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Aaron Henderson’s videos and installations examine the ways that humans move. Recent projects look at the personal, cultural and political ramifications of all action, from intimate gestures to displays of super-human acrobatics. Well acquainted with movement, he threw himself into walls and off of platforms for STREB Extreme Action, an acrobatic performance company from 2002-6. His videos, installations and projection designs have been presented at Lincoln Center, the Wexner Center and many other theaters, colleges and festivals across the country. These projects were aided by NYSCA and Creative Capital MAP grants.

Aaron co-founded LOSTWAX, an East Coast company creating fusions of performance and video, and edited and founded the International Thought Exchange, a now defunct mail art organization.

Currently, Aaron is an Assistant Professor in the Studio Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh.

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About

Aaron Henderson’s videos and installations examine the ways that humans move. Recent projects look at the personal, cultural and political ramifications of all action, from intimate gestures to displays of super-human acrobatics.

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Recent Projects

  • Again

    Single channel videos (2012) “Again” is a series of videos that observe real people doing real things. It documents the repetitive, everyday and amazing actions that structure our lives. Rope Bridge Rescue 1 minute, 4K “Rope Bridge Rescue ” is a video that documents the Fujisawa Fire Department drilling for a timed competition in which [...]

  • Lostwax – Particular

    Director of Photography for Multimedia Performance (2012) PARTICULAR trailer from Lostwax Multimedia Dance on Vimeo. About Explore the power of the flock and the quirkiness of the individual… With their signature fusion of striking physicality and high tech visuals, Lostwax’s PARTICULAR provokes, tickles, and poignantly asks “what it is to be alone in a crowd”. [...]

  • WATCH/PLAY

    Public/Online/Performance Project (2010-present) About the Project Surveillance cameras observe and record all kinds of everyday actions, but their primary purpose is to record (and/or discourage) crimes. What would happen if we used these cameras to examine other aspects of our culture, and opened their feeds up to the public-at-large? Public Performances Various locations throughout Baltimore, [...]

  • The Carnival Project – “Midway”

    Multi-channel Video and Digital Photographs (2010) About the Project “Midway” is created from footage and images captured at state and county fairs in Indiana and South Carolina. Multi-channel videos examine the impromptu performances, staged competitions and visceral revelations that attendees experience while riding Carnival rides. Sound for these videos is by Ted Coffey. The show [...]

  • STREB – BRAVE

    Projection Design for Touring Performance (2008-2010) Upcoming Shows Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA (October 22, 2009-October 25, 2009) Herberger Theater Phoenix, AZ (November 6, 2009 & November 7, 2009) About STREB – BRAVE is my 3rd collaboration with Elizabeth Streb, and our first to utilize responsive and generative visual content. Using video tracking and [...]

  • Dimitri, Los Angeles, 1984 (Concept)

    Public Sculpture concept (from The Unrealized Gesture Series) The proposed sculpture is a trace of an unrealized action, Russian gymnast Dimitri Bilozertchev’s Pommel Horse routine at the Los Angeles Olympics. The personal, social and political collided when the Russian team decided to boycott the Olympics, derailing Dimitri’s dreams of Olympic gold. The full scale (approx [...]

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