Douglas Henderson (Baltimore,1960)
Sound artist and composer Douglas Henderson was born in 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied music composition and theory with Milton Babbitt, Paul Lansky, and J.K. Randall, receiving his PhD. in composition from Princeton University in 1991 and his Bachelor's degree in composition from Bard College in 1982.
He recently chaired the Sound Arts Department at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and conducts master classes in electroacoustic composition, multi-channel audio and recording arts.
He has been awarded a 2007 DAAD artist residency in Berlin, and a 2007 Foundation for Contemporary Arts individual artist grant.
He was a 2002 and 2006 artist in residence at Harvestworks Digital Media Lab, a 2004 Dance Theater Workshop ARM Fellow, and a 2005 guest artist for Resonance Magazine (London).
He received a 2005 Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Program Award for work with choreographer Luis Lara Malvacías, and the New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie") for his work on Kriyas (1998).
Performances and installations at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Art in General, Performance Space 122, The Kitchen, Diapason Gallery and Dance Theater Workshop have enjoyed the support of grants from Meet The Composer, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, The Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund, Creative Time, and the New York State Council for the Arts, and been included in festivals from New Music America in New York, to the Seoul International Festival of Computer Music in South Korea.
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Babel III: Language Angel(2010) (with thanks to David Henderson) Carbon fiber, stainless steel, aluminum, speakers. 6 channel audio. 15 minute loop. © Photo by Douglas Henderson. |
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Babel III: Language Angel, detail (2010) (with thanks to David Henderson) Carbon fiber, stainless steel, aluminum, speakers. 6 channel audio. 15 minute loop. © Photo by Douglas Henderson. |
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Silver Surfer (2010), Sterling silver, wood, acrylic, steel, loudspeakers. 2 channel audio, 8 min. 15 sec. Size Variable. © Photo by Douglas Henderson. |
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Dukatenscheißer. Plastic sewer pipes, 22 karat gold, speakers, 12 channel audio. 36 x 36 x 350cm, 35 min.© Photo by Douglas Henderson. |
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Dukatenscheißer detail |
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Fadensonnen detail. Fiberglass, wood, rope, speakers, 8 channel audio. 42 x 42 x 350cm, 25 min. |
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Fadensonnen detail. |
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Flash Gordon (2009) Wood, steel, paper, speaker, electronics, 2 channel audio. 22 x 40 x 170cm, 15 min. |
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Flash Gordon (2009) detail |
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Panorama I (2009) in collaboration with Stefan Bohnenberger. Wood, lenses, electronics, single channel audio. 11 x 14 x 9cm, 3 tracks, 135 secs.
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Interior view from Panorama I |
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Romeo y Julieta Act II, Scene II (2009) in collaboration with Stefan Bohnenberger. Wood, lenses, electronics, single channel audio. 20 x 15 x 6cm, 20 secs. |
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Interior view, frames from the film inside Romeo y Julieta Act II, Scene II |
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...therefore I Am (2009) wood, speakers, 15 channel audio. Dimensions variable, 30 min. |
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...therefore I Am (detail) |
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See, we rise. 2008, 4 m x 40 cm x 40 cm, rope, concrete, speakers, 16-channel audio, 50 min. 15 sec. © Photo by Douglas Henderson. |
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See, we rise. 2008, 4 m x 40 cm x 40 cm, rope, concrete, speakers, 16-channel audio, 50 min. 15 sec. © Photo by Douglas Henderson. |
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Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges. 2009, 1m x 2m x 30 cm, water, speakers, low frequency sine waves, paint, wood, terracotta. |
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Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges. 2009, 1m x 2m x 30 cm, water, speakers, low frequency sine waves, paint, wood, terracotta. |
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Water Speaker Resonance Patterns . 2009, 40cm x 50cm, Lambda print.
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Untitled 2006. 2006.1m x 170cm x 70cm, water, speakers, low frequency sine waves, paint, wood.
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Untitled 2006 (detail). 2006.1m x 170cm x 70cm, water, speakers, low frequency sine waves, paint, wood. |
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stop. 2007, 140cm x 60cm x 60cm, and 130cm x 75cm x 30cm, wood, concrete, electronics, amplifier, speakers.
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