Brody Condon

About

Brody Condon’s 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 that were shown widely in museums and galleries internationally.

The history of games and psychology are intertwined, and 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 was previously a media arts professor 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 in the UK, 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, Netherlands Residency
  • 1999 –2002 University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary
  • 2001 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, USA Residency
  • 1994 –1997 University of Florida Gainesville, Gainesville, FL, USA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture
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Teaching & Workshops

  • 2004 Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine Adjunct Professor — Intro to New Media
  • 2003 Interdisciplinary Computing and Art Department, University of California, San Diego Adjunct Professor — Virtual Environments
  • 2021 Bremen University of the Arts (HfK), Bremen, Germany Workshop — Bild und Emotion
  • 2018 Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Yale University, New Haven, CT Workshop — Experimental Pyschology and Artistic Practice
  • Royal Institute of Art Stockholm, Sweden Workshop — Control Flow
  • 2015 Valand Academy, U. of Gothenburg at Skövde Konsthall, Skövde, Sweden Guest Instructor — Art and Games Obstruction
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Selected Exhibitions, Screenings & Events

  • 2023 Against Gravity Screening – International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
  • 2021 Prediction Error Performance – Blend and Bleed Symposium. Luca School of the Arts, Brussels, Belgium
  • Prediction Error Performance – Alfabet Project, Lodz, Poland
  • Prediction Error Performance – School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
  • 2020 Prediction Error Performance – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  • Video Art at Midnight Screening – Babylon Theater, Berlin, Germany
  • 2019 Co-Play Lecture and Performance – Močvara Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2018 Athens Biennale Group Exhibition - Athens, Greece
  • Control Flow Solo Exhibition - E2-E4, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2016 9th Berlin Biennale Group Exhibition - Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
  • Affect Systems Performance - Transmediale, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
  • The Fall Experiment – with Christine Borland Solo Exhibition - Stroom Den Haag. Den Haag, Netherlands
  • 2015 Momentum: Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art Group Exhibition - Moss, Norway
  • Circles of Focus – with Christine Borland Solo Exhibition - CCA Glasgow, Scotland
  • IMPAKT Film Festival Screening - Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Playgrounds Group Exhibition - Redline, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • 2014 Daughters of Decayed Tradesmen – with Christine Borland Public Art Commission - Edinburgh Arts Festival, Scotland
  • Four Sessions Solo Exhibition - 4th Anyang Public Art Project, Kim Chung Up Museum, Anyang, Korea
  • 2013 Extraordinary Renditions – with Christine Borland Group Exhibition - BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
  • Dissident Futures Group Exhibition - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
  • 2012 To Prove Her Zeal, One Woman Ate Mud Solo Exhibition - Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA
  • Future Gestalt and Level Five Solo Exhibition - On Stellar Rays Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • Line Up (after Trisha Brown) Public Art Commission – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Big Reality Group Exhibition – 319 Scholes, Brooklyn, NY, USA
  • PVM2130 Group Exhibition – Furnished Space / The Block, London, UK
  • Test Run Screening – Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • Future Gestalt Performance – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Future Gestalt Performance – Getty Pacific Standard Time at Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • 2011 29th Biennial of Arts Ljubljana Group Exhibition – Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Videosphere Group Exhibition – Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • (Re)Move/(Re)Frame Group Exhibition – CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
  • Level Five Two day Performance & Live Stream – Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Bluecoat Theater, Liverpool, UK
  • 2010 Greater New York Group Exhibition – PS1/MoMA, Long Island City, NY, USA
  • Level Five Two day Performance & Live Stream – Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Resurrectine Group Exhibition – Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • Without Sun Performance and Screening – Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Substitute Teachers Group Exhibition – Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • 2009 Case One day Perfomance, ten participants – New Museum of Contemporary Art for Performa 09, New York, NY, USA
  • Without Sun Performance and Screening – Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
  • Time Based Arts Festival 09 Group Exhibition – Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, USA
  • Without Sun Performance – Reed College Cooley Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
  • 2008 Judgment Modification Solo Exhibition – Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, USA
  • Modifications Solo Exhibition – USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL, USA
  • Sonsbeek 2008 Public Sculpture Exhibition Public Art Commission – Arnhem, Netherlands
  • Eyes Wide Open Group Exhibition – Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Try Again Group Exhibition – La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
  • Try Again Group Exhibition – Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian, Spain
  • 2007 History Will Repeat Itself – with C-Level Group Exhibition – KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
  • History Will Repeat Itself – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Hartware Medien Kunst Verein. Dortmund, Germany
  • 3 Modifications Solo Exhibition – Virgil de Voldere Gallery. New York, NY, USA
  • Enlarge Your Practice Group Exhibition – La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
  • 2006 Default Properties Solo Exhibition – Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
  • 2005 Breaking and Entering Group Exhibition – Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • Just Do It – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Linz Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
  • Bienal de Video y Nuevos Medios Group Exhibition – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
  • Artbase 101 Group Exhibition – New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA
  • Ars Electronica – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Linz, Austria
  • State of Play Group Exhibition – Australian Center for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2004 Bang the Machine Group Exhibition – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Whitney Biennial 2004 – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
  • Untitled War Performance – Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Media City Seoul – with Anne-Marie Schliener Seoul, Korea
  • Join Us – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Grand Arts, Kansas City, KS, USA
  • Rotterdam Film Festival – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Cult Classic – with C-Level Group Exhibition – Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2003 – 2001 Waco Resurrection – with C-Level Solo Exhibition – The Kitchen, New York, NY, USA
  • Killer Instinct Group Exhibition – New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA
  • Whitney Artport Online Exhibition – www.artport.whitney.org
  • Method Group Exhibition – Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • ALT DigitalMedia Group Exhibition – American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY, USA
  • While You Were Playing Group Exhibition – Flux Factory, Queens, NY, USA
  • Exhibit4:play – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – The Digital Hub, Dublin, Ireland
  • Games: Computerspiele von Kunstlerinnen Group Exhibition – Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany
  • Fragged Group Exhibition – John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
  • Get Rid of Yourself – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
  • Get Rid of Yourself – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Halle 14, Liepzig, Germany
  • L’oading Group Exhibition – Gallerio d’Arte Contemporaneo di Siracusa, Italy
  • Version>03 Technotopia vs. Technopacolypse Screening – Chicago Cultural Center/MCA, Chicago, IL, USA
  • Machinista Group Exhibition – Permian Media Art Festival, West Ural, Russia
  • Gamerlounge Group Exhibition – Edith-Ruß-Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany
  • New Fangle – with Anne-Marie Schliener Group Exhibition – Herbst Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
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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 "Meeting the Other In Our Body" – Erdmann, Carina. Metropolis M (Aug/Sep).
  • 2019 "The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology" [anthology] – Conner, Michael and Dean, Aria, Eds. Rhizome/New Museum.
  • 2018 "Brody Condon, The Invisible Director" [interview] – Rafferty, Penny. berlinartlink.com (Aug 8).
  • 2017 "More Than a Game" – Wilk, Elvia. Frieze Magazine, Issue 191.
  • 2016 "The Present In Drag: 9th Berlin Biennale" [catalog] – DIS Collective, Eds. KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.
  • "Circles of Focus: The Fall Experiment" [catalog] – Christine Borland and Brody Condon. Stroom Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands
  • "Momentum 9: Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art Reader" [catalog] – Hessler, Stefanie, Ed. Mousse Publishing
  • 2013 "Edinburgh art festival: the best of this year’s public commissions" [review] – ones, Jonathan. The Guardian UK (Aug 7, 2013)
  • "Games and Art, Version 2" [interview] – Clarke, Andy and Mitchell, Grethe, Eds. Intellect Press
  • 2012 "Talking to Machines" [interview] – Brown, Jason and Condon, Brody. Kaleidoscope (Issue 16)
  • "Brody Condon at On Stellar Rays" [review] – Squibb, Stephen. Artforum.com (Mar 31)
  • "(More) Old Masters of Our Domain" [review] – Cembalest, Robin. ARTnews (Dec 18)
  • "Let the Games Begin" [cover] – Miranda, Carolina A. ARTnews (April)
  • 2011 "In the Studio, Brody Condon" [interview] – Hirsch, Faye. Art in America, p 110-117 (Oct)
  • 2010 "Character Development: Brody Con- don’s Level 5" [review] – Krasinski, Jennifer. eastofborneo.com
  • "Brody Condon at the New Museum and MoMA" [review] – Hirsch, Faye. Art in America (Feb)
  • "Brody Condon: Somewhere on the Floor" [interview] – DISmagazine. com. (May)
  • "Once on This Island." [review] – Kennedy, Randy. New York Times (Dec 6, 2010).
  • 2009 "Brody Condon" [review] – Voeller, Megan. Art Papers Magazine. (Jan/Feb): p 49
  • "Into the Woods, Brody Condon" [review] – Halter, Ed. Public Art Review. (Winter/Fall 2009): p 36-37
  • "Brody Condon at the New Museum" [review] – Squibb, Stephen. Idiommag.com (Dec 8)
  • "Interview with Brody Condon" [interview] – Lauren, Cornell. Rhizome.org. (Nov 17)
  • "Critics Picks February 2009: Predrive After Technology." – Keefe, Alexander. Artforum.com (February 6, 2009)
  • 2008 "Introducing Brody Condon" [interview] – Willis, Holly. Modern Paint- ers Magazine (Jun): p 52-54.
  • "Brody Condon" [interview] – Lee, Sasha. Beautiful Decay Magazine, Issue W (Apr): p 42-45.
  • "Art Games" [review] – Paul, Christiane. Technology Review Magazine, MIT Press, (Mar/Apr).
  • "Try Again" [catalog] – Juan Antonio and Alvares Reyes, eds. La Casa Encendida/Koldo Mitxelena Kultunea, Spain.
  • "History will repeat itself" [catalog] – Inke Arns and Gaby Horn, eds. Hartware MedienKunstVerein and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Germany.
  • 2007 "Art in Review" [review] – Rosenberg, Karen. New York Times (Nov 23).
  • "Videogames and Art" [interview] – Andy Clarke and Grethe Mitchell. University of Chicago Press
  • "Gameworld" [catalog] – Jorden, Ken and Goodman, Carl (Eds). Laboral Centre, Gijon, Spain
  • 2006 "Turning Games Into a New Kind of Art" [review] – Smith, Roberta. New York Times (Jan 21).
  • "Serious Games" [interview] – Michael, David and Chen, Sande. Thompson Course Technology Publishing, p 228-22.
  • "From the Game World to the Real World" [review] – Schoenberger, Janna. New York Arts Magazine (Sep/Oct).
  • "All Shook Up" [review] – Douglas, Sarah. Art and Auction (Mar): p 133.
  • "Gamescenes" [catalog] – Quaranta, Domenico and Bittanti, Matteo, (Eds). Johan and Levi editore. Milano, Italy.
  • 2005 "At the Edge of Art" – Blais, Joline and Jon Ippolito. At the Edge of Art. Thames and Hudson: p 57-61.
  • 2004 "Interview with Brody Condon" [interview] – Clarke, Andrew. Journal of Media Practice, Volume 7, Issue 1, (Jul): p 43-51.
  • "Un tissu de verite pour mailler le virtuel" [review] – Lechner, Marie. Liberacion France (Jan 30).
  • "Play Time for Grown Ups" [review] – Dodson, Sean. The Guardian, UK (Feb 19).
  • 2003 "Video Game Art" – Solomon, Debra. The New York Times Magazine: 3rd Annual Year in Ideas (December 14): p 105.
  • "Digital Art" – Paul, Christiane. Thames and Hudson World of Art Series: p 203.
  • "Online Games Grab Grim Reality" – Mirapaul, Matt. New York Times (Sep 17th): p B1.
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Grants, Awards & Commissions

  • 2011 Creative Scotland Vital Sparks Grant, with Christine Borland
  • 2006 Creative Capital Grant, New York, NY
  • Interpolis N.V. Grant, Arnhem, Netherlands
  • 2003 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, New York, NY
  • 2002 College Art Association Grant, New York, NY
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Public Collections

  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Threshhold Artspace, Perth, UK
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