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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.
'''Raymond Salvatore Harmon''' (born April 7, 1974) is a media artist, painter, and filmmaker. As a graffiti artist Harmon has used the tags BETA (1994–2001) and RSH (2001–current). His street work has appeared in Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, New York, Brooklyn, London, Berlin, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zagreb among others.<ref name="muse.jhu.edu">Raymond Salvatore Harmon [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/performing_arts_journal/summary/v031/31.1.harmon.html On the Nature of Light: The Cinematic Experience as Occult Ritual], PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, PAJ 91 (Volume 31, Number 1), January 2009, pp. 91–97</ref>


==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 Raymond Salvatore Harmon has lived widely throughout the US (New York – NY, Savannah – GA, Ann Arbor, Louisville – KY, Eugene – OR, among many other locations).<ref>[http://www.pe3l.com/?p=963 Raymond Salvatore Harmon] PE3L Magazine Interview</ref>


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.
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.<ref name="muse.jhu.edu"/>


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>
His work has been reviewed in numerous magazines/publications, including the LA Times, TimeOut London, Chicago Tribune, Signal to Noise, [[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]], [[New York Times]], All About Jazz, Downbeat, Jazztimes, and Foxy Digitalis.


His work has been presented and screened at hundreds of festivals and galleries throughout the world including – The [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]], Unsound Festival – Krakow, 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>
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>


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.
Harmon's work as a painter references organic yet abstract forms, often very gestural in design. Harmon paints dominantly in the flat (on the ground) walking around the painting in order to remove the "this side up" perspective of painting. His graffiti based outdoor paintings are often very large and can span entire roadways, bridge underpasses and empty lots.

Harmon's film work is abstract, often accompanied by his own electronic compositions as well as those of his various collaborators. His recent works include spray paint based painting, full scale immersive video and sound environments, large format digital prints that are then hand manipulated and painted on, and live video performances.<ref>[http://celluloidbough.blogspot.com/2008/04/interview-with-raymond-salvatore-harmon.html The Celluloid Bough: Interview with Raymond Salvatore Harmon]. Celluloidbough.blogspot.com (2008-04-29). Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref> Compared to experimental film maker [[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]].<ref>[http://www.cmcp.gr/en/others/brakhage.html Centre for Music Composition & Performance]. Cmcp.gr. Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref><ref>[http://www.badlit.com/?p=2202 Interview: Raymond Salvatore Harmon]. Bad Lit (2009-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref>

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> Additionally Harmon has performed improvised video with numerous musical groups from a diverse background 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 Trio]], Birth Refusal, Mandarin Movie, Dave Phillips, HATI, Mikrokolektyw, and Jason Forrest.


==Timeline==
==Timeline==


On July 13th 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>
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>


In May 2012, Harmon announced the Seize Art Fare, which takes place on June 1 in London.
In April 2011 Harmon presented "The Revelations of Maria Sabina" a ritual of light based around the work of Mexican curandera [[Maria Sabina]] at the Ambulante Festival in Oaxaca, Mexico.<ref>[http://www.ambulante.com.mx/funciones.php?f=2011-4-19]</ref>
<ref>[http://blog.vandalog.com/2012/05/so-what-really-is-seize-art-fair/ Vandalog: What is Seize Art Fare?]</ref>


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>
On November 2010 Harmon's film First Corruption screened as part of the Mediamorfosi festival in Portici, Italy.<ref>[http://mediamorfosi2.sudlab.com/raymond-salvatore-harmon.html Mediamorfosi]</ref>


A solo exhibition titled META that opened in October 2012 in NYC was shut down the day after it opened by [[Hurricane Sandy]].
In November 2010 Harmon was a member of the jury for the Sound and Vision award of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.<ref>[http://www.cphdox.dk/d/a2.lasso?d=2009600&l=5&n=1235 CPH DOX Catalog]</ref>


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.
In October, 2010 Delmark Records released the feature length performance film Dew Point with the Polish band Mikrokolektyw - produced and directed by Harmon and including Harmon's abstract urban landscape film "Sound in Motion"<ref>[http://www.delmark.com/delmark.upcoming.htm Delmark Records site]</ref>


In January 2015, Harmon opened his solo exhibition ACID in London featuring an immersive paint installation.
On June 17, 2010 a program of Harmon's transcendental films titled "Dweller on the Threshold: 3 Films of Transcendence" screened at London's Barbican Centre as part of the Knowledge of the Hidden festival.<ref>[http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=11055 Barbican Knowledge of the Hidden site]</ref>


On 11 November 2015, Harmon held a one-night pop-up exhibition as a fundraiser for his recently announced Beta Culture arts grant.
In June 2010 Harmon was invited to create a {{convert|650|sqft|m2|adj=on}} graffiti mural for Upfest in Bristol UK.<ref>[http://www.upfest.co.uk/artists Upfest artists]</ref>


==Works==
On September 21, 2009 Harmon's video for [[Thom Yorke]]'s "The Hollow Earth" was released. The film utilizes images of the street artist [[Banksy]].<ref>[http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/47408 Radiohead's Thom Yorke brought together with Banksy for solo song video | News]. Nme.Com. Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref> The video garnered heavy press attention (NME, [http://spinearth.tv/report/thom-yorke-the-hollow-earth-video SPIN], Rolling Stone, [http://pitchfork.com/news/36541-check-out-another-new-thom-yorke-video-the-hollow-earth/ Pitchfork], etc.) due to a press release stating erroneously that it was an 'official' video. YouTube pulled the video from distribution after 3 days (and 52,400 views) due to copyright claims by Yorke.


===Exhibitions===
On June 13, 2009 Harmon premiered a new cinematic occult ritual "Liber Israfel" based on the work of the same name by [[Aleister Crowley]]. He was accompanied by Rob Mazurek in the role of [[Israfel]] performing on coronet.


====Solo shows====
In May 2009 Harmon premiered a new exhibition of his paintings at Secret Project Robot Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn NYC title "Dweller on the Threshold"
In 2009 Harmon created the [[Equinox Festival]], a 3 day media arts fest dedicated to contemporary spiritual discovery and mystical tradition. The festival took place June 12–14 in London UK.


* "Abstract Numerology" - The Old Dentist, London UK 2015
In January, 2009 [[PAJ (journal)|PAJ]] published an article by Harmon titled "On the Nature of Light: The Cinematic Experience as Occult Ritual"
* "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>
* "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====
On November 11, 2008 Harmon premiered Hypnotic Brutality, a new music performance film with the American noise band [[Wolf Eyes]], at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.<ref name="cphdox.dk"/>


* "Κατάσταση/Situation Athina" - IFAC, Athens, Greece 2015
In September, 2008 Harmon presented the first public performance of his transcendental film Sigils of the Heptameron.
* "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<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===
On March 7, 2008 Harmon presented a 3 channel video performance of Aleister Crowleys Rites of Eleusis.<ref>Jack Sargeant, [http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/events/1017/the_cinema_of_illumination.html The Cinema of Illumination] [[Fortean Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehorsehospital.com/archives/000532.html The Horse Hospital: Raymond Salvatore Harmon]</ref>
*''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 (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==
In November–December 2007 Harmon toured and lectured in Europe, performing improvised video with Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra and the [[Chicago Underground Trio]].
{{Reflist}}


==Further reading==
In December 2007 Harmon was invited by Prof. Ryszard W. Kluszczynski to lecture at the University of Lodz.
*{{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 }}

*{{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}}
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 Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival in November.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*{{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}}

*{{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 }}
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 [Betasound online record label. Whose free online catalog contains works by artists such as [[Luc Ferrari]], [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]], [[Noël Akchoté]], [[Mats Gustafsson]], [[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]], Alexander Horn, Andrew Personnette, Suji Lee, and Randy Lee Sutherland.<ref name="web.tue.nl">[http://web.tue.nl/cursor/bastiaan/jaargang43/cursor21/english.shtml Cursor/21 English page]. Web.tue.nl. Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref>

==Exhibitions==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Venue !! Location !! Date !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| ''Dweller on the Threshold'' || Secret Project Robot Gallery || Brooklyn NY || May 2009 || <ref>[http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2009/05/ May 2009 Archives]. FREEwilliamsburg. Retrieved on 2010-11-23.</ref>
|-
| ''Transcendental Territories'' || Inspire Fine Art || Chicago || Apr 2007
|-
| ''Isolated Instances'' || Heaven Gallery || Chicago, IL || Jul 2004
|-
| ''Isolated Instances'' || Open End Gallery || Chicago, IL || Feb 2004
|-
| ''Oneirographers Closet'' || Feitico Gallery || Chicago, IL || Aug 2001 || micro-installation exhibition
|-
| ''Dreamlife of Sleeping Buildings'' || Technical University Eindhoven || Eindhoven, Holland || Feb 2001 || video installation<ref name="web.tue.nl"/>
|-
| ''Subliminal Scores for Improvisational Spaces'' || Around the Coyote Festival || Chicago, IL || Sep 2000
|-
| ''Les Fantomes de Lumiere'' || Chicago Underground Film Festival ||Chicago, IL || Aug 2000 || film improvisation
|-
| ''Sprayed On In Light'' || Outerpretation Media || Chicago, IL || Sep 1997 || interactive video performance
|}

==Filmography==
*[http://vimeo.com/22652575 The Revelations of Maria Sabina] – 2010
*[http://vimeo.com/14856351 At Night's End] – 2010
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syysELjgFSE Dew Point] – 2010
*Sound in Motion – 2010
*[http://www.vimeo.com/8823216 Hadit] – 2010
*[http://vimeo.com/7247181 Greyscape] – 2010
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbknttBdnjA Sat Around for Peace] – 2009
*[http://vimeo.com/6165987 Der Erlkönig] – 2009
*[http://vimeo.com/6008235 Choronzon (Dweller on the Threshold)] – 2009
*[http://vimeo.com/2998334 Language Virus] – 2009
*[http://vimeo.com/2956447 Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae] – 2009
*[http://vimeo.com/2431668 Colossal Portal] – 2008
*[http://vimeo.com/2332971 First Corruption] – 2008
*[http://blip.tv/file/1358172 Hypnotic Brutality] – 2008
*A Story Never Told – 2008
*[http://blip.tv/file/850050 Hecate's Moon] – 2008
*Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis – 2008
*[http://vimeo.com/1592171 Tactic] – 2008
*[http://vimeo.com/1592044 Veves + Loas] – 2007
*[[The Philosophers Stone (Harmon)|The Philosopher's Stone]] – 2008
*Sigils of the Heptameron – 2007
*[http://www.archive.org/details/Traces_Harmon Traces] – 2007
*[http://vimeo.com/6772764 11:11] – 2006
*[http://blip.tv/file/850104 Chronicle] – 2006
*[http://www.archive.org/details/corner_stone Cornerstone] – 2006
*[http://www.archive.org/details/Secrets_Harmon Secrets] – 2006
*[http://vimeo.com/1686200 redlight] – 2006
*[http://vimeo.com/1686590 Colorform] – 2006
*[http://vimeo.com/1687143 Elevated] – 2006
*Tree of Life/Tree of Knowledge – 2006
*Plexus Illuminata – 2005
*[http://vimeo.com/2674918 YHVH] – 2005
*[http://vimeo.com/1685106 Reliquary of Light] (for Mr Boyd Lynn) – 2004
*[http://vimeo.com/1685255 violetsummer] – 2004
*Resistance – 2004
*The Three Stigmata of Marshall McLuhan – 2003
*Cloud of Unknowing – 2003
*Fireflies – 2003
*Daath – 2002
*[http://www.archive.org/details/ambientlight ambientlight] – 2002
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3vdcoeBZ8 A Map of the City] – 2001
*[http://vimeo.com/6608648 Six Ways Sideways] – 2001
*Unfolding Urban Algorithms – 2001
*[http://www.archive.org/details/Koan_of_Sisyphus The Koan of Sisyphus] – 2001
*[http://vimeo.com/1690453 Tiny Inconsistencies] – 2001
*[http://vimeo.com/1667480 Les Fantomes de Lumiere] – 2000
*[http://vimeo.com/7113229 staticerosion] – 1999
*Sprayed On In Light – 1997


==Lectures==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Location !! Date
|-
| ''On the Nature of Light: The Cinematic Experience as Occult Ritual'' || Secret Project Robot Gallery, Brooklyn NY || May 17, 2009
|-
| ''Painted in Light: Experimental Film and the Advent of Improvised Cinema '' || University of Lodz, Poland || December 2007
|-
| ''Painted in Light: Experimental Film and the Advent of Improvised Cinema '' || Goldsmiths University, London, UK || February 2008 <ref>[http://doc.gold.ac.uk/~ma701pt/thethursdayclub/?page_id=9] {{dead link|date=November 2010}}</ref>
|-
| ''Transcendental Cinema: Abstract Light and the Nature of Visual Meditation'' || New Nothing Cinema, San Francisco CA || July 2007
|-
| ''An Empire of Signs Without Meaning: Marshall McLuhan and the Media Revolution'' || University of Oregon, Cultural Forum – Eugene, OR || October 2003
|-
| ''Evolution vs. Revolution: Socio-communicative Developments Inside the Art Paradigm'' || Expressions School of New Media – Oakland, CA || June 2002
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| ''Sublimate the Pretext: Delineation of Familiar Architectural Roles in our Environment'' || Cement Media Festival – Eindhoven, Holland || February 2001
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| ''Implementing a Dialog: Proposal for Corporate Curatorial Program of Media Art '' || Royal Philips Laboratories, Eindhoven, Holland || August 2000
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| ''Unpremeditated Appearance : Context and Content in Film Presentation'' || Around the Coyote Arts Festival – Chicago, IL || May 2000
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| ''Deviational Iconography and the Blank Screen: A Search for the Pure Image'' || Carnagie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA || May 1999
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| ''Cumulative Response: The Manifestation of Technology in Public Art'' || New School of Art, Marin, CA || October 1998
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| ''Environmental Sound Design and the Virtual Installation'' || Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI || November 1997
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| ''The Dynamics of Social Change: The De-evolution of Art in America'' || Olivet College, Olivet, MI || July 1993
|}


==Curation==

[[Equinox Festival]]:A Festival of Scientific Illuminism (featuring [[John Zorn]], [[Erik Davis]], [[zev]], [[Peter Christopherson]], and many others)<br>
(12–14 June 2009 Conway Hall & Camden Centre, London)

Converging Histories: New Media works by Miroslaw Rogala and Rob Mazurek<br>
(05/10 – 06/04 2006 DANK Museum – Rough Space Gallery, Chicago)

Conquer the Sky: The Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin <br>
(07/07 – 08/04 2006 DANK Museum – Sharpenberg Gallery, Chicago)<br>
<br>
Something's Out There – Harold Arts Residency (group show)<br>
(09/25 – 10/10 2006 DANK Museum – Rough Space Gallery, Chicago)<br>
<br>
Alternate Currents: Images By, For, and About Music<br>
(Empty Bottle, Chicago : August – December 2005<br>
<br>
Rob Mazurek (August)<br>
John Olson (September)<br>
Guillermo Gregorio (October)<br>
Carly Ptak (December)<br>
<br>
Subliminal Subversion: Highlights from the 2003 Chicago Underground Film Festival<br>
(Select Media Festival – Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago Nov 2003)

==Album Production==

Harmon has worked as a record producer for over a decade, primarily for the [[Delmark Records]] label.

[[Mikrokolektyw]] – ''Dew Point'' DVD (Delmark) – 2010

[[Mikrokolektyw]] – ''Revisit'' (Delmark) – 2010

[[Rob Mazurek Quintet]] – ''Sound Is'' (Delmark 586) – 2009

Bog – ''The Philosopher's Stone'' (Bewhiched 289) – 2008

[[Chicago Underground Trio]] – ''Chronicle'' (Delmark 578) – 2007

Jim Baker – ''More Questions than Answers'' (Delmark 562) – 2005

[[Kalaparusha]] and the Light – ''Morning Song'' (Delmark 553) – 2004

Josh Abrams Quartet – ''Cipher'' (Delmark 547) – 2003

Subliminal 3 – ''Decidedly Against Going'' (Bewhiched 258) – 2002

Kevin O'Donnells Quality Six – ''Control Freak'' (Delmark 511) – 2000

Kevin O'Donnells Quality Six – ''Heretic Blues'' (Delmark 521) – 1999

Ein Sof – ''When We Tried We Failed'' (Bewhiched 201) – 1999

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://raymondharmon.com Official website]
*{{official website|raymondharmon.com}}
*[http://raymondharmon.com/BOMB.html BOMB: A manifesto of art terrorism]
*[http://vimeo.com/raymondharmon Harmon's work at Vimeo]
*{{YouTube|user = raymondsharmon}}
*{{Twitter|raymondharmon|Raymond Salvatore Harmon}}
*[http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/893/Raymond_SalvatoreHarmon.html Raymond Salvatore Harmon], profile at ''Independent Exposure''
*{{Imdb name|1823230}}
*{{IMDb name|1823230}}
*[http://greylodge.org/gpc/?p=1577 Audio Interview with Raymond Salvatore Harmon along with free movie]
*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25621 Review of Chronicle feature]
*[http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/893/Raymond_SalvatoreHarmon.html Review of Harmon's films]
*[http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=3696 FilmThreat review of Filmworks collection by David Finkelstein]


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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

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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

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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

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Exhibitions

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Solo shows

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  • "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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