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'''Raymond Salvatore Harmon''' ([[April 7]], [[1974]]) is a cross genre media artist, filmmaker, sound artist, and record producer whose work has defied categorization for the past decade. As a new media artist and experimental filmmaker his work pushes at the boundaries between anthropological study, philosophic discourse, and contemporary art. With a CV extending from performance based 16mm and 8mm film to video circuit-bending and analog feedback installations as well as sound and visual conceptual installations and guerrilla media actions.
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'''Raymond Salvatore Harmon''' (born April 7, 1974) is an [[People of the United States|American]] artist who works primarily as a painter.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in Jackson, Michigan in 1974, Raymond Salvatore Harmon has lived widely throughout the US (New York City; Savannah, Georgia; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Louisville, Kentucky; Eugene, Oregon, among many other locations).<ref>[http://www.pe3l.com/?p=963 Raymond Salvatore Harmon] PE3L Magazine Interview</ref> Harmon currently resides in London, UK.


Harmon is a proponent of non-object-oriented art. Utilizing architectural scale painting and new media & web based content in coordination with public performance, graffiti-style ad bombing, and web-based social engineering.
Born in Jackson, Michigan in 1974 to a middle class background Raymond Salvatore Harmon has lived widely throughout the US (New York - NY, Savannah - GA, Ann Arbor, Louisville - KY, Eugene - OR, among many other locations). Harmon currently resides in London, UK.

Over the course of the past ten years Harmon has been developing and evolving the theoretical and practical applications of non object oriented art. Utilizing new media, web based content and interactive architecture in coordination with public performance, graffiti style ad bombing, and web based social engineering Harmon's work has carved out an over arching form of contemporary media insurgency.

His work has been reviewed in numerous magazines/publications, most recently in the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Signal to Noise, [http://wire.co.uk Wire Magazine], [[New York Times]], Pop Matters, All About Jazz, Downbeat, Jazztimes, Point of Departure, Foxy Digitalis, among others.

His work has been presented and screened at hundreds of festivals and galleries throughout the world including - [http://www.mcachicago.org The Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago], Unsound Festival - Krakow, Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, [http://www.cphdox.dk Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival], Artist Television Access, [http://cuff.org Chicago Underground Film Fest], Cement Media Festival, Athens International Film Festival, RAW Tempel - Berlin, Axiom Theater, Northwest Film Forum, Ann Arbor Film Festival, among others.

Harmon has produced highly acclaimed records from artists such as Chicago Underground Trio, Andrew Bird, Jim Baker, Josh Abrams, Rob Mazurek, Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, as well as collaborated on projects with [[Alan Licht]], Jeb Bishop, Frank Rosaly, Keefe Jackson, David Grubbs, John Olson (Wolfeyes), the Magik Markers, Spires that in the Sunset Rise, among others.

As an experimental filmmaker his work is abstract, often accompanied by his own electronic compositions as well as those of his various collaborators. His recent works include full scale immersive video and sound environments, large format digital prints that are then hand manipulated and painted on, and live video performances.

Harmon has performed improvised video with numerous musical groups from a diverse background including Exploding Star Orchestra, Blood on the Wall, Diplo, Wolf Parade, [[Chicago Underground Trio]], Birth Refusal, Mandarin Movie, Jason Forrest among others.

Harmon's films often contain layered subliminal content, the source of this content is often derived from occult and mystical texts. Utilizing texts such as the [[Joseph Chiquitilla|Gates of Light]] (an early work of Hebraic mysticism, kabbalah) and [[Aleister Crowley]]'s [[The Book of Lies (Crowley)|Book of Lies]], Harmon's occult based films work as advanced meditative tools for use in occult rituals and the expansion of the conscious mind.

Often compared to [[Stan Brakhage]] and the painter [[Mark Rothko]], Harmon's use of abstract imagery is more directly influenced by the works of [[Harry Everett Smith|Harry Smith]] (both as a filmmaker and archivist) and [[Nam June Paik]]. Much of the philosophical discourse concerning the alchemical/mystical influences in Harmon's occult filmworks ([http://www.archive.org/details/YHVH-Binah YHVH], Tree of Knowledge/Tree of Life, Elementals) mentions the works of 17th century English author [[Thomas Vaughan (philosopher)|Thomas Vaughan]] and the anonymous 13th century English mystical text "The [[Cloud of Unknowing]]"

In January, 2009 [[PAJ (journal)]] published an article by Harmon titled "On the Nature of Light: The Cinematic Experience as Occult Ritual"

On November 11th, 2008 Harmon premiered Hypnotic Brutality, a new music performance film with the American noise band [[Wolf Eyes]], at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.

In September, 2008 Harmon presented the first public performance of his transcendental film Sigils of the Heptameron.

On March 7th, 2008 Harmon presented a 3 channel video performance of Aleister Crowleys Rites of Eleusis. This piece was reviewed in the [http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/events/1017/the_cinema_of_illumination.html Fortean Times].

In November–December 2007 Harmon toured and lectured in Europe, performing improvised video with Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, and conceptualizing several new works to be unveiled in 2008.

In December 2007 Harmon was invited by Prof. Ryszard W. Kluszczynski to lecture at the University of Lodz.

In April 2007 he celebrated the release of Chronicle, a feature length music performance of the [[Chicago Underground Trio]]. Which had its theatrical premiere at the [http://www.cphdox.dk Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival] in November.

From October 2005 to October 2006 Harmon was the visiting Director of the DANK German Cultural Center in Chicago. His programs were featured in Timeout Chicago, Chicago Tribune, MetroMix, Chicago Reader, WGN TV, among others.

In October 2003 Harmon was invited to lecture at the University of Oregon and to present a new film piece commissioned for the occasion "The Three Stigmata of Marshal McLuhan"

In April 2002 Harmon launched the [http://betasound.net Betasound] online record label. Whose free online catalog contains works by artists such as [[Luc Ferrari]], [[Derek Bailey]], [[Noël Akchoté]], [[Mats Gustafson]], [[David Grubbs]], Frank Rosaly, Joe Daley Trio among many others.

In February 2001 Harmon was invited to be a guest of the Cement Media Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He presented his large scale video installation "Dreamlife of Sleeping Buildings" at the Technical University of Eindhoven. This curated installation piece included video works by Brian Frye, Kenneth Eisenstein, Eve Heller, Sean Capone (Positron), Alexander Horn, Andrew Personnette, Suji, and Randy Lee Sutherland.

==Lectures-==

"Painted in Light: Experimental Film and the Advent of Improvised Cinema"<br/>
University of Lodz, Poland - December 2007<br/>
Goldsmiths University, London, UK - February 2008


Harmon paints dominantly on an architectural scale, encompassing multistory building facades, sidewalks and street surfaces which he has referred to as "site-specific paint installations". Visually, his work is based in gestural abstracted forms utilizing intensely vibrant colours to alter the public perception of both the architecture and its contextual environment.
"Transcendental Cinema: Abstract Light and the Nature of Visual Meditation"<br/>
New Nothing Cinema, San Francisco CA - July 2007


Harmon's previous film work is predominately abstract. Compared to experimental film-maker [[Stan Brakhage]],<ref>[http://www.cmcp.gr/en/others/brakhage.html Centre for Music Composition & Performance]. Cmcp.gr. Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref> Harmon's use of abstract imagery is more directly influenced by the works of [[Harry Everett Smith|Harry Smith]].<ref>[http://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/interview-raymond-salvatore-harmon/ Interview: Raymond Salvatore Harmon]. Underground Film Journal (2009-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref>
"An Empire of Signs Without Meaning: Marshall McLuhan and the Media Revolution"<br/>
University of Oregon, Cultural Forum - Eugene, OR - October 2003


His work has been presented at numerous galleries and festivals throughout the world including – The [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]], Unsound Festival – Kraków, Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, [[Copenhagen International Documentary Festival]], Artist Television Access, [[Chicago Underground Film Festival]], Cement Media Festival, Athens International Film Festival, RAW Tempel – Berlin, Axiom Theater, Northwest Film Forum, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and The Horse Hospital, London.<ref name="cphdox.dk">[http://www.cphdox.dk/D1/ft.lasso?s=2008105&ser=776&e=1 Wolfeyes Hypnotic Brutality] cphdox.dk</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.cphdox.dk/D1/ft.lasso?s=2007105&ser=496&e=1 Chicago Underground Trio – Chronicle] cphdox.dk</ref>
"Evolution vs. Revolution : Socio-communicative Developments Inside the Art Paradigm"<br/>
Expressions School of New Media - Oakland, CA - June 2002


As a record producer Harmon has worked with highly acclaimed artists such as Chicago Underground Trio, [[Andrew Bird]], Jim Baker, Josh Abrams, Rob Mazurek, Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, as well as collaborated on projects with [[Alan Licht]], [[David Grubbs]], [[Wolfeyes]], the [[Magik Markers]], and [[Spires that in the Sunset Rise]]<ref>[http://www.pendu.org/mag/2008/09/22/interview-with-raymond-salvatore-harmon/ Interview with Raymond Salvatore Harmon], Pendu Magazine, Sept 22, 2008</ref>{{failed verification|date=November 2011}}. Additionally, Harmon has performed improvised videos with numerous musical groups from a diverse backgrounds, including Exploding Star Orchestra,<ref>[http://www.wroclawweekly.pl/index.php/exploding-star-orchestra-sextet Wroclaw Weekly Online » Exploding Star Orchestra Sextet]. Wroclawweekly.pl (2007-11-29). Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref> [[Rob Mazurek]], Blood on the Wall, Diplo, Wolf Parade, [[Chicago Underground (jazz ensemble)|Chicago Underground Trio]], Birth Refusal, Mandarin Movie, Dave Phillips, HATI, Mikrokolektyw, and Jason Forrest.
"Sublimate the Pretext: Delineation of Familiar Architectural Roles in our Environment"<br/>
Cement Media Festival - Eindhoven, Holland - February 2001


==Timeline==
"Implementing a Dialog: Proposal for Corporate Curatorial Program of Media Art"<br/>
Royal Philips Laboratories, Eindhoven, Holland - August 2000


On July 13, 2011, Harmon released his book ''BOMB: A manifesto of art terrorism'' via his website.<ref>[http://www.raymondharmon.com/BOMB.html BOMB: A Manifesto of Art Terrorism]</ref>
"Unpremeditated Appearance : Context and Content in Film Presentation"<br/>
Around the Coyote Arts Festival - Chicago, IL - May 2000


In May 2012, Harmon announced the Seize Art Fare, which takes place on June 1 in London.
"Deviational Iconography and the Blank Screen: A Search for the Pure Image"<br/>
<ref>[http://blog.vandalog.com/2012/05/so-what-really-is-seize-art-fair/ Vandalog: What is Seize Art Fare?]</ref>
Carnagie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA - May 1999


GNOSIS, a solo warehouse exhibition by Harmon opened in London during the 2012 Olympics on July 27, 2012, was featured on Channel 4 News.<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/culture/brainwash-battle-street-art/3079 Channel 4 News: The Battle over Street Art]</ref>
"Cumulative Response: The Manifestation of Technology in Public Art"<br/>
New School of Art, Marin, CA October 1998


A solo exhibition titled META that opened in October 2012 in NYC was shut down the day after it opened by [[Hurricane Sandy]].
"Environmental Sound Design and the Virtual Installation"<br/>
Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI - November 1997


In February 2014, Harmon launched a major public paint installation in the Downtown Los Angeles Fashion District. The work MIRAGE features a 35&nbsp;ft by 130&nbsp;ft mural incorporating [[augmented reality]] software available via his website.
"The Dynamics of Social Change: The De-evolution of Art in America"<br/>
Olivet College, Olivet, MI - July 1993


In January 2015, Harmon opened his solo exhibition ACID in London featuring an immersive paint installation.
==Exhibitions/Installations (selected)-==


On 11 November 2015, Harmon held a one-night pop-up exhibition as a fundraiser for his recently announced Beta Culture arts grant.
Transcendental Territories<br/>
Inspire Fine Art, Chicago - April/May 2007


==Works==
Isolated Instances<br/>
Heaven Gallery - Chicago - July 2004


===Exhibitions===
Isolated Instances<br/>
Open End Gallery - Chicago - February 2004


====Solo shows====
Oneirographers Closet<br/>
(micro-installation exhibiton) Feitico Gallery, Chicago, IL - August 2001


* "Abstract Numerology" - The Old Dentist, London UK 2015
Dreamlife of Sleeping Buildings (video installation) - <br/>
* "ACID" - [[Imitate Modern]] Gallery, London, UK 2015<ref>[http://imitatemodern.com/exhibitions/raymond-salvatore-harmon-acid/ Imitate Modern Acid page] Retrieved on 2015-3-9.</ref>
Technical University Eindhoven - Eindhoven, Holland - February 2001
* "MIRAGE" - LERATA/Skyline14, Los Angeles, CA 2014<ref>[http://raymondharmon.com/mirage MIRAGE site] Retrieved on 2014-3-9.</ref>
* "Keeper of the Gates" - Hackney Wicked, London, UK, 2013
* "META" - 199 Chrystie, New York, NY, 2012<ref>[http://dayinthelyfe.com/lyfe/art-shows/rsh-presents-meta-nyc.html Day in the Lyfe Magazine] Retrieved on 2012-11-10.</ref>
* "GNOSIS" - Hackney Wicked, London, UK, 2012<ref>[http://beautifulcrime.com/urban-art/reviewed-gnosis-by-raymond-harmon-top-notch-autonomous-graffiti Beautiful Crime "Gnosis review"] Retrieved on 2012-11-10.</ref>
* "Dweller on the Threshold" - Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn NY, 2009<ref>[http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/raymond-salvatore-harmons-dweller-on-the-threshold--secret-project-robot/ Raymond Salvatore Harmon's "Dweller on the Threshold" @ Secret Project Robot]. FREEwilliamsburg. Retrieved on 2011-12-06.</ref>
* "Transcendental Territories" – Inspire Fine Art, Chicago, 2007
* "Isolated Instances" – Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
* "Isolated Instances" – Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
* "Oceanographers Closet" – Feitech Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001
* "Dreamlife of Sleeping Buildings" – Cement Media, Eindhoven, Holland, 2001
* "Subliminal Scores" – Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL, 2000
* "Sprayed On In Light" – Interpretation Media, Chicago, IL, 1997


====Group shows====
Subliminal Scores for Improvisational Spaces - <br/>
Around the Coyote Festival, Chicago, IL - September 2000


* "Κατάσταση/Situation Athina" - IFAC, Athens, Greece 2015
Les Fantomes de Lumiere - <br/>
* "The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale" - are byte Gallery "Dystrophies" Pavilion, London, UK 2015
(film improvisation) Chicago Underground Film Festival - August 2000
* "Light" - Alvarado Gallery, London, UK 2014
* "Separation Anxiety II: RELAPSE" - Wall play Gallery, New York, NY 2014<ref>[http://wallplay.com/projects/separation-anxiety-ii-relapse/ Wallplay] Retrieved on 2015-9-20.</ref>
* "Carnival of Color" - Imitate Modern Gallery, London UK 2014
* "Transmissions" - Galleria Mirada, Ravenna, Italy 2013
* "Studio Upstairs" - The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK 2012
* "Stirrings Still" - White Box, New York, NY, 2010<ref>[http://www.artandculture.com/venues/508-white-box-gallery/events/602-stirrings-still Arts and Culture] Retrieved on 2013-8-20.</ref>
* "XD 01. User Experience" - SUDLAB, Naples, Italy, 2010<ref>[http://www.sudlab.com/Raymond-Salvatore-Harmon SudLab Italia] Retrieved on 2013-8-20.</ref>
* "Manifest Destiny" - Urban 15, San Antonio, TX, 2008
* Group show - La Eanna Maron, Madrid, Spain, 2007
* "Love and Other Difficulties" - Images and Views, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2006 <ref name="Independent Exposure" />
* "Infernal Bridegroom" - Axiom, Houston, TX, 2005<ref name="Independent Exposure" />
* "Third Thursdays" - CHAOS Studios Artspace, Colorado Springs, CO, 2004<ref name="Independent Exposure" />
* Group show - 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004<ref name="Independent Exposure" />
* "May Flowers" - 21 Grand, Oakland, CA 2002<ref name="Independent Exposure">[http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/893/Raymond_Salvatore_Harmon.html Independent Exposure] Retrieved on 2013-8-20.</ref>


===Filmography===
Sprayed On In Light-<br/>
*''Sprayed On In Light'' – 1997
(interactive video performance) Outerpretation Media, Chicago, IL - September 1997
*''static erosion'' – 1999
*''Les Fantones de Lumiere'' – 2000
*''Tiny Inconsistencies'' – 2001
*''The Koan of Sisyphus'' – 2001
*''Unfolding Urban Algorithms'' – 2001
*''Six Ways Sideways'' – 2001
*''A Map of the City'' – 2001
*''ambient light'' – 2002
*''Daath'' – 2002
*''Fireflies'' – 2003
*''Cloud of Unknowing'' – 2003
*''The Three Stigmata of Marshall McLuhan'' – 2003
*''Resistance'' – 2004
*''violet summer'' – 2004
*''Reliquary of Light (for Mr. Boyd Lynn)'' – 2004
*''YHVH'' – 2005
*''Plexus Illuminata'' – 2005
*''Tree of Life/Tree of Knowledge'' – 2006
*''Elevated'' – 2006
*''Colorform'' – 2006
*''redlight'' – 2006
*''Secrets'' – 2006
*''Cornerstone'' – 2006
*''[[Chronicle (Chicago Underground Trio album)|Chronicle]]'' – 2006
*''11:11'' – 2006
*''Traces'' – 2007
*''Sigils of the Heptameron'' – 2007
*'The Philosopher's Stone'' – 2008
*''Veve's + Loas'' – 2007
*''Tactic'' – 2008
*''Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis'' – 2008
*''Hecate's Moon'' – 2008
*''A Story Never Told'' – 2008
*''Hypnotic Brutality'' – 2008
*''First Corruption'' – 2008
*''Colossal Portal'' – 2008
*''Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae'' – 2009
*''Language Virus'' – 2009
*''Chronozone (Dweller on the Threshold)'' – 2009
*''Der Erlking'' – 2009
*''Sat Around for Peace'' – 2009
*''Greyscale'' – 2010
*''Hadith'' – 2010
*''Sound in Motion'' – 2010
*''Dew Point'' – 2010
*''At Night's End'' – 2010
*''The Revelations of Maria Sabina'' – 2010
*''Guerrilla Conditions: A Séance for Antony Balch'' – 2013


==References==
24fps (frames per second) - <br/>
{{Reflist}}
Gallery 114 - (exhibition) - New York, NY - November 1996


==Further reading==
== Filmography- ==
*{{cite web |last=Eler |first=Alicia |authorlink=Alicia Eler|title=A Journal for Art That's Purely Digital |url=http://hyperallergic.com/105059/a-journal-for-art-thats-purely-digital/ |work=Hyperallergic |date=January 29, 2014 |accessdate=March 9, 2014 }}
[http://vimeo.com/2431668 Colossal Portal] - 2008<br />
*{{cite web |last=Berbergal |first=Peter |title=THE FUTURE OF ART IS NOW |url=http://www.paraphiliamagazine.com/periodical/the-future-of-art-is-now-a-conversation-with-raymond-salvatore-harmon/ |work=Paraphilia Magazine |date=January 19, 2014 |accessdate=March 9, 2014}}
[http://vimeo.com/2332971 First Corruption] - 2008<br />
*{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Troy |title=Chicago Underground Trio: Chronicle |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25621 |work=All About Jazz |date=May 23, 2007 |accessdate=December 6, 2011}}
[http://blip.tv/file/1358172 Hypnotic Brutality] - 2008<br />
*{{cite web |last=Finkelstein |first=David |title=Selected Short Films of Raymond Salvatore Harmon |url=http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=3696 |work=Film Threat |date=January 5, 2004 |accessdate=December 6, 2011 }}
A Story Never Told - 2008<br />
[http://blip.tv/file/850050 Hecate's Moon] - 2008<br />
Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis - 2008<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1592171 Tactic] - 2008<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1592044 Veves + Loas] - 2007<br />
[[The Philosophers Stone (Harmon)|The Philosopher's Stone]] - 2008<br />
Sigils of the Heptameron - 2007<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/Traces_Harmon Traces] - 2007<br />
[http://blip.tv/file/850104 Chronicle] - 2006<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/corner_stone Cornerstone] - 2006<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/Secrets_Harmon Secrets] - 2006<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1686200 redlight] - 2006<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1686590 Colorform] - 2006<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1687143 Elevated] - 2006<br />
Plexus Illuminata - 2005<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/YHVH-Binah YHVH] - 2005<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1685106 Reliquary of Light] (for Mr Boyd Lynn) - 2004<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1685255 violetsummer] - 2004<br />
Resistance - 2004<br />
The Three Stigmata of Marshall McLuhan - 2003<br />
Cloud of Unknowing - 2003<br />
Fireflies - 2003<br />
Daath - 2002<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/ambientlight ambientlight] - 2002<br />
A Map of the City - 2001<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/Sixways_Sideways Six Ways Sideways] - 2001<br />
Unfolding Urban Algorithms - 2001<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/Koan_of_Sisyphus The Koan of Sisyphus] - 2001<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1690453 Tiny Inconsistencies] - 2001<br />
[http://vimeo.com/1667480 Les Fantomes de Lumiere] - 2000<br />
[http://www.archive.org/details/staticerosion staticerosion] - 1999<br />
Sprayed On In Light - 1997


==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|raymondharmon.com}}
*[http://greylodge.org/gpc/?p=1577 Audio Interview with Raymond Salvatore Harmon along with free movie]
*[http://vimeo.com/raymondharmon Harmon's work at Vimeo]
*[http://forteantimes.com/strangedays/events/1017/the_cinema_of_illumination.html Jack Sargeant review in Fortean Times]
*{{YouTube|user = raymondsharmon}}
*[http://www.raymondharmon.com/filmography.html The most accurate current filmography]
*[http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/893/Raymond_SalvatoreHarmon.html Raymond Salvatore Harmon], profile at ''Independent Exposure''
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1823230/ IMDB Filmography (incomplete)]
*{{IMDb name|1823230}}
*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25621 review of Chronicle feature]
*[http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/893/Raymond_SalvatoreHarmon.html Descriptions of some of Harmon's films]
*[http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=3696 FilmThreat review of Filmworks collection by David Finkelstein]
*[http://www.myspace.com/raymondsalvatoreharmon official Myspace page].


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Latest revision as of 01:47, 10 April 2024

Raymond Salvatore Harmon
Born
Raymond Salvatore Harmon

(1974-04-07) April 7, 1974 (age 50)
Jackson, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter, installation art, new media, experimental film

Raymond Salvatore Harmon (born April 7, 1974) is an American artist who works primarily as a painter.

Biography

[edit]

Born in Jackson, Michigan in 1974, Raymond Salvatore Harmon has lived widely throughout the US (New York City; Savannah, Georgia; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Louisville, Kentucky; Eugene, Oregon, among many other locations).[1] Harmon currently resides in London, UK.

Harmon is a proponent of non-object-oriented art. Utilizing architectural scale painting and new media & web based content in coordination with public performance, graffiti-style ad bombing, and web-based social engineering.

Harmon paints dominantly on an architectural scale, encompassing multistory building facades, sidewalks and street surfaces which he has referred to as "site-specific paint installations". Visually, his work is based in gestural abstracted forms utilizing intensely vibrant colours to alter the public perception of both the architecture and its contextual environment.

Harmon's previous film work is predominately abstract. Compared to experimental film-maker Stan Brakhage,[2] Harmon's use of abstract imagery is more directly influenced by the works of Harry Smith.[3]

His work has been presented at numerous galleries and festivals throughout the world including – The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Unsound Festival – Kraków, Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, Artist Television Access, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Cement Media Festival, Athens International Film Festival, RAW Tempel – Berlin, Axiom Theater, Northwest Film Forum, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and The Horse Hospital, London.[4][5]

As a record producer Harmon has worked with highly acclaimed artists such as Chicago Underground Trio, Andrew Bird, Jim Baker, Josh Abrams, Rob Mazurek, Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, as well as collaborated on projects with Alan Licht, David Grubbs, Wolfeyes, the Magik Markers, and Spires that in the Sunset Rise[6][failed verification]. Additionally, Harmon has performed improvised videos with numerous musical groups from a diverse backgrounds, including Exploding Star Orchestra,[7] Rob Mazurek, Blood on the Wall, Diplo, Wolf Parade, Chicago Underground Trio, Birth Refusal, Mandarin Movie, Dave Phillips, HATI, Mikrokolektyw, and Jason Forrest.

Timeline

[edit]

On July 13, 2011, Harmon released his book BOMB: A manifesto of art terrorism via his website.[8]

In May 2012, Harmon announced the Seize Art Fare, which takes place on June 1 in London. [9]

GNOSIS, a solo warehouse exhibition by Harmon opened in London during the 2012 Olympics on July 27, 2012, was featured on Channel 4 News.[10]

A solo exhibition titled META that opened in October 2012 in NYC was shut down the day after it opened by Hurricane Sandy.

In February 2014, Harmon launched a major public paint installation in the Downtown Los Angeles Fashion District. The work MIRAGE features a 35 ft by 130 ft mural incorporating augmented reality software available via his website.

In January 2015, Harmon opened his solo exhibition ACID in London featuring an immersive paint installation.

On 11 November 2015, Harmon held a one-night pop-up exhibition as a fundraiser for his recently announced Beta Culture arts grant.

Works

[edit]

Exhibitions

[edit]

Solo shows

[edit]
  • "Abstract Numerology" - The Old Dentist, London UK 2015
  • "ACID" - Imitate Modern Gallery, London, UK 2015[11]
  • "MIRAGE" - LERATA/Skyline14, Los Angeles, CA 2014[12]
  • "Keeper of the Gates" - Hackney Wicked, London, UK, 2013
  • "META" - 199 Chrystie, New York, NY, 2012[13]
  • "GNOSIS" - Hackney Wicked, London, UK, 2012[14]
  • "Dweller on the Threshold" - Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn NY, 2009[15]
  • "Transcendental Territories" – Inspire Fine Art, Chicago, 2007
  • "Isolated Instances" – Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
  • "Isolated Instances" – Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
  • "Oceanographers Closet" – Feitech Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001
  • "Dreamlife of Sleeping Buildings" – Cement Media, Eindhoven, Holland, 2001
  • "Subliminal Scores" – Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL, 2000
  • "Sprayed On In Light" – Interpretation Media, Chicago, IL, 1997

Group shows

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  • "Κατάσταση/Situation Athina" - IFAC, Athens, Greece 2015
  • "The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale" - are byte Gallery "Dystrophies" Pavilion, London, UK 2015
  • "Light" - Alvarado Gallery, London, UK 2014
  • "Separation Anxiety II: RELAPSE" - Wall play Gallery, New York, NY 2014[16]
  • "Carnival of Color" - Imitate Modern Gallery, London UK 2014
  • "Transmissions" - Galleria Mirada, Ravenna, Italy 2013
  • "Studio Upstairs" - The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK 2012
  • "Stirrings Still" - White Box, New York, NY, 2010[17]
  • "XD 01. User Experience" - SUDLAB, Naples, Italy, 2010[18]
  • "Manifest Destiny" - Urban 15, San Antonio, TX, 2008
  • Group show - La Eanna Maron, Madrid, Spain, 2007
  • "Love and Other Difficulties" - Images and Views, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2006 [19]
  • "Infernal Bridegroom" - Axiom, Houston, TX, 2005[19]
  • "Third Thursdays" - CHAOS Studios Artspace, Colorado Springs, CO, 2004[19]
  • Group show - 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004[19]
  • "May Flowers" - 21 Grand, Oakland, CA 2002[19]

Filmography

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  • Sprayed On In Light – 1997
  • static erosion – 1999
  • Les Fantones de Lumiere – 2000
  • Tiny Inconsistencies – 2001
  • The Koan of Sisyphus – 2001
  • Unfolding Urban Algorithms – 2001
  • Six Ways Sideways – 2001
  • A Map of the City – 2001
  • ambient light – 2002
  • Daath – 2002
  • Fireflies – 2003
  • Cloud of Unknowing – 2003
  • The Three Stigmata of Marshall McLuhan – 2003
  • Resistance – 2004
  • violet summer – 2004
  • Reliquary of Light (for Mr. Boyd Lynn) – 2004
  • YHVH – 2005
  • Plexus Illuminata – 2005
  • Tree of Life/Tree of Knowledge – 2006
  • Elevated – 2006
  • Colorform – 2006
  • redlight – 2006
  • Secrets – 2006
  • Cornerstone – 2006
  • Chronicle – 2006
  • 11:11 – 2006
  • Traces – 2007
  • Sigils of the Heptameron – 2007
  • 'The Philosopher's Stone – 2008
  • Veve's + Loas – 2007
  • Tactic – 2008
  • Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis – 2008
  • Hecate's Moon – 2008
  • A Story Never Told – 2008
  • Hypnotic Brutality – 2008
  • First Corruption – 2008
  • Colossal Portal – 2008
  • Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae – 2009
  • Language Virus – 2009
  • Chronozone (Dweller on the Threshold) – 2009
  • Der Erlking – 2009
  • Sat Around for Peace – 2009
  • Greyscale – 2010
  • Hadith – 2010
  • Sound in Motion – 2010
  • Dew Point – 2010
  • At Night's End – 2010
  • The Revelations of Maria Sabina – 2010
  • Guerrilla Conditions: A Séance for Antony Balch – 2013

References

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  1. ^ Raymond Salvatore Harmon PE3L Magazine Interview
  2. ^ Centre for Music Composition & Performance. Cmcp.gr. Retrieved on 2010-11-23.
  3. ^ Interview: Raymond Salvatore Harmon. Underground Film Journal (2009-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-11-23.
  4. ^ Wolfeyes Hypnotic Brutality cphdox.dk
  5. ^ Chicago Underground Trio – Chronicle cphdox.dk
  6. ^ Interview with Raymond Salvatore Harmon, Pendu Magazine, Sept 22, 2008
  7. ^ Wroclaw Weekly Online » Exploding Star Orchestra Sextet. Wroclawweekly.pl (2007-11-29). Retrieved on 2010-11-23.
  8. ^ BOMB: A Manifesto of Art Terrorism
  9. ^ Vandalog: What is Seize Art Fare?
  10. ^ Channel 4 News: The Battle over Street Art
  11. ^ Imitate Modern Acid page Retrieved on 2015-3-9.
  12. ^ MIRAGE site Retrieved on 2014-3-9.
  13. ^ Day in the Lyfe Magazine Retrieved on 2012-11-10.
  14. ^ Beautiful Crime "Gnosis review" Retrieved on 2012-11-10.
  15. ^ Raymond Salvatore Harmon's "Dweller on the Threshold" @ Secret Project Robot. FREEwilliamsburg. Retrieved on 2011-12-06.
  16. ^ Wallplay Retrieved on 2015-9-20.
  17. ^ Arts and Culture Retrieved on 2013-8-20.
  18. ^ SudLab Italia Retrieved on 2013-8-20.
  19. ^ a b c d e Independent Exposure Retrieved on 2013-8-20.

Further reading

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  • Eler, Alicia (January 29, 2014). "A Journal for Art That's Purely Digital". Hyperallergic. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  • Berbergal, Peter (January 19, 2014). "THE FUTURE OF ART IS NOW". Paraphilia Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  • Collins, Troy (May 23, 2007). "Chicago Underground Trio: Chronicle". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  • Finkelstein, David (January 5, 2004). "Selected Short Films of Raymond Salvatore Harmon". Film Threat. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
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