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Nicole Cousino + Chris Vecchio

Nicole Cousino
California,1966
Lives and works in Philadelphia.
www.nicolecousino.com
Chris Vecchio
Philadelphia, 1964
Lives and works in Philadelphia
www.chrisvecchio.com

Work exposed in Madrid Abierto
Speakhere!

Chris Vecchio is an electrical engineer who began creating sculptural devices and art installations in an effort to better understand the relationship between man and technology. His devices serve as props which precipitate interaction with, and dialog about, technology. He is particularly interested in the narrative potential of electronic circuitry and in the use of ambiguous but suggestive user interfaces to generate new modes of interaction.

Chris holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and has over 20 years of analog, digital, and software design experience. Over the course of the past 10 years his work has been exhibited frequently in both the US and Europe. He is currently Chairman of the Board at Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art and the Director of Research and Development for medical instrumentation company Spectrasonics Inc.

Drexel University, Philadelphia

Nicole Cousino

1997
  • MFA. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1990
  • BA. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
visual art
2005
  • Detourism Bureau. Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
2005
  • VERSION>05. Public Media Institute, Chicago, IL
2003
  • Pretty Lies, Dirty Truths. BC Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2002
  • Group Photo Show. RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  • Democracy When. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits, Los Angeles, CA
  • Re-Public Relations. Parkhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
2001
  • Border Hack 2.0. Playas de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
  • Violate Nature. Private land, Morongo Valley, CA
1998
  • The Female Gaze: Women Look At Men. Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY 
1996
  • RUTGERS/YALE Graduate Sculpture Exhibition. Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1994
  • Home Base. New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
1992
  • Smashing Myths In The Information Age. Paper Tiger TV West collaborative show Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991
  • Conservative Show. Show n' Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
  • Pitstops On The Innerstate. Armpit Gallery, San Francisco, CA
video documentary
2003
  • Kalundborg. 12-minute experimental documentary video (2004) VI Cologuio Internacional Arte Digital: Poeticas y Lenguajes, Havana, Cuba; Restcycling Art Festival, Berlin, Germany; LAISLE Video Art Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002
  • Concrete & Sunshine. 60-minute documentary (2004 Documental, Santa Monica, CA); 2003 Visualized Film Festival, Denver, CO. New College, San Francisco, CA. Appendix Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2002 International Film Festival of Documentary Film CRONOGRAF, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. Ajijic Festival International de Cine, Ajijic, Mexico. Free Speech TV national cablecast
1998
  • TALLER P.A.C.A. 15-minute documentary. Produced for CARE International Ecuador and Rutgers University
1995
  • Fat Of The Land. 60-minute documentary. SELECTED SCREENINGS: 2001 MACBA, Barcelona, Spain; Selected PBS Stations via Free Speech TV- broadcast nationwide. 2000 Ontario Cinematheque, Ontario, Canada. 1999 Global Visions Festival, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 1998 Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA. 1997 Museum of Modern Art, New York NY. 1996 Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA; Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA; Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia; Images Film & Video Festival, Toronto, ON; National Educational Film & Video Festival, Oakland, CA; Charlotte Film & Video Festival, Charlotte, NC; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; 911, Seattle, WA; The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA; 1st National Congress for Democratic Media, San Francisco, CA. 1995 Dallas Film Festival, Dallas, TX; Film Arts Foundation Festival, San Francisco, CA; Site, Santa Fe, NM. AWARDS: Bronze Apple National Educational Film & Video Festival, Oakland, CA; 1st Place USA Super 8mm Festival, New Brunswick, NJ; 1st Place-Documentary Sauguro Film and Video Festival, Sauguro, AZ; $200 Award Athens Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH; Honorable Mention Images Festival, Atlanta, GA
1993
  • Feminist Trilogy For Paper Tiger TV
  • Call It What It Is. 30-minute documentary. 1993 SFCameraworks, San Francisco, CA. “WAC is Watching!” Other Cinema, San Francisco, CA
  • Sisterhood TM. 30-minute documentary. 1994 Free Video America, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA; Women's Resources Film Festival, New York, NY. 1993 SFCameraworks, San Francisco, CA; New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Wired For Action. 30-minute documentary. SFCameraworks, San Francisco, CA
1992
  • Sanguis Semen Christorium. 60-minute documentary. 1992 Public Access TV, San Francisco, CA
shorts/experimental/narrative
2005
  • here is neither the this nor the that. 10-minute experimental narrative video. 2005 ACCEA International Experimental Video Festival, Armenia
2002
  • The Bird. 3-minute experimental video. 2003 Cinemania[c], Pula Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia; 2002 Swamp Festival, Pomona, CA. LA Screens, 2012 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2 A-CLIP VIDEOS for A-CLIP III. 2 90-second experimental videos. 2002 Los Angeles/Berlin/London public screenings
1998
  • Lovestory. 5-minute experimental narrative video
1997
  • 6 Of 1. 15-minute experimental video. 1997 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1996
  • Asteriod. 10-minute experimental video
  • Spirit Of A Nation. 5-minute experimental video. 1997 Other Cinema, San Francisco, CA; Images Film & Video Festival, Toronto, ON; College Arts Association MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY; Locating Feminism, Pembroke Center, Brown University, Providence, RI. 1996 Fugitive Dyads, Knitting Factory, New York, NY
1990
  • Repressed Transactions. 5-minute experimental video. Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA. 1990 Other Cinema, San Francisco, CA
Curatorial Projects
2001
  • Violate Nature. 15 Artists were invited to produce site-specific work, in a 5-acre area of desert, which aimed to disrupt “natural” sites and systems. Private land, Morongo Valley, CA
1997
  • 6 0f 1 Video Collaboration. 6 video artists created works based on an newspaper article about an action done by a female member of the Weathermen
1988
  • Armpit Gallery. Co-Curator/Director of an independent artspace that produced monthly shows of local art, performance, theater, film, music and installation that emphasized the element of “interactivity”
  • Irrigate The Media Wasteland. Survey of Independent Media including the Internet, Zines, Billboard Alteration, Pirate Radio and Public Access TV, Armpit Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
  • Urban Scrawl. Showing of artwork addressing the AIDS Crisis. Armpit Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2005
  • Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant Recipient
2002
  • Durfee Foundation Completion Grant Recipient
2000
  • LA Freewaves Video Festival Board Member
1997
  • USA Super 8 Film & Video Festival Finalist Judge
1996
  • Dodge Foundation Grant Recipient for the Flaherty Film Seminar
1995
  • MGSA Scholarship, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Member of Artist Committee, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • San Francisco Independent Film Festival Judge
  • National Educational Film & Video Festival Judge, Oakland, CA
1994
  • Ben & Jerry's National Grant Recipient
  • New Langston Arts Annual Award
1992
  • California Council for Humanities Mini-Grant Recipient
Panels
1996
  • Images Film Festival Panel Discussion: Environment & Technology Toronto, ON, Canada
1995
  • Boundaries in Question Conference, UCB, Berkeley, CA
  • Diablo Valley College Environmental Technology Association, Diablo Valley, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Steve Montgomery, The 1st NYC Sierra Club Film & Video Festival, International Documentary, 1997, p. 19-20, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Jane Farrow, Low Rent Media and Hi-Fat Message: Culture Jam Meltdown at the Images Festival, POV (Canadian Independent Film Caucus, Toronto), Fall 1996 Issue No. 30, P. 27-29
  • John Foyston, Greasy Riders in Fat City, The Oregonian, March 28, 1996
  • Roy Chung, Fat of the Land, Los Angeles Times, Sep. 29, 1995
  • The Skinny on the Fatmobile, The New York Times Magazine, Feb. 5, 1995
  • Kristy O'Rell, Greasy Riders: Cross Country on Fat, Boing Boing, San Francisco, CA, Number 13, 1995
  • Kristy O'Rell, “Greasy Riders”, in The Happy Mutant Handbook, Ed. Carla Sinclair, New York: Riverhead Books, 1995, P. 154-57
  • Karen Weiner, Greasing Down the Highway: The Making of Fat of the Land, Video Networks, BAVC: San Francisco, CA, Oct.-Nov. 1995
  • Giles Whitell, Greasy Riders Finish 3000 Mile Odyssey, London Times, Sep. 3, 1994
  • James O. Clifford, Lard Car Oozes into SF After Trek on French Fry Fuel, San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 29, 1994
  • Fry Power, USA Today, Aug. 29, 1994
  • Van in Fat City: French Fry Oil Fuels Unique Trip, San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 29, 1994
  • 6 0f 1 Video Collaboration. 6 video artists created works based on an newspaper article about an action done by a female member of the Weathermen
1988
  • Armpit Gallery. Co-Curator/Director of an independent artspace that produced monthly shows of local art, performance, theater, film, music and installation that emphasized the element of “interactivity”
  • Irrigate The Media Wasteland. Survey of Independent Media including the Internet, Zines, Billboard Alteration, Pirate Radio and Public Access TV, Armpit Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
  • Urban Scrawl. Showing of artwork addressing the AIDS Crisis. Armpit Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Prizes and scholarships
2005
  • Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant Recipient
2002
  • Durfee Foundation Completion Grant Recipient
2000
  • LA Freewaves Video Festival Board Member
1997
  • USA Super 8 Film & Video Festival Finalist Judge
1996
  • Dodge Foundation Grant Recipient for the Flaherty Film Seminar
1995
  • MGSA Scholarship, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Member of Artist Committee, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • San Francisco Independent Film Festival Judge
  • National Educational Film & Video Festival Judge, Oakland, CA
1994
  • Ben & Jerry's National Grant Recipient
  • New Langston Arts Annual Award
1992
  • California Council for Humanities Mini-Grant Recipient
Panels
1996
  • Images Film Festival Panel Discussion: Environment & Technology Toronto, ON, Canada
1995
  • Boundaries in Question Conference, UCB, Berkeley, CA
  • Diablo Valley College Environmental Technology Association, Diablo Valley, CA
Bibliography
  • Steve Montgomery, The 1st NYC Sierra Club Film & Video Festival, International Documentary, 1997, p. 19-20, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Jane Farrow, Low Rent Media and Hi-Fat Message: Culture Jam Meltdown at the Images Festival, POV (Canadian Independent Film Caucus, Toronto), Fall 1996 Issue No. 30, P. 27-29
  • John Foyston, Greasy Riders in Fat City, The Oregonian, March 28, 1996
  • Roy Chung, Fat of the Land, Los Angeles Times, Sep. 29, 1995
  • The Skinny on the Fatmobile, The New York Times Magazine, Feb. 5, 1995
  • Kristy O'Rell, Greasy Riders: Cross Country on Fat, Boing Boing, San Francisco, CA, Number 13, 1995
  • Kristy O'Rell, “Greasy Riders”, in The Happy Mutant Handbook, Ed. Carla Sinclair, New York: Riverhead Books, 1995, P. 154-57
  • Karen Weiner, Greasing Down the Highway: The Making of Fat of the Land, Video Networks, BAVC: San Francisco, CA, Oct.-Nov. 1995
  • Giles Whitell, Greasy Riders Finish 3000 Mile Odyssey, London Times, Sep. 3, 1994
  • James O. Clifford, Lard Car Oozes into SF After Trek on French Fry Fuel, San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 29, 1994
  • Fry Power, USA Today, Aug. 29, 1994
  • Van in Fat City: French Fry Oil Fuels Unique Trip, San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 29, 1994

Chris Vecchio

1992
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
1987
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2005
  • Susquehanna Museum of Art. Harrisburg
  • Myers Gallery at the Tulsa Living Arts Center
2003
  • Dzyga Institute of Contemporary Art. Lviv, Ukraine
2002
  • Evidence of Toolmaking. Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia
1999
  • Technology Fetish, An exhibition of handmade electronic objects. Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia
group exhibitions (selected)
2004
  • Subtle Nothings. Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia
2002
  • Hungarian Sculptural Exchange Exhibition. Janus Pannonius Museum, Pecs, Hungary
  • Bio-Tech. DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia
  • Building Unique Works. Washington Square, Washington
2001
  • Contemporary Philosophie. Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
  • New Directions. Main Line Art Center, Haverford
  • Future Imperfect. Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown
2000
  • Construction, works that challenge the categorical definitions of art. Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia
  • Every day I think of you, installation, supported by the Philadelphia Fringe Festival
  • Beginnings and Endings. Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington
  • Place of Memory: an archaeology of site specificity. Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia
1999
  • Bridging the Gender Gap, Proximity, and Window to the Past. Visual Fringe Festival in conjunction with Dissentia Curatorial Services, Philadelphia
Publications
2005
  •  "Dorkbot" Lecture
  • NPR Radio Interview
  • Tool Time. James D. Watts Jr. Tulsa World, 6 January 2005
2003
  • ЕксГібіція прИлаДіВ Львівянам сподобалася. Yarena Koval, L’vivska Gazette, 15 August 2003
  • мИ маемо про Це поГоВорИТИ..., Natalia Kosmolinska, L’viv Post, 16-17 August 2003
2002
  • NPR Radio Interview, Listen. Aries Keck, WHYY FM, 20 June 2002
  • Tools of the Trade, Edward Higgins, South Philadelphia Review, 20 June 2002, p. 23
  • Bells and Bone Whistles, Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, 3 July 2002
  • Evidence of Toolmaking, Marisa Mariscotti, www.digitalcity.com/philadelphia, June 2002
  • Pick of the Week, Evidence of Toolmaking at Nexus, Nikki Roszko, Philadelphia City Paper, 6 June 2002, p. 47
  • Power to the People, Art in Science XVI: Electricity, Nikki Roszko, Philadelphia City Paper, 4 April 2002
2001
  • Sharadin Enters the Future of Art, Monica Ortwein, The Kutztown Keystone, 15 February 2001, p. 7
  • Exploring Technology’s Human Side, Ron Schira, Reading Eagle Times, 23 February 2001, p. W8
  • Perfect Strangers, Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, 28 February 2001
1999
  • Robot Poetry Radio, Raj Thadani, Sound Collector Magazine, Vol. 4, 1999, pp. 37-40
  • Local Color, Edward Higgins, South Philadelphia Review, 27 May 1999, p. 27
  • Current Events, Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, 21 April 1999
  • Rubber Soul, Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, 16 April 1999
  • Case For Art, Edward Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, 16 April 1999
1998
  • Bella Vista’s Poet of the Airwaves, Mark Davis, Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 November 1998, p. B1