection — with C-Level Panel discussion – The Kitchen, New York, NY, USA
  • Various Visiting Artists Lectures Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
    HUMlab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    Bloomfield College, Visual Arts Department, Bloomfield, NJ
    Brisbane Festival 09, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia
    Brisbane Juvenile Detention Center, Brisbane, Australia
    Eastern Michigan University, Visual Arts Deparment, Yipsilanti, MI
    University of Missouri, Visual Arts Department, Columbia, MO
    Kansas City Art Institute, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, KS
    Pacific Northwest College of Art, Visual Arts Department, Portland, OR
    Andy Warhol Foundation, New York, NY
    University of Florida, Visual Arts Department, Gainesville, FL
    Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
    Platform 21, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Sonsbeek 2008 International Public Sculpture Exibition, Arnhem, Netherlands
    Utrecht Hoogeschool, Art Department, Utrecht, Netherlands
    University of California Boulder, Visual Arts Department, Boulder, CO
    Brooklyn Community College, Brooklyn, NY
    Massachusetts College of Art, Visual Arts Department, Boston, MA
    Stedelijk Museum Post CS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Australian Center for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
    Freeplay Festival, Melbourne, Australia
    Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
    ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
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Selected Reviews, Interviews & Catalogs

  • 2022 Erdmann, Carina. "Meeting the Other In Our Body." Metropolis M, Aug/Sep. [review]
  • 2019 Conner, Michael and Aria Dean, Eds. The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology. New York: Rhizome/New Museum. [anthology]
  • 2018 Rafferty, Penny. "Brody Condon, The Invisible Director." Berlin Art Link, Aug 8. [interview]
  • 2017 Wilk, Elvia. "More Than a Game." Frieze, no. 191. [review]
  • 2016 DIS Collective, Eds. The Present In Drag: 9th Berlin Biennale. Berlin: KW Institute for Contemporary Art. [catalog]
  • Borland, Christine and Brody Condon. Circles of Focus: The Fall Experiment. Den Haag: Stroom Den Haag. [catalog]
  • Hessler, Stefanie, Ed. Momentum 9: Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art Reader. Milan: Mousse Publishing. [catalog]
  • 2013 Jones, Jonathan. "Edinburgh Art Festival: The Best of This Year's Public Commissions." The Guardian, Aug 7. [review]
  • Clarke, Andy and Grethe Mitchell, Eds. "Brody Condon." In Games and Art, Version 2. Bristol: Intellect Press. [interview]
  • 2012 Brown, Jason and Brody Condon. "Talking to Machines." Kaleidoscope, no. 16. [interview]
  • Squibb, Stephen. "Brody Condon at On Stellar Rays." Artforum.com, Mar 31. [review]
  • Cembalest, Robin. "(More) Old Masters of Our Domain." ARTnews, Dec 18. [review]
  • Miranda, Carolina A. "Let the Games Begin." ARTnews, Apr. [cover]
  • 2011 Hirsch, Faye. "In the Studio: Brody Condon." Art in America, Oct, pp. 110–117. [interview]
  • 2010 Krasinski, Jennifer. "Character Development: Brody Condon's Level 5." East of Borneo. [review]
  • Hirsch, Faye. "Brody Condon at the New Museum and MoMA." Art in America, Feb. [review]
  • "Brody Condon: Somewhere on the Floor." DIS Magazine, May. [interview]
  • Kennedy, Randy. "Once on This Island." New York Times, Dec 6. [review]
  • 2009 Voeller, Megan. "Brody Condon." Art Papers, Jan/Feb, p. 49. [review]
  • Halter, Ed. "Into the Woods: Brody Condon." Public Art Review, Winter/Fall, pp. 36–37. [review]
  • Squibb, Stephen. "Brody Condon at the New Museum." Idiom, Dec 8. [review]
  • Cornell, Lauren. "Interview with Brody Condon." Rhizome.org, Nov 17. [interview]
  • Keefe, Alexander. "Critics' Picks: Predrive After Technology." Artforum.com, Feb 6. [review]
  • 2008 Willis, Holly. "Introducing Brody Condon." Modern Painters, Jun, pp. 52–54. [interview]
  • Lee, Sasha. "Brody Condon." Beautiful Decay, Issue W, Apr, pp. 42–45. [interview]
  • Paul, Christiane. "Art Games." Technology Review, MIT Press, Mar/Apr. [review]
  • Alvarez Reyes, Juan Antonio, Ed. Try Again. Madrid and San Sebastián: La Casa Encendida / Koldo Mitxelena Kultunea. [catalog]
  • Arns, Inke and Gaby Horn, Eds. History Will Repeat Itself. Dortmund and Berlin: Hartware MedienKunstVerein and KW Institute for Contemporary Art. [catalog]
  • 2007 Rosenberg, Karen. "Art in Review." New York Times, Nov 23. [review]
  • Clarke, Andy and Grethe Mitchell. "Brody Condon." In Videogames and Art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [interview]
  • Jordon, Ken and Carl Goodman, Eds. Gameworld. Gijón: Laboral Centre. [catalog]
  • 2006 Smith, Roberta. "Turning Games Into a New Kind of Art." New York Times, Jan 21. [review]
  • Michael, David and Sande Chen. "Brody Condon." In Serious Games. Boston: Thompson Course Technology, pp. 228–229. [interview]
  • Schoenberger, Janna. "From the Game World to the Real World." New York Arts Magazine, Sep/Oct. [review]
  • Douglas, Sarah. "All Shook Up." Art and Auction, Mar, p. 133. [review]
  • Quaranta, Domenico and Matteo Bittanti, Eds. Gamescenes. Milan: Johan and Levi Editore. [catalog]
  • 2005 Blais, Joline and Jon Ippolito. "Brody Condon." In At the Edge of Art. London: Thames and Hudson, pp. 57–61.
  • 2004 Clarke, Andrew. "Interview with Brody Condon." Journal of Media Practice 7, no. 1, Jul, pp. 43–51. [interview]
  • Lechner, Marie. "Un tissu de vérité pour mailler le virtuel." Libération, Jan 30. [review]
  • Dodson, Sean. "Play Time for Grown Ups." The Guardian, Feb 19. [review]
  • 2003 Solomon, Debra. "Video Game Art." The New York Times Magazine: 3rd Annual Year in Ideas, Dec 14, p. 105.
  • Paul, Christiane. "Brody Condon." In Digital Art. London: Thames and Hudson World of Art Series, p. 203.
  • Mirapaul, Matt. "Online Games Grab Grim Reality." New York Times, Sep 17, p. B1.
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Grants, Awards & Commissions

  • 2011 Creative Scotland Vital Sparks Grant, Edinburgh, SCT – w/Christine Borland
  • 2006 Creative Capital Grant, New York, NY, US
  • Interpolis N.V. Grant, Arnhem, NL
  • 2003 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, New York, NY, US
  • 2002 College Art Association Grant, New York, NY, US
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Public Collections

  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US
  • Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA, US
  • Whitney Artport, New York, NY, US
  • Threshold Artspace, Perth, SCT
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