JACOB RICHMAN – MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FILM PRODUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
SAMPLE CREATIVE WORK DOCUMENTATION
APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FILM PRODUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
SAMPLE CREATIVE WORK DOCUMENTATION
(all images, sounds, and music by Jacob Richman unless otherwise noted,
video and other further documentation available at linked pages)
video and other further documentation available at linked pages)
1. The (unfinished) Ballad of Adam and Elena Emery (2012)
large-scale multimedia performance and installation piece, 13 performers, video projections, 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. 
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. 
3. SWARM! (2017)
an evening-length, roving performance piece for musicians, dancers, and audience-responsive electronics SWARM! is based on themes of insect breeding swarms (mayflies), environmental degradation, and rebirth. The piece sprouted from the idea of a mysterious insect species that develops in the trash we humans discard everyday. They grow and molt and incorporate components of our waste into their bodies. They move and dance, and when the time is right, come together in an apocalyptic swarm. The first performance took place throughout the Linde Family Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on May 11, 2017. |