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'''Alexis Gideon''' (born December 24, 1980) is a multi-media artist, composer and director best known for his ''Video Musics'' series of animated films. In 2013, Manhattan’s [[New Museum]] of Contemporary Art paired Gideon with [[William Kentridge]] in a joint program.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Museum of Contemporary Art 2013 Events Calendar|url=http://www.newmuseum.org/calendar/view/alexis-gideon-floating-oceans-three-films-by-william-kentridge}}</ref> Gideon has performed his video operas over 350 times<ref name="Alexis Gideon Performances">{{cite web|title=Alexis Gideon Performances|url=http://www.alexisgideon.com/performances.html}}</ref> at various venues including [[Moderna Museet]] in Stockholm, Sweden (2014),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Programme/Past-programme/2014/Alexis-Gideon---Video-Musics-III/ |title=Alexis Gideon - Video Musics III |work=Moderna Museet |date=March 28, 2014 |accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> [[Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland]] (2014),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mocacleveland.org/programs/alexis-gideon-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans |title=ALEXIS GIDEON: Video Musics III: Floating Oceans |work=MOCA Cleveland |date=February 13, 2014 |accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]] (2013),<ref name="MCA Chicago Events">{{cite web|title=MCA Chicago Events|url=http://www2.mcachicago.org/event/floating-oceans}}</ref> [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson]] (2013),<ref name="MOCA Tucson Events">{{cite web|title=MOCA Tucson Events|url=http://www.moca-tucson.org/event/alexis-gideon-video-musics-iii-floating-ocean/}}</ref> [[Oklahoma City Museum of Art]] (2013),<ref name="Oklahoma Gazette">{{cite web|title=Oklahoma Gazette|url=http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/event-57717-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans.html}}</ref> [[Portland Art Museum]] (2013),<ref name="NW Film Center Newsroom">{{cite web|title=NW Film Center Newsroom|url=http://newsroom.nwfilm.org/2013/10/21/reel-music-31-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans/}}</ref> [[Wexner Center for the Arts]] (2012),<ref>{{cite web|title=Wexner Center for the Arts 2012 Event|url=http://www.wexarts.org/fv/?eventid=6513}}</ref> Times Zone Festival (Bari, Italy) (2010),<ref name="Times Zone Festival Archive">{{cite web|title=Times Zone Festival Archive|url=http://www.timezones.it/index.aspx?idpagina=dettagliedizione&idedizione=58}}</ref> Sudpol (Luzerne, Switzerland) (2010),<ref name="Sudpol Events">{{cite web|title=Sudpol Events|url=http://sudpol-plakate.blogspot.com/2010/10/chevreuil-alexis-gideon.html}}</ref> Centre d'Art Bastille (Grenoble, France) (2010),<ref name="Les Lutins Patates de L'Espace">{{cite web|title=Les Lutins Patates de L'Espace|url=http://www.patateland.com/news.html}}</ref> [[Baltimore Museum of Art]] (2009). Gideon is notable for his fusion of music, visuals, literature, and mythology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Salt Lake City Weekly|url=http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-8-12182-alexis-gideon-one-ups-himself-with-video-musics-ii.html}}</ref> Gideon has been cited as a vital and visionary artist, both in the US<ref>{{cite web|title=Portland Mercury|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/runnin-down-a-dream/Content?oid=7257107}}</ref> and internationally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chromatique Magazine (France)|url=http://www.chromatique.net/component/k2/item/2827?ItemId=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=E20 Romagna Magazine (Italy)|url=http://www.e20romagna.it/articolo.php?articolo=20371}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Baltimore City Paper|url=http://weekly.citypaper.com/Events/e159578/Video_Performance_Show}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Magazine and Intel's Creators Project|url=http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/deftly-blending-sights-and-sounds-a-qa-with-musiciananimator-alexis-gideon}}</ref>
'''Alexis Gideon''' (born December 24, 1980) is a visual artist, director, composer and performer best known for his animated video operas. In 2013, Manhattan’s [[New Museum]] of Contemporary Art paired Gideon with [[William Kentridge]] in a joint program.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Museum of Contemporary Art 2013 Events Calendar|url=http://www.newmuseum.org/calendar/view/alexis-gideon-floating-oceans-three-films-by-william-kentridge}}</ref> Gideon has performed his video operas over 350 times<ref name="Alexis Gideon Performances">{{cite web|title=Alexis Gideon Performances|url=http://www.alexisgideon.com/performances.html}}</ref> at various venues including [[Moderna Museet]] in Stockholm, Sweden (2014),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Programme/Past-programme/2014/Alexis-Gideon---Video-Musics-III/ |title=Alexis Gideon - Video Musics III |work=Moderna Museet |date=March 28, 2014 |accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> [[Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland]] (2014),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mocacleveland.org/programs/alexis-gideon-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans |title=ALEXIS GIDEON: Video Musics III: Floating Oceans |work=MOCA Cleveland |date=February 13, 2014 |accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]] (2013),<ref name="MCA Chicago Events">{{cite web|title=MCA Chicago Events|url=http://www2.mcachicago.org/event/floating-oceans}}</ref> [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson]] (2013),<ref name="MOCA Tucson Events">{{cite web|title=MOCA Tucson Events|url=http://www.moca-tucson.org/event/alexis-gideon-video-musics-iii-floating-ocean/}}</ref> [[Oklahoma City Museum of Art]] (2013),<ref name="Oklahoma Gazette">{{cite web|title=Oklahoma Gazette|url=http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/event-57717-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans.html}}</ref> [[Portland Art Museum]] (2013),<ref name="NW Film Center Newsroom">{{cite web|title=NW Film Center Newsroom|url=http://newsroom.nwfilm.org/2013/10/21/reel-music-31-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans/}}</ref> [[Wexner Center for the Arts]] (2012),<ref>{{cite web|title=Wexner Center for the Arts 2012 Event|url=http://www.wexarts.org/fv/?eventid=6513}}</ref> Times Zone Festival (Bari, Italy) (2010),<ref name="Times Zone Festival Archive">{{cite web|title=Times Zone Festival Archive|url=http://www.timezones.it/index.aspx?idpagina=dettagliedizione&idedizione=58}}</ref> Sudpol (Luzerne, Switzerland) (2010),<ref name="Sudpol Events">{{cite web|title=Sudpol Events|url=http://sudpol-plakate.blogspot.com/2010/10/chevreuil-alexis-gideon.html}}</ref> Centre d'Art Bastille (Grenoble, France) (2010),<ref name="Les Lutins Patates de L'Espace">{{cite web|title=Les Lutins Patates de L'Espace|url=http://www.patateland.com/news.html}}</ref> [[Baltimore Museum of Art]] (2009). Gideon is notable for his fusion of music, visuals, literature, and mythology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Salt Lake City Weekly|url=http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-8-12182-alexis-gideon-one-ups-himself-with-video-musics-ii.html}}</ref> Gideon has been cited as a vital and visionary artist, both in the US<ref>{{cite web|title=Portland Mercury|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/runnin-down-a-dream/Content?oid=7257107}}</ref> and internationally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chromatique Magazine (France)|url=http://www.chromatique.net/component/k2/item/2827?ItemId=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=E20 Romagna Magazine (Italy)|url=http://www.e20romagna.it/articolo.php?articolo=20371}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Baltimore City Paper|url=http://weekly.citypaper.com/Events/e159578/Video_Performance_Show}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Magazine and Intel's Creators Project|url=http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/deftly-blending-sights-and-sounds-a-qa-with-musiciananimator-alexis-gideon}}</ref>




==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Gideon was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School]] for Music & Art and the Performing Arts. Gideon attended [[Wesleyan University]] under the mentorships of [[Anthony Braxton]] and [[Neely Bruce]], graduating in 2003 with a major in musical composition and performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=ASCAP Composer Bio|url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/sundance/2012/bios/alexis-gideon.aspx}}</ref>
Gideon was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School]] for Music & Art and the Performing Arts. Gideon attended [[Wesleyan University]] under the mentorships of [[Anthony Braxton]] and [[Neely Bruce]], graduating in 2003 with a major in musical composition and performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=ASCAP Composer Bio|url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/sundance/2012/bios/alexis-gideon.aspx}}</ref>



In 2003, Gideon formed the experimental performance art band Princess with Michael O’Neill ([[MEN (band)]]) while living in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|title=All Music Guide Alexis Gideon Bio|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexis-gideon-mn0000338512}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All Music Guide Princess Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/princess-mw0000702979/credits}}</ref>
In 2003, Gideon formed the experimental performance art band Princess with Michael O’Neill ([[MEN (band)]]) while living in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|title=All Music Guide Alexis Gideon Bio|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexis-gideon-mn0000338512}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All Music Guide Princess Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/princess-mw0000702979/credits}}</ref>



Gideon began producing music as a solo artist in 2006, and released two solo albums. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and regularly switches between guitar, percussion, horns, harp and electronic instruments while performing. He has toured nationally with [[Dan Deacon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=XLR8R Magazine|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/alexis-gideon/flight-liophant}}</ref>
Gideon began producing music as a solo artist in 2006, and released two solo albums. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and regularly switches between guitar, percussion, horns, harp and electronic instruments while performing. He has toured nationally with [[Dan Deacon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=XLR8R Magazine|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/alexis-gideon/flight-liophant}}</ref>



In 2008, Gideon released his multimedia opus, ''Video Musics''. The piece would become the first in a series of three animated operas that feature multicultural literary texts as their starting point.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flagpole Magazine|url=http://flagpole.com/music/calendar-picks/2012/11/07/alexis-gideon-s-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans}}</ref>
In 2008, Gideon released his multimedia opus, ''Video Musics''. The piece would become the first in a series of three animated operas that feature multicultural literary texts as their starting point.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flagpole Magazine|url=http://flagpole.com/music/calendar-picks/2012/11/07/alexis-gideon-s-video-musics-iii-floating-oceans}}</ref>
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==Work chronology==
==Work chronology==


'''Music'''
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'''Pre-''Video Musics'' work'''


2005 ''Princess'' CD ([[Sickroom Records]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Sickroom Records|url=http://www.sickroomrecords.com/Releases/SRR030.htm}}</ref>
2005 ''Princess'' CD ([[Sickroom Records]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Sickroom Records|url=http://www.sickroomrecords.com/Releases/SRR030.htm}}</ref>



2007 ''Welcome Song'' CD (Sickroom Records)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sickroom Records|url=http://www.sickroomrecords.com/Releases/SRR039.htm}}</ref>
2007 ''Welcome Song'' CD (Sickroom Records)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sickroom Records|url=http://www.sickroomrecords.com/Releases/SRR039.htm}}</ref>



2008 ''Flight of the Liophant'' CD (Sickroom Records)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sickroom Records|url=http://www.sickroomrecords.com/Releases/SRR047.htm}}</ref>
2008 ''Flight of the Liophant'' CD (Sickroom Records)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sickroom Records|url=http://www.sickroomrecords.com/Releases/SRR047.htm}}</ref>



'''''Video Musics'' video opera series'''
'''''Video Musics'' video opera series'''


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2008 ''Video Musics''
2008 ''Video Musics'' CD+DVD (Sickroom/Africantape)<ref>{{cite web|title=Africantape|url=http://africantapegroup.bigcartel.com/product/alexis-gideon-video-musics}}</ref>
''Video Musics'' (also known as ''Video Musics I''). Thematically based in Hungarian folk tales, the work combines a number of drawing and animation techniques with recorded music and live performance. Gideon toured the 20-minute piece for two months throughout the United States and Europe, including performances at The Baltimore Museum of Art and Fleche D’Or (Paris, France).<ref>{{cite web|title=Fleche D'Or Event Listing|url=http://www.flechedor.fr/2010/5/5/FAITES-DANSER-LES-GARCONS-3/}}</ref>
''Video Musics'' (also known as ''Video Musics I''). Thematically based in Hungarian folk tales, the work combines a number of drawing and animation techniques with recorded music and live performance. Gideon toured the 20-minute piece for two months throughout the United States and Europe, including performances at The Baltimore Museum of Art and Fleche D’Or (Paris, France).<ref>{{cite web|title=Fleche D'Or Event Listing|url=http://www.flechedor.fr/2010/5/5/FAITES-DANSER-LES-GARCONS-3/}}</ref>


2010 ''Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong'' LP+DVD (Slowtrain/Africantape)<ref>{{cite web|title=Africantape|url=http://africantapegroup.bigcartel.com/product/alexis-gideon-video-musics-2-sun-wu-kong}}</ref>
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The hour-long piece is based on the 16th Century Chinese novel [[The Journey to the West]]. It has been performed live over 100 times in nine countries at venues including [[SUNY Stony Brook]],<ref>{{cite web|title=SUNY Stony Brook Event|url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang/pdf/spring2011/Alexis_Gideon_Poster.pdf}}</ref> Kawenga (Montpellier, France)<ref>{{cite web|title=Kawenga Event Listing|url=http://www.kawenga.org/post/2012/02/08/ALEXIS-GIDEON-%3A-«-VIDEO-MUSICS-2-»-%3A-SUN-WU-KONG-2010}}</ref> and Sudpol (Luzerne, Switzerland).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sudpol Event Listing|url=http://sudpol-plakate.blogspot.com/2010/10/chevreuil-alexis-gideon.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alexis Gideon Performances|url=http://www.alexisgideon.com/performances.html}}</ref> The [[Confucius Institute]] of Portland State University sponsored multiple performances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Confucius Institute of Portland State University Event Listing|url=http://oia.pdx.edu/images/confucius/Flyer_for_Mokey_King_November_5-2011_by_Alexis_Gideon.pdf}}</ref> Gideon was awarded a project grant from the [[Regional Arts & Culture Council]] of Oregon to create the piece.<ref>{{cite web|title=RACC 2010 Award Recipients|url=http://www.racc.org/about/regional-arts-culture-council-awards-412895-92-artistic-projects-2010}}</ref>


2010 ''Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong''
2012 ''Video Musics III: Floating Oceans'' LP+HD Video (Africantape)<ref>{{cite web|title=Africantape|url=http://africantapegroup.bigcartel.com/product/alexis-gideon-video-musics-3-floating-oceans}}</ref>
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"Video Musics II: Sun-WuKong" is an hour-long piece is based on the 16th Century Chinese novel [[The Journey to the West]]. It has been performed live over 100 times in nine countries at venues including [[SUNY Stony Brook]],<ref>{{cite web|title=SUNY Stony Brook Event|url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang/pdf/spring2011/Alexis_Gideon_Poster.pdf}}</ref> Kawenga (Montpellier, France)<ref>{{cite web|title=Kawenga Event Listing|url=http://www.kawenga.org/post/2012/02/08/ALEXIS-GIDEON-%3A-«-VIDEO-MUSICS-2-»-%3A-SUN-WU-KONG-2010}}</ref> and Sudpol (Luzerne, Switzerland).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sudpol Event Listing|url=http://sudpol-plakate.blogspot.com/2010/10/chevreuil-alexis-gideon.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alexis Gideon Performances|url=http://www.alexisgideon.com/performances.html}}</ref> The [[Confucius Institute]] of Portland State University sponsored multiple performances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Confucius Institute of Portland State University Event Listing|url=http://oia.pdx.edu/images/confucius/Flyer_for_Mokey_King_November_5-2011_by_Alexis_Gideon.pdf}}</ref> Gideon was awarded a project grant from the [[Regional Arts & Culture Council]] of Oregon to create the piece.<ref>{{cite web|title=RACC 2010 Award Recipients|url=http://www.racc.org/about/regional-arts-culture-council-awards-412895-92-artistic-projects-2010}}</ref>
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''Video Musics III'' is a reworking of the metaphysical works of [[Lord Dunsany]] and draws from [[An Experiment with Time]] by [[John William Dunne]], both early 20th century Irish writers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee State University News Room|url=http://tnstatenewsroom.com/archives/7954}}</ref> The piece uses stop-motion animation exclusively. Cynthia Star ([[Paranorman]], [[Adult Swim]], [[Coraline (film)]]), who co-animated ''Video Musics II'' with Gideon, was Artistic Director. The 40-minute film toured as a live performance nationally and internationally. It has been performed 70 times including at Manhattan's [[New Museum]] for Contemporary Art, and [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]]. The [[Regional Arts & Culture Council]] of Oregon awarded Gideon his second project grant to create the piece.<ref>{{cite web|title=RACC 2012 Award Recipients|url=http://www.racc.org/grants/2011-12-racc-project-grants}}</ref>


2012 ''Video Musics III: Floating Oceans''
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''Video Musics III: Floating Oceans'' is a reworking of the metaphysical works of [[Lord Dunsany]] and draws from [[An Experiment with Time]] by [[John William Dunne]], both early 20th century Irish writers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee State University News Room|url=http://tnstatenewsroom.com/archives/7954}}</ref> The piece uses stop-motion animation exclusively. Cynthia Star ([[Paranorman]], [[Adult Swim]], [[Coraline (film)]]), who co-animated ''Video Musics II'' with Gideon, was Artistic Director. The 40-minute film toured as a live performance nationally and internationally. It has been performed 70 times including at Manhattan's [[New Museum]] for Contemporary Art, and [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]]. The [[Regional Arts & Culture Council]] of Oregon awarded Gideon his second project grant to create the piece.<ref>{{cite web|title=RACC 2012 Award Recipients|url=http://www.racc.org/grants/2011-12-racc-project-grants}}</ref>


2015 "The Crumbling"
"The Crumbling" is a 21 minute stop-motion animation video opera set in a dream-like mythic town following the trials of an apprentice librarian as she tries to save her city from crumbling down around her. The piece explores the importance of word and symbol in a decaying culture, as well as the marginalization and persecution of people based on heritage, gender, race or belief, and all that is lost in such persecution. "The Crumbling" takes a modern and innovative form, while drawing from ancient texts and esoterica such as the [[Kabbalah]], [[Hermeticism]] of ancient Egypt, the mystical beliefs of [[Hildegard of Bingen]], Alchemy of the 16th Century, and the mid 19th Century occult beliefs of the [[Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor]]. During screenings, the film is accompanied by live musical performance. The live music mirrors the action exactly, and the animated characters' mouths are perfectly in sync with the sung lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|last1=O'Driscoll|first1=Bill|title=Locally based, internationally touring Alexis Gideon world-premieres his latest video opera|url=http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/locally-based-internationally-touring-alexis-gideon-world-premieres-his-latest-video-opera/Content?oid=1807145|publisher=Pittsburgh City Paper}}</ref> Gideon received an artist-in-residence grant to complete the project from the Investing in Professional Artists Program, a partnership between the [[Heinz Endowments]] and the Pittsburgh Foundation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carpenter|first1=Mackenzie|title=2 Pittsburgh artists to get $35,000 grants|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2014/07/15/2-Pittsburgh-artists-to-get-35-000-grants/stories/201407150024|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> Gideon's "The Crumbling" has been compared to the work of artist [[Matthew Barney]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oliver|first1=Alexandra|title=http://pittsburgharticulate.com/2015/02/04/alexis-gideons-new-video-opera-the-crumbling-premieres-at-new-hazlett-theatre/|url=http://pittsburgharticulate.com/2015/02/04/alexis-gideons-new-video-opera-the-crumbling-premieres-at-new-hazlett-theatre/|publisher=Pittsburgh Articulate}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:11, 28 February 2015

Alexis Gideon
Alexis Gideon performing at Manhattan's New Museum January 17, 2013

Alexis Gideon (born December 24, 1980) is a visual artist, director, composer and performer best known for his animated video operas. In 2013, Manhattan’s New Museum of Contemporary Art paired Gideon with William Kentridge in a joint program.[1] Gideon has performed his video operas over 350 times[2] at various venues including Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden (2014),[3] Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2014),[4] Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2013),[5] Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson (2013),[6] Oklahoma City Museum of Art (2013),[7] Portland Art Museum (2013),[8] Wexner Center for the Arts (2012),[9] Times Zone Festival (Bari, Italy) (2010),[10] Sudpol (Luzerne, Switzerland) (2010),[11] Centre d'Art Bastille (Grenoble, France) (2010),[12] Baltimore Museum of Art (2009). Gideon is notable for his fusion of music, visuals, literature, and mythology.[13] Gideon has been cited as a vital and visionary artist, both in the US[14] and internationally.[15][16][17][18]


Early life and education

Gideon was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and the Performing Arts. Gideon attended Wesleyan University under the mentorships of Anthony Braxton and Neely Bruce, graduating in 2003 with a major in musical composition and performance.[19]


In 2003, Gideon formed the experimental performance art band Princess with Michael O’Neill (MEN (band)) while living in Chicago.[20][21]


Gideon began producing music as a solo artist in 2006, and released two solo albums. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and regularly switches between guitar, percussion, horns, harp and electronic instruments while performing. He has toured nationally with Dan Deacon.[22]


In 2008, Gideon released his multimedia opus, Video Musics. The piece would become the first in a series of three animated operas that feature multicultural literary texts as their starting point.[23]

Work chronology

Music

2005 Princess CD (Sickroom Records)[24]


2007 Welcome Song CD (Sickroom Records)[25]


2008 Flight of the Liophant CD (Sickroom Records)[26]


Video Musics video opera series

2008 Video Musics Video Musics (also known as Video Musics I). Thematically based in Hungarian folk tales, the work combines a number of drawing and animation techniques with recorded music and live performance. Gideon toured the 20-minute piece for two months throughout the United States and Europe, including performances at The Baltimore Museum of Art and Fleche D’Or (Paris, France).[27]


2010 Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong "Video Musics II: Sun-WuKong" is an hour-long piece is based on the 16th Century Chinese novel The Journey to the West. It has been performed live over 100 times in nine countries at venues including SUNY Stony Brook,[28] Kawenga (Montpellier, France)[29] and Sudpol (Luzerne, Switzerland).[30][31] The Confucius Institute of Portland State University sponsored multiple performances.[32] Gideon was awarded a project grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council of Oregon to create the piece.[33]


2012 Video Musics III: Floating Oceans Video Musics III: Floating Oceans is a reworking of the metaphysical works of Lord Dunsany and draws from An Experiment with Time by John William Dunne, both early 20th century Irish writers.[34] The piece uses stop-motion animation exclusively. Cynthia Star (Paranorman, Adult Swim, Coraline (film)), who co-animated Video Musics II with Gideon, was Artistic Director. The 40-minute film toured as a live performance nationally and internationally. It has been performed 70 times including at Manhattan's New Museum for Contemporary Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. The Regional Arts & Culture Council of Oregon awarded Gideon his second project grant to create the piece.[35]


2015 "The Crumbling" "The Crumbling" is a 21 minute stop-motion animation video opera set in a dream-like mythic town following the trials of an apprentice librarian as she tries to save her city from crumbling down around her. The piece explores the importance of word and symbol in a decaying culture, as well as the marginalization and persecution of people based on heritage, gender, race or belief, and all that is lost in such persecution. "The Crumbling" takes a modern and innovative form, while drawing from ancient texts and esoterica such as the Kabbalah, Hermeticism of ancient Egypt, the mystical beliefs of Hildegard of Bingen, Alchemy of the 16th Century, and the mid 19th Century occult beliefs of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. During screenings, the film is accompanied by live musical performance. The live music mirrors the action exactly, and the animated characters' mouths are perfectly in sync with the sung lyrics.[36] Gideon received an artist-in-residence grant to complete the project from the Investing in Professional Artists Program, a partnership between the Heinz Endowments and the Pittsburgh Foundation.[37] Gideon's "The Crumbling" has been compared to the work of artist Matthew Barney.[38]

References

  1. ^ "New Museum of Contemporary Art 2013 Events Calendar".
  2. ^ "Alexis Gideon Performances".
  3. ^ "Alexis Gideon - Video Musics III". Moderna Museet. March 28, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  4. ^ "ALEXIS GIDEON: Video Musics III: Floating Oceans". MOCA Cleveland. February 13, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "MCA Chicago Events".
  6. ^ "MOCA Tucson Events".
  7. ^ "Oklahoma Gazette".
  8. ^ "NW Film Center Newsroom".
  9. ^ "Wexner Center for the Arts 2012 Event".
  10. ^ "Times Zone Festival Archive".
  11. ^ "Sudpol Events".
  12. ^ "Les Lutins Patates de L'Espace".
  13. ^ "Salt Lake City Weekly".
  14. ^ "Portland Mercury".
  15. ^ "Chromatique Magazine (France)".
  16. ^ "E20 Romagna Magazine (Italy)".
  17. ^ "Baltimore City Paper".
  18. ^ "Vice Magazine and Intel's Creators Project".
  19. ^ "ASCAP Composer Bio".
  20. ^ "All Music Guide Alexis Gideon Bio".
  21. ^ "All Music Guide Princess Credits".
  22. ^ "XLR8R Magazine".
  23. ^ "Flagpole Magazine".
  24. ^ "Sickroom Records".
  25. ^ "Sickroom Records".
  26. ^ "Sickroom Records".
  27. ^ "Fleche D'Or Event Listing".
  28. ^ "SUNY Stony Brook Event" (PDF).
  29. ^ "Kawenga Event Listing".
  30. ^ "Sudpol Event Listing".
  31. ^ "Alexis Gideon Performances".
  32. ^ "Confucius Institute of Portland State University Event Listing" (PDF).
  33. ^ "RACC 2010 Award Recipients".
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  35. ^ "RACC 2012 Award Recipients".
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  37. ^ Carpenter, Mackenzie. "2 Pittsburgh artists to get $35,000 grants". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  38. ^ Oliver, Alexandra. "http://pittsburgharticulate.com/2015/02/04/alexis-gideons-new-video-opera-the-crumbling-premieres-at-new-hazlett-theatre/". Pittsburgh Articulate. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)

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