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

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Recent Projects

  • 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 also consists [...]

  • STREB – BRAVE

    Projection Design for Touring Performance (2008-2009)

    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 custom sensors (developed by Arizona State [...]

  • 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 8’ [...]

  • The Metamorphoses Series

    High-definition video series (2008)

    The Metamorphoses series (Biggie, Britney, George, Oprah and Michael) was shot at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum earlier this year. It documents transgressive and playful interactions that occur as people perform and stage encounters with “celebrities”.
    46″ LCD panels with embedded Blu-ray players mounted inside custom frames.
    Metamorphoses (Biggie) edition of 5
    Metamorphoses (Britney) edition of [...]

  • Motive

    High-definition Video (2008)

    “Motive” examines 8 University of Minnesota Cheerleaders as they perform. Their individual performances are composited into a flickering video of the group as a whole. The resultant concatenation reveals subtle shifts in gesture and affect as each individual cheerleader attempts to synchronize her movement with the others.

    Exhibition History:
    Group Exhibition: Faculty Exhibition
    August 28th – [...]

  • The Astounding Race

    Performance (2007) – Collaboration with Erin O’Brien

    The Art Institute of Chicago’s New Blood Festival
    Links Hall, Chicago, IL

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