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{{Short description|Canadian artist and poet}}
[[Image:CliveHolden.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clive Holden]]
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'''Clive Holden''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[multimedia]] artist and poet from [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. His best-known project to date is the "film poem" series ''Trains of Winnipeg'', a series of 14 [[short film]]s featuring Holden's poetry with musical accompaniment by [[Christine Fellows]], [[John K. Samson]], [[Jason Tait]], Steve Bates and Emily Goodden. In it is included the haunting short, ''18,000 Dead In Gordon Head,'' in which Owen recalls the shooting of a young girl in a small, [[British Columbia]] town. The '18,000' in the title refers to the average number of [[murders]] a [[television]] viewer has seen by the time they are of the age sixteen.
| name = Clive Holden
| image = CliveHolden.jpg
| occupation = poet, visual artist
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| period = 1990s-present
| notableworks = ''[[Trains of Winnipeg]]'', ''Utopia Suite''
| spouse = [[Alissa York]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.cliveholden.com/}}
}}


'''Clive Holden''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[new media]]<ref>[http://vsw.org/afterimage/issues/afterimage-vol-40-no-6/ Afterimage Vol. 40, No. 6]</ref> artist, [[filmmaker]]<ref>[http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/11304.php Adventures of Perception, by Scott MacDonald (August, 2009)]</ref> and poet<ref>[http://poeticstoday.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/1 Poetics today]</ref> from [[Victoria, British Columbia]], he is currently living in [[Toronto|Stratford, Ontario]] with his wife, writer [[Alissa York]].
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==External links==


==New Media==
In the inaugural exhibition in 2013 of ''UNAMERICAN UNFAMOUS''<ref>[http://www.ryerson.ca/ric/exhibitions/Holden.html UNAMERICAN UNFAMOUS at Ryerson University Image Centre]</ref> at the [[Ryerson Image Centre]], Holden worked with archival photographs and snap shots submitted by the public via social media, along with pulsating film leader loops in a large-scale wall composition. The public was asked to nominate their "favourite unfamous unAmericans" for inclusion. The media were composed using a musical analogy so the visuals were listened to rather than viewed. Hundreds of randomization algorithms were also included in the work's code, so that the work's creation wasn't completed until the moment it was viewed, and it could never be viewed the same way twice.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

''Media, Mediated''<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/3534056/Clive_Holden_Mediated_Algorithms Mediated Algorithms by Matthew Ryan Smith in Afterimage, the journal of media arts and cultural criticism, pages 20–21]</ref> (2013) is an ongoing series of new media works, [[net art]] works, and [[Chromogenic color print|chromogenic prints]]. They interrelate in spite of their disparate natures as either ephemeral time-based net art works and installations, or more traditional art objects. Their juxtapositions highlight what they have in common as well as their differences.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==Trains of Winnipeg==
Holden's best-known and publicized project to date is the award-winning<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/trains-of-winnipeg-wins-in-denmark-1.563177 'Trains of Winnipeg' wins in Denmark, cbc.ca]</ref> "film poem" series ''[[Trains of Winnipeg]]'',<ref>[http://www.trainsofwinnipeg.com trains of winnipeg . clive holden . jason tait . christine fellows . john k. samson<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a collection of 14 [[short film]]s featuring Holden's poetry with musical accompaniment by [[Christine Fellows]], [[John K. Samson]], [[Jason Tait]], Steve Bates and Emily Goodden. ''Trains of Winnipeg'' screened internationally, a.o. at the [[IFFR]].<ref>[http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/myiffr/film.aspx?ID=8de20d04-3671-40db-9067-7d9213f8a37f IFFR screening in 2005]</ref> In it is included the haunting short, ''18000 Dead in Gordon Head'',<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370240/ 18,000 Dead in Gordon Head (2001)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in which Holden recalls the shooting of a young girl in that part of Victoria. {{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} The 18,000 in the title refers to the average number of [[murders]] a [[television]] viewer has seen by the time they reach the age of sixteen years.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

==Utopia Suite==
Currently he is working on his project ''Utopia Suite'',<ref>[http://www.utopiasuite.com Utopia Suite]</ref> launched at the [[Holland Festival]] in [[Amsterdam]] (2006),<ref>[http://www.hollandfestival.nl/#nieuws/pagina/4212?jaar=2006 Holland Festival 2006]</ref> investigating into 21st-century views on [[utopianism]]. Utopia Suite has since been touring art-galleries through Canada.<ref>[https://www.ubishops.ca/foreman/english/exhibitions/touring.html Foreman Gallery showing the touring Utopia Suite]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Recent works, ''UNAMERICAN UNFAMOUS'' and ''Media, Mediated'' are parts of the Utopia Suite project.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cliveholden.com/ Clive Holden]
* [http://www.trainsofwinnipeg.com/ ''Trains of Winnipeg'']
* [http://www.trainsofwinnipeg.com/ ''Trains of Winnipeg'']


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Latest revision as of 03:32, 3 September 2024

Clive Holden
Occupationpoet, visual artist
NationalityCanadian
Period1990s-present
Notable worksTrains of Winnipeg, Utopia Suite
SpouseAlissa York
Website
www.cliveholden.com

Clive Holden is a Canadian new media[1] artist, filmmaker[2] and poet[3] from Victoria, British Columbia, he is currently living in Stratford, Ontario with his wife, writer Alissa York.

New Media

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In the inaugural exhibition in 2013 of UNAMERICAN UNFAMOUS[4] at the Ryerson Image Centre, Holden worked with archival photographs and snap shots submitted by the public via social media, along with pulsating film leader loops in a large-scale wall composition. The public was asked to nominate their "favourite unfamous unAmericans" for inclusion. The media were composed using a musical analogy so the visuals were listened to rather than viewed. Hundreds of randomization algorithms were also included in the work's code, so that the work's creation wasn't completed until the moment it was viewed, and it could never be viewed the same way twice.[citation needed]

Media, Mediated[5] (2013) is an ongoing series of new media works, net art works, and chromogenic prints. They interrelate in spite of their disparate natures as either ephemeral time-based net art works and installations, or more traditional art objects. Their juxtapositions highlight what they have in common as well as their differences.[citation needed]

Trains of Winnipeg

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Holden's best-known and publicized project to date is the award-winning[6] "film poem" series Trains of Winnipeg,[7] a collection of 14 short films featuring Holden's poetry with musical accompaniment by Christine Fellows, John K. Samson, Jason Tait, Steve Bates and Emily Goodden. Trains of Winnipeg screened internationally, a.o. at the IFFR.[8] In it is included the haunting short, 18000 Dead in Gordon Head,[9] in which Holden recalls the shooting of a young girl in that part of Victoria. [citation needed] The 18,000 in the title refers to the average number of murders a television viewer has seen by the time they reach the age of sixteen years.[citation needed]

Utopia Suite

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Currently he is working on his project Utopia Suite,[10] launched at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam (2006),[11] investigating into 21st-century views on utopianism. Utopia Suite has since been touring art-galleries through Canada.[12] Recent works, UNAMERICAN UNFAMOUS and Media, Mediated are parts of the Utopia Suite project.

References

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  1. ^ Afterimage Vol. 40, No. 6
  2. ^ Adventures of Perception, by Scott MacDonald (August, 2009)
  3. ^ Poetics today
  4. ^ UNAMERICAN UNFAMOUS at Ryerson University Image Centre
  5. ^ Mediated Algorithms by Matthew Ryan Smith in Afterimage, the journal of media arts and cultural criticism, pages 20–21
  6. ^ 'Trains of Winnipeg' wins in Denmark, cbc.ca
  7. ^ trains of winnipeg . clive holden . jason tait . christine fellows . john k. samson
  8. ^ IFFR screening in 2005
  9. ^ 18,000 Dead in Gordon Head (2001)
  10. ^ Utopia Suite
  11. ^ Holland Festival 2006
  12. ^ Foreman Gallery showing the touring Utopia Suite[permanent dead link‍]
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