JACOB RICHMAN – MULTIMEDIA ARTIST

APPLICATION FOR  ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP IN VIDEO AND FILM
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE

CREATIVE WORK DOCUMENTATION
(all images, sounds, and music by Jacob Richman unless otherwise noted,
video and other further documentation available at linked pages)
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1. The (unfinished) Ballad of Adam and Elena Emery (2012)
large-scale multimedia performance and installation piece, 13 performers, video projection, audio/video/data processing (Arduino and Max/MSP/Jitter protocols) cloth, motors, electronics








The (unfinished) Ballad of Adam and Elena Emery is an evening-length, multimedia performance piece based on a Rhode Island murder story from 1990. It is a performance setting of fragmented details of this tragic event for four dancers, nine musicians, and multiple interactive multimedia installations staged in various rooms of a five-story church in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It is a “roving performance” in which the audience and performers freely move between installation spaces and performance scenes scattered throughout the building.
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2. Windeye (2016)
fixed-media piece for violin and video, to also be developed into multimedia performance involving video projections, cloth, physical computing








Windeye is a setting of a short story by author Brian Evenson for video and solo violinist/vocalist. Through her performance, we are presented with the fading and distorted childhood memory of a sister who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The piece was commissioned by NYC-based violinist and vocalist Andie Tanning Springer.
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3. Meridian Project (on-going collaboration)
multimedia performance and science collaboration, music composition/performance, video projections










​Meridian Project is an ongoing collaboration between musicians, visual artists, and scientists whose goal is to present topics of cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics in unique audio-visual performances that blend the scientific concepts with new music and imagery in a way that is informative, engaging, and fun.  Our performances take place in locations that reflect this mix of science, art, and wonder.  These include planetariums, observatories, and outdoors under the stars.

My role in the collaboration is as co-composer, musician, and producer of various video content and experimental projections based on the performance venue.
•For more creative work projects and samples, please click the Multimedia Performance, Fixed Media, and Collaborative Projects sidebars.