David Clark
PROJECTS
2016-on Nothing to See Here, 58 Radio Art Shows, CKDU & Podcast (Experimental Radio Show)
2019 The Copenhagen Interpretation, Installation.
2018 The Nine Lives of Schrödinger's Cat, Installation.
2018 Explorations in Anonymous History, Installation and Digital Media.
2016 Souvenirs of the Future, 360 Video Installation.
2016 The Smile Without the Cat, Performance.
2015 The Cinema of Sweat, Video. (Single Channel & 3 Channel Versions)
2015 The End: Death in Seven Colours, Website (www.theend7.net)
2014 Sixes and Sevens, Video, 14 mins. (Single Channel & 3 Channel Versions)
2011 Bodies of Water, Video/Performance/Website, (w/Nick Rudnicki)
2010 Sign after the X, Website, (w/Marina Roy)
2009 For the Time Being, Video, 3 mins.
2008 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein, Website (www.88constellations.net)
2007 Touch and Go, ‘Terminal 01’ Curatorial Project, Toronto International Airport
2006 Ulysses 101, Flash Website. (www.chemicalpictures.net/ulysses.htm)
2006 Meanwhile, Non-Linear/Shuffle film, 22 mins. (www.meanwhile.ca)
2005 Less Time, Experimental Video, 5 mins.
2004 Likewise, Flash Website (www.chemicalpictures.net/likewise)
2003 Riddled with the Stinx, Flash Website (www.riddledwiththestinx.net)
2002 A is for Apple, Website (www.aisforapple.net)
2002 The Difficulty of Being Gilbert, (Director) Short Digital Video, 10 mins.
2000 Chemical Vision, Interactive Installation
1999 The Chance Encounter, Interactive Computer Multimedia and Installation
1998 Maxwell's Demon, Feature Film, 80 mins.
1997 The Bones of Napier, Interactive Computer Multimedia and Installation
1997 Albert's Diner, 16mm Film, 10 mins.
1997 GaGe, Interactive Computer Multimedia and Installation,
1992 Broken Crowns, Experimental Narrative Videotape, 49 mins.
1991 The ILL ID and the ODD SEA, Experimental Narrative Videotape, 19 mins.
1987 Rumblesphinx, Experimental Narrative Videotape, 13 mins.
COMMISSIONS
2021 Podcast, ARTériel Podcast for RE:FLUX 16 Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick.
2021 50 Bits and Pieces: A MSVU University Retrospective, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax.
2013 Subdivision, a series of 8 second animations, Pattison Signs, Toronto.
2012 Meantime in Greenwich, Public Art Commission, Halifax Regional Municipality.
2011 Bodies of Water, SFMoMA Website Commission.
2011 Every Time You Look Around, Public Art Commission, Halifax Regional Municipality, (w/ Kim Morgan)
2010 Waterfall, Canadian Wildlife Foundation, (w/ Kim Morgan, David Ogborn, Rachelle Vaider Knowles)
2008 Mars, Rock Video for ‘The Pact’, Atlantic Film Festival 10x10 Program, Halifax.
2003 Remix Project, HorizonZero, The Banff Center’s Online Magazine
2003 If the Only Heading is North, with Rob Whynot & Kate Gray, Born Magazine (On-line)
2000 My Heart the Bureaucrat, (Writer), Video directed by Nelson Henricks, Montreal
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2021 Re:Flux Festival, Moncton, NB.
2020 Mediademic: 17h “404 International Festival of Art & Technology, Online (Argentina)
(Non)Sleep as Social Practice, sub_ʇxǝʇ radio/Threads Radio Broadcast, Berlin/London
OpenHaus, ZK/U, Berlin.
2019 Belfast Film Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2018 Mind the Gap Exhibition, ELO Conference, Montreal.
404 Festival, Fukuoka, Japan.
Audio Out Series, AGYU Gallery, York University, Toronto.
2017 Flotilla Conference Radio Broadcasts, Charlottetown, PEI.
TransX Transmission Art Symposium, Toronto. *
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany. *
Frozen River Film Festival, Winona.
2016 404 Festival Internacional de Arte y Tecnología: Hoax the System, Bogotá, Colombia.
Expo 67, Reconstructions and Other Finds, Curated by Janine Marchessault, Ontario Place Cinesphere. *
Electronic Literature: We have always been digital, Curated by Illya Szilak The Kitchen, New York City. *
Re:Member, CFAT Members Screening, Halifax Central Library. *
FILE2016, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Triptychs; video by David Clark, Halifax Central Library. *
El Mes De Las Letras, Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain.
Experiments in Cinema v11.4, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Paraules pixelades; La literatura en l’era digital, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.
2015 15th International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Platforms of the Imagination: Stages of Electronic Literature Mexico, UNAM, Mexico City.
FILE2015, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Currents 2015, Santa Fe International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Smartphone Film Festival, Halifax (Winner Second Prize)
2014 Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax. *
2013 Chercher le texte Exhibition, Electronic Literature Conference, BnF | François-Mitterand, Paris, France. *
404 Festival Internacional de Arte y Tecnología, Rosario, Argentina.
The Wittgenstein Project: Language and Philosophy, Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray, Ireland.
Hybrid City II: Subtle rEvolutions, University of Athens, Greece.
2012 Halifax Independent Film Festival, Halifax. *
in MediaRes, a media commons project (Curated by Katherine Hayles), website.
2011 404 Festival Rosario, Argentina. *
currents 2011, Santa Fe International New Media Festival, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, New Mexico.
ArcheTime Film Festival, The WIX Lounge, New York City.
International New Media Competition, 24th Stuttgart Filmwinter, Germany.
"text | sound | technology | information", Live Herring ´11, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland.
2010 14th International Video Festival Videomedeja , Novi Sad, Serbia.
Chico.art.net 2010, California State University, Chico. USA.
“Error is Creation”, 404 Festival of Electronic Art: Taiwan. Taipei. *
GIGUK 2010, Gießen, Germany. Winner – 2nd Jury Prize
Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria, Canada.
Cyber Human Forms, UAVM Virtual Museum, Portugal.
FILE2010, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Nominated for the FILE PRIX LUX 2010) *
VideoArt Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece
ArcheTime Film Festival, EFA Project Space, New York City.
Fonland_#06.2010: Virtual Humanities, Pátio da Inquisição – Coimbra, Portugal.
Flash & Thunder, NewMediaFest2010, Cinematheque, Online.
Halifax Independent Film Festival, AFCOOP, Halifax, Canada.
2009 Chico.art.net 2009, California State University, Chico.USA.
Fluid Festival, New Media Laboratory, Queens Museum, New York, USA. *
Cinema Tous Ecrans, Genève, Switzerland.
Pixilerations [v.6], Providence, Rhode Island.
Video Vortex 4, Split, Croatia. *
A Slow Reveal…, The Art Gallery of the University of Maryland, USA.
FILE 2009 RIO, Oi Futuro Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
16th New Genre Festival, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
2008 12th international video festival videomedeja , Novi Sad, Serbia.
Live Herring ´08, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Dallas Video Festival, Texas.
Cinema Tous Ecrans, Genève, Switzerland. (Reflet d’Or Award for Best Interactive Multimedia Fiction)
13th Canariasmediafest, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands).
VAD International Video and Digital Arts Festival, Girona, Spain. *
FILE 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Digital Art.LA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, USA. (curated by Howard Fox)
404 Festival of Electronic Art: Italy, Trieste, Italy. *
2007 Seoul International Film Festival, Net Section, Seoul, South Korea.
Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto Subway System.
FILE2007, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
24th Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel.
Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, Ontario.
2006 Video Mirror, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, Canada.
Hybrid Media, CFC Prototype Launch, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada. *
Kutsuttu, Galleria Henkeva Silakka/Online Art Gallery Spirited Herring, Finland.
26th Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax. *
Vertex, McLuhan Festival of the Future, Toronto, Canada. *
2005 MICA Gallery, Baltimore, USA. *
Prog:Me, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2004 Images Festival, Toronto.
2003 Perspectives'03, Computer Space and Goethe Institut-Internationes Sofia, Bulgaria.
FIFI Festival 2003, Paris, France.
MAD’03, 2nd meeting of experimental arts in Madrid, Spain.
Toronto Online Film Festival, Toronto, Canada. *
Media Art Festival Friesland , The Netherlands.
FILE2003, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
SIGGRAPH 2003, Web Graphics Program, San Diego, USA.
New Forms Festival 2003, Vancouver, BC. *
43rd Cracow Film Festival, Crakow, Poland.
Canadian Digital Creativity 2003, Fabrica del vapore (Steam Factory), Milan, Italy.
The Open Museum - The 2003 Net Art Open, The Irish Museum of Modern Art.
European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck , Germany.
7th International Video Festival Videomedeja, Budapest, Hungary.
Digital Visions, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
I - Highway, Netart from Canada, JavaMuseum, Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art.
<Alt>DigitalMedia Gallery, American Museum for the Moving Image, New York, USA.
Images du Nouveau Monde Festival, Quebec City, Canada.
ZeD, CBC National Television Broadcast, March 25, 2003
SXSW 2003 Interactive Web Awards, Austin, Texas, USA. (Best Experimental & Best in Show)
Transmediale03, Berlin, Germany. *
Immedia2003, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Sundance On-line Film Festival, Park City, Utah. *
16th Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany.
2002 Digital Clip Festival, Torino, Italy.
Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Slovenia. (Best Interactive Award - Jury & Audience)
Fluxus: International Film Festival at Internet, Brazil.
Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media (FCMM), Montreal. *
Hexa Web Net Project, Media City Seoul, 2nd Biennial of Media Art, Korea.
2002 International New Media Festival, Brudenell, PEI. (Winner of Three Awards)
Split2002: Splitski Filmski Festival, Spilt, Croatia.
Prix Ars Electronica, CyberArts 2002, Linz , Austria.
22nd Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax. *
FILE2002, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (First Prize Winner) *
Seoul Net Festival, Seoul, Korea. (Finalist)
Conjurer in the Machine: a survey of international work, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City.
2001 re:PLACE , Art System Gallery, Series of screenings organized by V/Tape, Toronto. (Catalogue).
2000 Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands. *
Next 1.0, Conference, University of Karlstad, Sweden.
Bravo!, Canadian National Television Broadcast.
1999 Oxford Theatre Screening Series, Halifax. (theatrical screening) *
Canadian Currents, Goethe Institute, Toronto. Curated by Nina Czegledy.
Oshawa Film Festival, Ontario. *
Festival International de Cinema, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
Garry Theatre, Calgary, Alberta. *
Film Festival New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. *
5th Annual Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, Victoria.
1998 Festival International Nouveau Cinema Nouvaux Medias Montreal, Montreal. *
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia. *
VIPER, Lucerne, Switzerland. Curated by Kathy Huffman. *
1997 Flaming Creatures , Etherington Art Centre, Kingston. Curated by Gary Kibbins. (Touring /catalog)
Thaw 97: A Festival of Film, Video and Digital Media, Iowa City, Iowa.
Media City III, House of Toast/Artcite, Windsor, Ontario.
1996 $100 Film Festival, Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers.
16th Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia. *
Young Contemporaries '96, London Regional Art and Historical Museum, London, Ontario. *
1995 Independent Feature Film Marketplace, (Work-in-progress Section), IFP, New York City. *
MUCH MUSIC Television, Regular rotation, National Broadcast.
Short List Film Festival, London, Ontario. (Best Experimental - The ILL ID and the ODD SEA)
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.
Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri.
1994 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.*
Screening Night, ED Video, Guelph. *
House of Toast Video Festival, Windsor. (Best of Festival - Broken Crowns) *
Art Hotel, The Amsterdam Hilton, Holland.
1993 22nd Festival International Nouveau Cinema & Video de Montreal , Montreal.
Intercom '93 , Chicago International Film Festival (Silver Plaque - Broken Crowns).
European Media Art Festival , Osnabruck, Germany.
Harn Museum of Art, Florida.
Prairie Video from International Festivals, Gallery 111, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
Alliance Mediatheque, Vancouver, B.C.
Euclid Theatre, Theatrical run, Toronto. *
15th Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, Illinois.
Pacific Film Archives, University of California at Berkeley.
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City. *
Children's Television, CBC Winnipeg.
Moniter, Stockholm, Sweden.
Big Screen-Public Places, Video Pool & The Winnipeg Film Group, Winnipeg.
1992 TRUCK, An artist's run space, Calgary. *
Wormwood's Theatre, Theatrical run, Halifax. *
Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit.
12th Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Four Awards- Broken Crowns) *
Intercom 92, Chicago International Film and Video Festival. (Silver Hugo - The Ill Id and the Odd Sea)
Dallas Film Festival, Dallas, Texas
Images 92 Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, Ontario.
6 Internationale de Video et Television de Montbeliard, Montbeliard, France.
Local Heros Film and Video Festiva l, Edmonton, Alberta. *
1991 11th Atlantic Film and Video Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia. *
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
1989 VIDEO:David Clark/Robert Hamilton, EM/Media, Calgary. *
From the Heart of the Heartland, Glenbow Museum, Calgary.
1988 Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco.
Video Spectrum, Channel L Television Show, New York.
'AVE International Festival, Arnhiem, The Netherlands.
II Biennial de Video, Museo de Arte Moderno, Columbia.
1987 10th Tokyo Video Festival (Prix de Excellence - Rumblesphinx).
8th Montreal Super 8 and Video Festival (Radio Quebec's Grand Prix - Rumblesphinx).
* Attended
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2021 50 Bits and Pieces, A MSVU Art Gallery Retrospective, Halifax.
2019 The Copenhagen Interpretation, Plan Z, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain.
Nothing to See Here: 50 Radio Shows, Nocturne @ Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax.
2018 Explorations in Anonymous History, McLuhan Salon, Canadian Embassy, Berlin.
2016 La Ronde, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning, Nova Scotia.
Dot Paintings, Hermes Gallery, Halifax.
2014 The Kingdom of Infinite Space, Pavia Gallery, Halifax.
2013 From the Back of my Hand, Roy Windows, Halifax.
2011 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein, Paved Arts, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
88 Constellations for Wittgenstein, Art Gallery of Calgary, Alberta.
2010 Waterfall, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB.
2009 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein, Espace Videographe, Montreal.
2008 David Clark & Michelle Gay, Pace University Gallery, New York.
2007 Point and Click, Endicott College Art Center, Boston, USA.
2006 A is for Apple, Touring Exhibition organized by Medicine Hat Art Gallery (2004 – 2006)
2005 Chlorine Argon Potassium, (Survey Exhibition) MICA Gallery, Baltimore, USA. Curated by Gerald Ross.
2004 Facts not Things, TRUCK, Calgary.
2003 Chemical Vision, Museum London, London, Ontario. Curated by Robin Metcalfe.
Screen Play, TPW Gallery, Toronto.
2002 A is for Apple, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax. Interactive Multimedia. (Catalog)
2001 Chemical Vision, Art System Gallery, Images Festival, Toronto. Installation.
1999 The Bones of Napier, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax. Installation & Interactive Digital Multimedia.
1996 109, Artcite, Windsor, Ontario. Sculpture and Wall Pieces.
1995 Enola Gay/Mother, Khyber, Halifax. Installation.
States of Matter/Matters of State, The Palace at 4 a.m., London. Installation.
1991 Oxygen, OO Gallery, Halifax, Installation.
1987 Rapid Eye Movements, The New Gallery, Calgary. 3 Sculptures and 14 Drawings.
The Metamorphosis, Muttart Gallery, Calgary. Drawing Installation.
1986 Vanishing Points, Second Story Gallery, Calgary. 10 Wall Pieces.
Group Shows
2020 Object Histories: Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Nocturne 2020, Halifax, NS.
Third Shift Festival, Third Space, Moncton, NB
Openhaus Vorspiel, ZK/U, Berlin.
2019 Responsive, International Light Art Project Halifax.
The Lit Exhibit: Rituals, Temporary Storage, Brooklyn, NY.
Feedback #4: Marshall McLuhan + the Arts, CCS, Detroit & University of Windsor, Windsor.
2018 Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud, Performance Night, ArtBar, Halifax.
Art & Science: Trajectory of the Senses, Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, QC.
2016 Anchor Project, Nocturne 2016, Halifax Central Library.
In/Future: A Transformative Art Experience, Curated by ArtSpin, Ontario Place, Toronto.
Summer Group Show, Pavia Gallery, Halifax.
The Smile with the Cat (Performance), Obey Convention/Kyber Art Gallery, Halifax.
Paraules Pixelades; La literatura en l’era digital, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.
2015 Process, Pavia Gallery, Halifax.
Interventions: Engaging the Body Politic, USF, Bergen, Norway.
2014 Pavia Gallery, Halifax.
2013 Open Studio Exhibition, ZK/U, Berlin, Germany.
Pavia Gallery, Halifax.
2012 AIGA Philadelphia, Philadephia, USA.
Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala, The Brewery Market, Halifax.
2011 Distill Life, NUI Galway Arts Millennium Building, Galway, Ireland.
Nocturne 2011 Festival, Halifax, Canada. Interactive Public Art
ELEMENTS: The Beauty of Chemistry, Bergamo Scienza, Bergamo, Italy.
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, Korea.
Digital Arts in the Gallery: New Media Showcase, Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Pharmakon, SLSA Conference, Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo, Ontario.
CAFKA.11, Waterloo, Ontario.
ELEMENTS: The Beauty of Chemistry, Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. (Traveling)
Elemental Matters, The Chemical History Museum, Philadelphia, USA.
"text | sound | technology | information", Live Herring ´11, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland.
2010 Nocturne 2010 Festival, Halifax, Canada. Interactive Public Art
Fugue in the Key of Understanding, Para/Site & Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, Curated by Alvis Choi.
Whistler Live, Cultural Olympiad, Whistler, BC. Interactive Public Art
2008 txt, Obsolescence Colloquilium, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax. Interactive Multimedia
2007 In the Flesh, Expanding Bodies Conference, ACADIA (DalTech/NSCAD), Halifax, Curated by Bob Bean.
2006 Blueprints: Diagrams: Models, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Curated by David Rokeby.
Prove Rommet, bit teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway. Interactive Multimedia
Media Mirror, CFAT, Halifax. Interactive Multimedia
2005 Media Train, Vertex Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Interactive Multimedia
2004 <PAUSE>, Oboro, Montreal & Images Festival, Toronto. Interactive Multimedia
2003 Si: alors: sinon, Daimon & Neo-Axe 7, Hull, Quebec. Interactive Multimedia
Box, TAC Gallery, Toronto. Interactive Multimedia.
Encodings, Connecticut College, New London. Interactive Multimedia.
2002 FILE2002, Paco des Arts, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Net.Art.
2001 Code, Gallery 1313, Toronto. (Juried). Computer Prints and Sound.
2000 Science Fictioned, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax. (Curated by Peter Dykhius)
1999 Crossroads, Khyber Space, Halifax. Installation. (Catalog)
1998 Cross-Eyed, Collaborations Show, Toronto. Sculpture and Book.
1997 Public Order: Southwest Triennial, Art Gallery of Windsor, Curated by Robin Metcalfe, Installation.
Disembodied Mind, Inter@ccess, Toronto, Ontario. Installation & Computer Multimedia.
1996 Young Contemporaries '96, Curated by James Patten (Catalog and Touring) Paintings and Video.
London Calling, Buckingham Gallery, Flint, Michigan. Installation.
1995 AGW Southwest Biennial, Art Gallery of Windsor, Curated by Jessica Bradley. Installation.
1993 Review Committee Selections, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit. Video and Drawings.
1991 PT-109 (Two Person Collaborative Show), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Drawings
1992 Mind Over Matter Equals Sculpture Symposium, Fermilab, Illinois. Video.
Ten Audio Minds, CJSW University of Calgary Radio. Radio Program.
1990 Whitney Program Open Studio, New York. Wall and Sculpture pieces.
1989 Graceland Art Rodeo, Graceland, Calgary. Performative Sculpture.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Thesis Exhibition, Chicago. Kinetic Sculpture.
Exchange: Cranbrook/S.A.I.C., Cranbrook Academy of Art. Interactive Kinetic Sculpture.
Traces of..., N.N.W.A.C. Gallery, Chicago. Installation.
1988 Par Excellence! (An artist's built miniature golf course), Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois State Museum.
Colliding Fronts (Art and Science), N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago. Installation.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2020 Commissioning Grant, Arts Nova Scotia, MSVU Archives Project, Mount Saint Vincent Univerity Gallery, Halifax.
2018 Collaborator, SSHRC Partnership Grant, Archive/Counter-Archive: Activating Canada's Moving Image Heritage
2017 SSHRC Insight Grant: Explorations in Anonymous History: Toronto School Media Studies, 1951-1959,
2016 Creation Grant, Arts Nova Scotia. (The Copenhagen Interpretation)
2015 ACENET Advanced Research Computing (ARC) Program Sponsorship
Travel Grant, Arts Nova Scotia, (ELO Conference, Bergen)
Second Prize: Smartphone Film Festival, Halifax. (The Cinema of Sweat)
2013 SSHRC Insight Grant (Re)Exhibiting the Canadian Films of Expo 67
2012 HRM Commission for Public Art at Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax. (Meantime in Greenwich)
2011 Arts and Culture Honour Roll, The Chronicla Herald, Halifax, 2011.
Shortlisted for the 2011 New Media Writing Prize, Bournemouth University, England.
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Award - $25,000 (88 Constellations for Wittgenstein)
2010 GIGUK 2010, Gießen, Germany. Winner – 2nd Jury Prize (For the Time Being)
Canada Council Travel Grant (File2010)
Open Projects Program, HRM Community Relations and Cultural Affairs, Halifax (2020 Vision)
Canada Council New Media Production Grant (The End)
2009 Creation Grant, Nova Scotia Department of Culture and Tourism. (The End)
Commission from Canadian Wildlife Federation (Waterfall)
2008 Established Artist Recognition Award, Nova Scotia Arts & Culture Partnership Council.
Reflet d’Or for Best Interactive Multimedia Fiction, Cinema Tous Ecrans, Genève, Switzerland.(Meanwhile)
2004 SSHRC Visual Arts Research/Creation Grant. (Sign after the X)
Canada Council New Media Production Grant (88 Constellations for Wittgenstein)
2003 Canada Council Travel Grant. (New Forms Festival, Vancouver)
Creation Grant, Nova Scotia Department of Culture and Tourism (88 Constellations for Wittgenstein)
Best in Show, SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, Texas (A is for Apple)
Best Experimental, SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, Texas (A is for Apple)
HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry, "Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry" Award
Craig Foundation Travel Grant, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Sundance & Transmediale)
2002 Best Interactive Work (Audience Award)- Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (A is for Apple)
Best Interactive Work (Jury Award)- Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (A is for Apple)
Best Atlantic Canadian Award, International New Media Festival, Brudenell, Canada. (A is for Apple)
Best Sound Design, International New Media Festival, Brudenell, Canada. (A is for Apple)
Best Personal/Independent Project, International New Media Festival, Brudenell, Canada. (A is for Apple)
First Prize, FILE2002: Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (A is for Apple)
Canada Council Travel Grant (FILE2002 Festival/Symposium)
2001 MTT New Media Prize, Nova Scotia Arts Council
Harold Greenburg Fund - Development of Screen Drama (The Turing Test - Feature)
Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation Development Financing (The Turing Test - Feature)
Nova Scotia Arts Council Creation Grant (A is for Apple)
Canada Council New Media Production Grant (A is for Apple)
Telefilm Development Funding (The Turing Test - Feature)
2000 Canada Council Travel Grant (Impakt Festival)
1998 Telefilm Equity Investment (Maxwell's Demon)
National Film Board FAPS Grant (Maxwell's Demon)
Canada Council New Media Production Grant (Chemical Vision)
Ontario Arts Council Video/Film Production Grant (Maxwell's Demon)
1995 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Artcite Exhibition)
V.P. Special Research Grant, University of Western Ontario (GaGe)
Best Experimental - Short List Film/Video Festival, London, Ontario (The ILL ID and the ODD SEA)
Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, Equity Investment (Maxwell's Demon)
1994 Best of Festival 'Shifting Bricks' Category, Media City, House of Toast, Windsor (Broken Crowns)
Ontario Arts Council Video Production Grant (Maxwell's Demon)
University of Western Ontario Faculty of Arts Research/Travel Grant
1993 Silver Plaque Award, Mixed Film/Video - Experimental, Chicago Film Festival (Broken Crowns)
Canada Council Short Term Video Grant (Maxwell's Demon)
University of Western Ontario Faculty of Arts Research/Travel Grant
1992 Silver Hugo Award, Video: Experimental, Chicago International Film Festival (The ILL ID & the ODD SEA)
Margaret Perry Award - Best Nova Scotia Produced Film, Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax (Broken Crowns)
Moonsnail Award - Best Film or Video Under 60 Minutes, Atlantic Film Festival (Broken Crowns)
Moonsnail Award - Best Experimental Production, Atlantic Film Festival (Broken Crowns)
Award of Excellence - Sound Design, Atlantic Film Festival (Broken Crowns)
Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation Video Production Grant (Broken Crowns)
Nova Scotia Department of Culture and Tourism Travel Grant
1991 Canada Council Video Production Grant (Broken Crowns)
1990 Canada Council Video Production Grant (The ILL ID and the ODD SEA)
1989 Alberta Culture Project Costs Grant
1988 Alberta Culture Visual Arts Study Grant
Canada Council Project Costs Grant
1987 Canada Council Project Costs Grant
Prize of Excellence, Tokyo International Video Festival (Rumblesphinx)
Radio Quebec's Grand Prize, Montreal Super 8 and Video Festival (Rumblesphinx)
Full Tuition Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
EDUCATION
2021 – 2023 MFA in Creative Nonfiction (Candidate), Department of Journalism, King’s College, Halifax.
2005 - 2006 Canadian Film Centre, Interactive Arts and Entertainment Programme, Toronto.
1989 - 1990 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York City.
1987 - 1989 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. M.F.A. (Sculpture), May 1989.
1987 Empire State Studio Program, New York City.
1986 & 1987 Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Summer Participant.
1984 - 1985 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B.F.A. (Studio), May 1985.
1981 - 1984 University of Calgary, Alberta.
TEACHING
2018 – Present NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Full Professor, Expanded Media
2002 - 2018 NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Associate Professor in Film, Media Arts, & Intermedia
2010 - 2013 Chair, Media Arts Department, NSCAD University
1998 - 2002 MT&T/NSCAD Visiting Professor in Multimedia Design Innovation
Associate Professor
1993 - 1997 University of Western Ontario, Department of Visual Arts, London, Ontario
Assistant Professor - Photo/Media
1990 - 1992 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Assistant Professor (Full-Time Sabbatical Replacement)- Intermedia, Fall 1990.
Sessional Instructor (Part-Time) - Intermedia, 1991 - 1992.
1987 - 1989 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, Graduate Assistant,1st Year Program
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Training
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, ITP Summer Camp, New York City, 2014, 2015, & 2017, 2019, 2020..
Multiplaform, Multisuccess!, Telefilm/INIS Workshop, Halifax, 2010.
Directing Actors for Film (Rosemary Dunsmore), Shortworks, Halifax, 2001.
Advanced Film Directing (Allan Moyle), Summer Institute of Film and Television, Ottawa, 1997.
Curatorial/Gallery Experience
Curator of “Possible Worlds”, a showcase of VR, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, 2018.
Curator of “New Angles to the Given Water”, a showcase of VR at Stuttgarter Filmwinter, 2018.
Curator of “Points East: A program of East Coast Film and Video”, Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Durham, 2012.
Curator of ‘Gary Kibbins’, CFAT Video Screening, Halifax, 2006.
Curator of section of ‘Re:PLACE’, Video Series co-ordinated by V/Tape, Toronto, 2001.
Curator of "threepeat" public video loops as part of the “hi” exhibition, Halifax, Fall 2000.
Curator of "Science Friction" Film and Video Series, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Summer 2000.
Curator of "Science Friction" Film and Video Series, London Regional Art Museum, Spring 2000.
Curator of “Video Art Loves You”, London Regional Art Museum and Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, 1999.
Curator of "Experimental Narrative" Film and Video Series, London Regional Art Museum, Spring 1997.
Director of the ART LAB Exhibition Program, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, UWO, London. 1994 - 1995.
Co-Facilitator and Co-Founder of 'The Palace at 4 a.m.', an artist's space, London, Ontario, 1994 - 1995.
Co-Curator of 'The House That Art Built' Film/Video Series, London Regional Art Museum, Spring 1994.
Co-Director, OO Gallery, an independent art space, Halifax, 1991 - 1992.
Gallery Assistant, DIA Foundation, New York, 1989 - 1990.
President and Vice President, EM/Media Video Gallery and Production Society, Calgary, 1985-1986.
Artist-in-Residence
Residence of Reflection, Hectolitre, Brussels, Belgium, April – May, 2020. (postponded)
International Artist in Residence Program, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway, March 2020.
Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (ZK/U), Berlin, January – February, 2020.
Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning, Nova Scotia, August 2016.
Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (ZK/U), Berlin, October – December 2013.
In(ter)ventions 2013; Literary Practice at the Edge Residency, Literary Arts Program, The Banff Centre, February 2013.
Digital Art Studios, Belfast, Ireland, June – July, 2010.
Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, 2008 – 2009.
Western Front, Vancouver, May 2008.
USF Bergen, Norway, July – August, 2006.
La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, May – June 2005.
Si: alors: sinon Project (residency), Daimon Centre, Hull, Quebec, 2003.
Artist in Residence: Media Arts, The Banff Centre, Summer 1993.
Audio Artist in Residence: EM/Media, Calgary, Fall 1991.
Atlantic Centre for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, 1989.
Visiting Artist Talks/Lectures
Talk/Panel, HearTell Podcast Training Program, VANS, Nova Scotia, July 2020.
Artist Talk (on-line), Institute of English Studies at the University of Wrocław, Poland, April 2020.
Artist’s Talk & Workshop, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain, 2019.
Artist’s Talk, Edgy Media: On Borders, Migrations, Media Studies, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, 2019.
Paper: "Radio as Electronic Literature", ELO 2018 Conference, Montreal, 2018.
Talk: APAGA’s 2018 Annual Conference, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, 2018.
Talk: “Here We are at the Bay of Intoxicated Discoveries”, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany, 2018
Lecture: “The Delusions of Reference” at the “Esthétique(s) de l'éphémère” Conference, Université Paris 8, 2018.
Talk: TransX Transmission Art Symposium, Toronto, 2017.
Talk: Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, 2017.
Lecture/Workshop: 360 Video, Concordia University, 2016.
Talk: Hypertext Conference, Dalhousie University, 2016.
Paper: “Speculative Photorealism”, Data and Database Aesthetics Panel, UAAC Conference, NSCAD University, 2015.
Paper: "The End of Endings", ELO 2015 Research Presentations, ELO 2015 Conference, Bergen, Norway, 2015.
Paper: “Archival Entanglements: Artists in the Archives”, SCMS Conference, Montreal, 2015.
Paper, “Cinema in Space, Cinema in Ruins”, Cineflux Symposium ‘14: The Old New, NSCAD University, March 2014.
Paper, HASTAC 2013: The Storm of Progress Conference, York University, Toronto, April 2013.
Reading, Guest Writer Series, English Department, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, January 2013.
Paper, ELO 2012 Conference: Electrifying Literature Affordances and Constraints, Morgantown, USA, June 2012.
Talk, L.I.S.A. (Leaders in Software and Art) Salon, New York City, Feb. 2012.
Distinguished Lecture Series: “Delusions of Reference”, Computation Media Design, University of Calgary, Jan 2012.
Seminar: “Narrative Interfaces: Where the Rubber Meets the Yellow Brick Road”, CMD, U of Calgary, Jan 2012.
Panel Discussion, ‘Pharmakon’, SLSA Conference, Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Sept 2011.
Lecture, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2011.
Lecture, National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina, August 2011.
Paper, The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, York University & 3D FLIC, Toronto, June 2011.
Paper, Common Pulse Symposium, Durham, Ontario, June 2011.
International CineFlux Symposium, NSCAD University, Halifax, May 2011.
Database|Narrative|Archive Symposium, Concordia University, Montreal, May 2011.
Artist Talk, Paved Arts, Saskatoon, March 4, 2011.
Artist Talk, Art Gallery of Calgary, March 3, 2011.
Lecture ‘Losing the Plot’, 404 Taiwan, Conference & Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov 2010.
Paper: ‘The Digital Narrative: iDMAa Conference 2010, Vancouver, BC, Nov 2010.
Presentation: ‘Art in Public Space’, 4 Days in October Conference, Breakhouse, Halifax, Oct 2010.
Lecture: “Gesture and Technology”, LiveArt Dance Series, Halifax, Sept. 2010.
Lecture, FILE 2010 Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2010.
Artist Talk, Shop Wall, Dublin, Ireland. July 13, 2010.
Artist Talk & Masterclass, Digital Art Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 6 & 8, 2010.
Video Vortex 4, Split, Croatia, 2009.
Artist Presentation: PACE University, New York, November 13, 2008.
Lecture, Western Front, Vancouver, May 2008.
Artist Presentation, University of British Columbia, May 16, 2008.
Keynote Speaker, Interactive Screen ’07 Conference, Banff New Media Institute, August 2007.
Artist Presentation, Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts, March 27, 2007.
Paper Given: UAAC Conference, NSCAD University, November 4, 2006.
Artist Presentation: OCAD and Ryerson classes, Toronto, Canada, October 17, 2006.
Lecture: “Associational Narrative and Shuffle Films”, Cambridge University, England, July 2006.
Colloquium: “Manchester 1911” Clegg & Guttman, Cornerhouse, Manchester England, 2006.
Lecture: MICA, Baltimore, USA, November, 2005.
Artist Presentation: Oboro Gallery, Montreal, April 15, 2004.
Lecture: Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, February 12, 2004.
Lecture: Visual Arts Department, University of Lethbridge, February 11, 2004.
Visiting Artist: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2003.
Lecture: Museum London, London, Ontario, 2003.
Visiting Artist: New Forms Festival, Vancouver, B.C., 2003.
Visiting Artist: Images du Nouveau Monde Festival, Quebec City, 2003.
Lecture: Transparent Technologies Symposium, Connecticut College, New London, February 27, 2003.
Lecture: Sundance On-Line Film Festival, Digital Centre, Park City, Utah, USA, January 20, 2003.
Lecture: International Festival of New Media and New Cinema de Montreal, October 19, 2002.
Lecture: Rhode Island College of Design, October 17, 2002.
Lecture: New Media Colloquia, Ammerman Centre, Connecticut College, New London, October 16, 2002.
Lecture: FILE2002 Symposium Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2002.
Lecture: Multimedia Department, PUC - University, Sao Paulo, August, 2002.
Lecture: Multimedia Department, McMaster University, February, 2001.
Lecture: Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, August 2000.
Lecture: The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Spring 2000.
Lecture: "The Community of the Screen", VIPER Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland, May 1998.
Lecture: "The Moving Instant: Narrative and Agency in Interactive Media", NSCAD, Jan. 28, 1998.
Lecture: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, July 1997.
Lecture: Visual Arts Department, Fanshaw College, October 11, 1996.
Lecture: UAAC Conference, University of Guelph, November 4, 1995.
Seminar: ED Video, Guelph, Ontario, 1995.
Lecture: Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1993.
Lecture: Architecture Department, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, 1992.
Lecture: Visual Arts Department, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 1992.
Related Work Experience
Board Member, ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin, 2020 – 2022.
Juror, New Media and Audio, Production, Research & Residencies, Media Arts, Canada Council, 2020.
Juror, Installations & New Media, Stuttgarter Film Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, 2018.
Juror, Grants to Small Organizations, Nova Scotia Arts Council, 2017.
Juror, New Media and Audio, Production, Research & Residencies, Media Arts, Canada Council, 2016.
Juror, Governor General’s Awards in Fine and Media Art, Canada Council, 2013.
Juror, New Media and Audio, Production, Research & Residencies, Media Arts, Canada Council, 2011.
Juror, Grants to Small Organizations, Nova Scotia Arts Council, 2008.
Instructor, Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, Alaska, June 2008.
Broadcast Graphics for “How We Got” (Pilot) for History Channel, Arcadian Entertainment, 2006.
Canada Council New Media Roundtable, 2005.
NSFDC Film Industry Task Force Member, 2003 - 2004.
Canadian Heritage Virtual Museum Advisory Committee, 2003 - 2004.
New Media Roundtable, Canada Council Media Arts Section, 2003.
Member, Nova Scotia Talent Trust, 2001 - 2003.
Member, Board of Directors, Linda Joy Media Arts Society, 2002 - 2003.
Juror, Grants to Groups and Small Organizations, Nova Scotia Arts Council, 2001.
Juror, First Productions - Media Arts, Canada Council, 1999.
Juror, Cape Breton Media Festival, Baddeck, 1998.
Juror, Experimental, Atlantic Film Festival, 1998.
Chair, Film School Curriculum Development Working Group, NSFDC, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998.
Juror, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program, 1997.
Special Advisory Panel, Film, Video, Photography Office, Ontario Arts Council, 1995.
Juror, Film/Video Production Grants, Ontario Arts Council, Fall 1994.
Co-ordinator of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Summer Program, 1991 and 1992.
Arranger and Keyboardist for 'The V-Effect', a band specializing in Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht music, 1991.
Art Historical Research "The History of Portraits: Seduction" by Prince Michel of Greece, New York, 1990.
Assistant to Nancy Rosen, Art Consultant, New York, 1989.
Apprentice to Alice Aycock, Sculptor, New York, 1987.
Genesis Education Society Creative Writing Videodisc Project, Calgary, 1986-1987.
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT DAVID CLARK
Books
Seiça, Á., Kinetic Poetry. In J. O’Sullivan (Authors), Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities: Contexts, Forms, & Practices (pp. 173–202). New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Conceptualisms: An Anthology of Prose, Poetry, Visual, Found, E- and Hybrid Writing edited by Steve Tomasula, University of Alabama Press, 2021.
The Baroque Technotext: Literature in a Digital Mediascape by Elisabet Takehana, Intellect Press, 2020.
“Esthétiques de la ruine, du fragment et du glitch: l’apocalypse dévoyée dans la littérature post-11 Septembre”
by Gwen Le Cor in Médi-ations Apocalyptiques: Imag(in)ing the Apocalypse. eds Hélène Machinal, Monica Michlin, Elizabeth Mullen, Arnaud Regnauld, Joanna Thornborrow, EBook. 2019.
The Digital Imaginary: On The Emerging Shapes of Literary, Cinematic and Database Art by Roderick Coover, Bloomsbury, 2019.
Electronic Literature by Scott Rettberg, Polity Books, 2019.
The 'New' Documentary Nexus. Networked|Networking in Interactive Assemblages by Anna Wiehl, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
HERE*NOW: The Anthology of Prose, Poetry, Visual, Found, E- & Other Hybrid Writing as Contemporary, Conceptual Art, edited by Steve Tomasula, University of Alabama Press in 2018.
The Baroque Technotext: Literature in a Digital Mediascape by Elisabet Takehana, Intellect Press, 2018.
“Immanence, Inc.: Algorithm, Flow, and the Displacement of the Real” by Brian Kim Stefens in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature, edited by Joseph Tabbi, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
“Networks in Literature and Media” by Patrick Jagoda in Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Literature, Oxford University Press, 2017.
“New forms of literariness in electronic literature: an approach to rhetorical enunciation and temporality” by Nohelia Meza (Doctoral Thesis), Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Traducció i Ciències del llenguatge, September, 8, 2017.
“Collage Strategy: A Robust and Flexible Tool for Knowledge Visualization” by Dennis Summers, p.141 – 198, Knowledge Visualization and Visual Literacy in Science Education, edited by Anna Ursyn, IGI Global, 2016.
Aesthetic Animism: Digital Poetry's Ontological Implications by David Jhave Johnston, MIT Press, 2016.
“From Causality to Correlation” by N. Katherine Hayles, from Memory in the Twenty-First Century: New Critical Perspectives from the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences, edited by Sebastian Groes, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.
“History and Memory in European Digital Literature” by Yra van Dijk in New Literary Hybrids in the Age of Multimedia Expression: Crossing borders, crossing genres, edited by Marcel Cornis-Pope, Virginia Commonwealth University, John Benjamins B.V. / Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée, 2014.
“Animation/Kineticism” by Brian Kim Stefans in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Lori Emerson, & Benjamin J. Robertson, John Hopkins University Press, 2014.
The Convergence of Digital Literature and Net Art: Networked Creation, Distribution, and Operation, Kyle Jon Bickoff,
University of Boulder, Colorado, English Graduate Thesis, 2014.
Truthful Fictions: Conversations with American Biographical Novelists edited by Michael Lackey, Bloomsbury Publishing, USA, 2014.
Molecular Aesthetics, edited by Peter Weibel and Ljiljana Fruk, ZKM/MIT Press, 2013.
Databasefortællinger: en undersøgelse af subjektivitet i David Clarks digitale litterære værker A is for Apple & 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein by Helle Kvist, 2013
Architectures of Possibility: After Innovative Writing by Lance Olsen, Guide Dog Books, 2012.
Abécédaire du Web: 26 concepts pour comprendre la création sur Internet by Joanne Lalonde, PUQ, 2012.
Narrative Negotiations: information structures in literary fiction by Kristin Veel, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009.
Catalogues, Journals, & Talks
“The Muddle of Our Thinking: The Transnational Imaginary of David Clark’s 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein” by Dani Spinosa, Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Toronto (Remote), 10 January 2021
“Plan Z Projects” (Catalogue), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Altea, Spain, 2019.
“Are pixels the future of literature?” by Giovanna Di Rosario, TEDxUCLouvain, July 11, 2018.
“Electronic literary text: cohesion and coherence aspects”, by Svetlana Kuchina, SHS Web of Conferences, 2018.
“The Art of the Periodic Table”, by Tami I. Spector, Leonardo, 2017.
“Esthétiques de la ruine, du fragment et du glitch : l’apocalypse dévoyée dans la littérature post-11 Septembre” by Gwen Le Cor at Mediations Apocalyptiques Colloque International, Brest, France, 2017.
“Pixelated Words: Literature in the Digital Age” by Laura Borras & Giovanna Di Rosario, (Catalogue for Paraules Pixelades), Santa Monica, 2016.
“La métaphore filée of 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein (To Be Played with the Left Hand). Examples of Digital Rhetoric” by Nohelia Meza and Giovanna Di Rosario (Universitat de Barcelona), Reading Wide, Writing Wide in the Digital Age: Perspectives on Transliteratures, October 23, 2015
“Patterns, Meaning, and Texts: Experiments in Literary Meaning-Making” by N. Katherine Hayles, Critical Plenary, SAMLA 85, 2014.
“Binary Truths: Creative nonfiction in our electronic age” by Eric LeMay, Creative Non-Fiction, Issue #47, Winter 2013.
“Electronic Literature Collection Vol. 2”, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities/MIT, 2010.
“Special Features”, Specs Journal, Issue Two: Faux Histories, Rollins College, Florida, 2009.
“Invisible Hands” by Marina Roy, (catalogue) Videographe, Montreal, 2009.
“Net Gallery”, HZ Journal #13, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden, January 2009.
“Seed”, Art World Digest, Art + Activism Resource, New York, January 2007.
“Likewise”, inflect; a journal of multimedia writing, peer reviewed Australian ejournal, Number Three, 05/06.
“Once upon a time there was a database….Database and narrative from a cognitive point of view” by Kristin Veel,
paper at Refresh! Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, Banff, Canada, 2005.
“Chlorine Argon Potassium” by Gerald Ross, MICA Gallery, Publication, 2005.
“David Clark” (Catalogue) by R. Bean, R. Metcalfe, & M. Townsend, Truck, Museum London, TPW, 2004.
“Canadian Digital Creativity 2003”, Edited by Luigi Ferara & Emily Visser, George Brown College, Toronto
‘Screen Play’ by Robert Bean, Exhibition Essay, Gallery TPW, Toronto, 2003.
“Electric Living in Canada’ (DVD) by James K-M and Carol Sill, Vancouver, 2003.
“BOX”, An Artist’s CD-ROM curated by Sue Lloyd and Sharon Switzer, Toronto, 2003.
“A is for Apple”, Catalogue by Susan Gibson Garvey, essay by Gary Kibbins, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 2002.
Website Catalogue for ‘Science Fictioned’ by Peter Dykhius, www.agns.ednet.ns.ca/Sci-Fi/
"Flaming Creatures; New Directions in Canadian Video Art" (catalogue), by Gary Kibbins, Ethrington Art Gallery.
"Public Order" (catalogue), by Robin Metcalfe, Art Gallery of Windsor, July 1997.
"London Life Young Contemporaries '96" (catalogue), by James Patten, London Regional Art Museum, Nov. 96.
Reviews & Articles
“The Visual Music Imaginary of 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein: Exploring Philosophical Concepts through Digital Rhetoric” by Meza, Nohelia and Giovanna di Rosario, Electronic Book Review, February 7, 2021.
“Literature, Book, Computer and Narration. Models and Shapes of Electronic Literature” by Federico Meschini, JLIS.it 11, May 2020.
“Des sens et du sens : aux limites des matérialités” by Karine P. Bouchard, Espace Art Actual, Winter 2019.
“Voces y figuras: hacia una retórica digital de las obras de literatura electrónica latinoamericana” by
Nohelia Mezaa, Texto Digital, Florianópolis, v. 15, n. 1, p. 39-65, jan./jun. 2019.
“Biennale de sculpture de Trois-Rivières: une 8e edition qui décoiffe” by Éric Clément, La Presse, August 16, 2018.
“Una (no) reseña de la Electronic Literature Collection, volumen 2” by Karen Villeda, Letras Libres, 10 Febrero 2017.
“Gefangen in Bildern” Von Bernd Haasis, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Januar 20, 2017
“E-Literature as Public Art: ELO 2015's Five Gallery Shows” by Kathi Inman Berens, Hyperrhiz 14, Online Journal, Summer 2016.
“Impossible Interventions” by Davin Heckman, Hyperrhiz 14, Online Journal, Summer 2016.
“Nocturne takes over downtown Halifax” Chronicle Herald, Halifax, October 14, 2016.
“Halifax artist uses dome for 360-degree film on Halifax Explosion” by Julianne Steeves, The Signal, Halifax, Oct 18, 2016.
“Ontario Place finally brought back to life by new festival” by Phil Villeneuve, BlogTO, Sept 7, 2016.
“in/future Festival 2016 (review)”Spill Magazine, Talia Wooldridge, September, 2016.
“in/future: A transformative experience” by Omit Limitation, Blank Canvas, October 3, 2016.
“In Toronto, Looking to the Future in an Abandoned Park”, by Chris Hampton, The New York Times, September 23, 2016.
“A sneak peek at the giant immersive art installation that has taken over Ontario Place”, by Samantha Edwards, Toronto Life, September 15, 2016
“Toronto’s aging Ontario Place on cusp of mini-revival as it hosts dual festival” by James Adams, The Globe and Mail, Friday, Sep. 09, 2016.
“At Ontario Place, Days of Futures Past”, by Murray Whyte, The Toronto Star, Aug. 29, 2016
“In/Future unlocks Ontario Place to public for the first time in four and a half years” by Murray Whyte, mississauga.com, Sep 14, 2016.
“Some new, some nostalgia: In/Future festival to transform Ontario Place”
by Gilbert Ngabo, Metro, Tue Sep 13, 2016.
“Massive art and music fest In/Future brings Ontario Place back to life” by Kate Robertson, NOW Magazine, September 14, 2016.
“Dotting the I: Artists offer journeys in perception with Hermes exhibit” by Liane Heller, LocalXpress.ca, July 1, 2016.
“The End: Death in Seven Colours: an Interview by Matt Soar”, Korsakow Bog, 2015.
“The Shape of Thought: Humanity in Digital, Literary Texts” by Elise Takehana, History of the Book, Academia.edu, 2015
“Reading Hypermedia Narrative Stars, 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein by David Clark Analytical Approach to Constellation 18 Cassiopeia” by Nohelia Meza, Texto Digital. P 287-314, v. 11, n. 1 (2015), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
“Artists' Books : Word and image blend in this irresistible craft” by Steven Ross Smith, Galleries West, Sept 8, 2015.
“Se piensa solo” por Karen Villeda, Letras Libres, 20 rolas, Julio 2015.
Electronic Literature Collection #2, Reviewed by Strat Mastoris, Sabotage; Reviews of the Ephemeral, February 5, 2013
“The Brave New World of Electronic Publishing: Required Reading” by Eric LeMay, Creative Nonfiction, #47, Winter13.
“What Does a Polar Bear Do in a Jungle? How E-lit Expands the Habitat of Literature” by Illya Szilak, The Huffington Post, December 11, 2012.
“Elemental interpretations at AIGA Philadelphia” by Chip Schwartz, Knight Arts, November 6, 2012.
"Language as Gameplay: toward a vocabulary for describing works of electronic literature"
by Brian Kim Stefans, electro poetics, electronic book review, Sept 3, 2012.
“Time out at Sir Sanford Fleming Park” by Geordon Omand, The Coast Website, August 2, 2012.
“Public art display honours Sir Sandford Fleming” by Kim Moar, HalifaxNewsNet, July 31, 2012.
“Apophenia” by Katherine Hayles, Electronic Literature and Future Books Conference at MIT, May 4, 2012.
“88 Constellations for Wittgenstein” by Katherine Hayles, Digital Literature week, In Media Res, Feb. 6, 2012.
“The Electronic Literature Collection V2” by Tim Wright, Cordite Poetry Review, Australia, December 1, 2011.
“A beginning, a middle, but no end in sight” by Lisa Gee, The Independent, Sunday, November 13, 2011.
“Where Are We Now?: Orienteering in the Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2” by John Zuern, electronic book review, Nov 9, 2011.
“MacSwain, Clark big winners”, by Andrea Newetz, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, October October 29, 2011.
“Comedies of Separation: Toward a Theory of the Ludic Book” by Brian Kim Stefans, Journal of Electronic Publishing
, Volume 14, Issue 2, Fall 2011.
“Collaborations in E-lit” by Stephanie Strickland & Nick Montfort, American Book Review, No 32.6 (Sept/Oct), 2011
Third Hand Plays: “Bodies of Water” by David Clark, by Brian Stefans, SFMOMA BLOG, September 21, 2011.
“Wittgensteins brors venstre hånd : David Clark's “88 constellations for Wittgenstein (to be played with the left hand)" by Mette-Marie Zacher Sørensen, STANDART, Denmark, p.23, June 2011.
“New Exhibit Kicks Off the U.S. Celebration of IYC 2011”, by Chris Brouwer and Madeline Schaefer, Chemistry International, Vol. 33 No. 3, May-June 2011.
“Enigmatic elements” by Katharine Sanderson, Nature Magazine, Vol 407, Feb 24, 2011.
“Show features all 118 elements” by Victoria Donohoe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 18, 2011.
“Escaping the Prison House of Language: New Media Essays in the Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2” by Scott Rettberg, Vagant Magazine 4, 2010.
“New ‘Electronic Literature’ Anthology Shows Fluid Definition of the Genre” By Jeff Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 14, 2011.
“Out in the Open” by Mike Landry, Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, New Brunswick, December 4, 2010.
“Digital killed the analog star” by Ho Yi, Taipei Times, Friday, December 3, 2010.
“Water Works” by Sean Flinn, The Coast, February 11, 2010.
"Narrative Negotiations: Information Structures in Literary Fiction"(book) by Kristin Veel, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Copenhagen, 2009.
“Entre Affabulation et Fabulation” by Nathalie Roy, Vis Des Arts no 216, Quebec, Fall 2009.
“David Clark pense la narrativité sur le Web”, Le Lein Multimedia, Montreal, Quebec, May 8, 2009.
“Ulysses 101” by Bertrand Gervais, CIAC’s Electronic Magazine, 2008.
“Meanwhile” by Anne-Marie Boisvert, CIAC’s Electronic Magazine, No. 28, 2007.
“Terminally Bored? You won’t be, with digital art” by Nadja SayeJ, The Globe and Mail, July 14, 2007.
“Airport Art” by Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, July 12, 2007
“Aeroport de Toronto - Des creations interactives …aerogare” by Charles-Antoine Rouyer, Le Devoir, July 8, 2007
“Flights of Digital Art” by Christopher De Wolf, National Post, July 7, 2007.
“Terminal Zero One Touches Down at Pearson” by Adam Schwabe, BlogTO, July 2, 2007.
“Predicting future impacts of technology” by Olga Eremeeva, Helium.com, 2006.
“Virtual jukeboxes, non-linear films ….at prototype launch” by Cristina Howorun, Canadiannewmedia, Oct. 18, 06.
“Meanwhile, interactive online film”, Neural Magazine, 06.05.06
“Playing with movie time” by Andrea Nemetz, Chronicle Herald, September 18, 2006.
“Interactive Work Reflects the Web” by Nancy Tousley, The Calgary Herald, September 21, 2004.
“Lux: Book review” by Kyle Harri, Film-Philosophy Journal , Vol. 7 No. 48, December 2003.
“This apple never rots: David Clark’s A is for Apple” by Sean Flinn, Artichoke, Fall 2003.
“Got to be in Pictures” by Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, September 11, 2003.
“Take a Bite”, University Affairs, May 2003.
“Be a part of art” by Michelle Megna, NY Daily News, May 8, 2003.
“A is for Apple” by Carol Lee, Digital Visions Website, www.ontherundesign.com/Artists/David_Clark.html
Net Art Review- “A is for Apple” - by Nancy Bautista, April 28, 2003.
“Sundance Online Film Festival” by Maya Churi, The Independent, April 2003.
“A is for award-winning” by Joan of Arts, The Coast, Halifax, 2003
“An East Coast Presence at Sundance” by Ron Foley Macdonald, AtlanticZone, Jan 28, 2003
“Canadians invade Sundance” by Kevin Williamson, The Calgary Sun, Friday, January 17, 2003.
“Sundancing Nova Scotians” by Joan of Arts, The Coast, Halifax, 2003.
“Local Prof invited to show work at Sundance” by Marilyn Smulders, The Daily News, Halifax, Jan 10, 2003.
“Clark wins award at Brazil festival”, The Mail-Star, Halifax, September 2002.
“Core Concepts” by Curt Cloninger, Rhizome.org (netartnews), August 6, 2002.
“Digital Performers:aisforapple” by Thom Tapley, InterACTRA, Summer 2002.
“Flash du jour: A is for Apple”, Interneto, (website: www.interneto.fr), July 26, 2002.
“A is for Apple” (review), MedienturmMT, (website:www.medienturm.at/mt/stories/storyReader$567), 2002.
“La pomme porte ses fruits” by Marie Lechner, Liberation.fr (web magazine), 12 Juillet 2002.
‘Struts Gallery Presents Film-Maker David Clark’, Sackville Tribune-Post, August 16, 2000.
‘Prepare for Take-Off’ by Amanda Dawn Christie, Atlantic Gig, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 15, 2000.
‘Art hi-tech in Science Friction’ by Ian Gillespie, The London Free Press, London, Ontario, March 22, 2000.
“Keeping those demons on the run” by Julie Pithers, FastForward Magazine, April 15 - 21, 1999.
“Rule-Breaking Demon” by Kristine Finstad, The Calgary Straight, April 15 - 22, 1999.
“New Direction for Film Festival New Haven” by Brian Levinson, The Yale Herald, April 9, 1999.
“The Flickering Fringe” by Ian Gillespie, The London Free Press, London, Ontario, March 14, 1999.
“David Clark’s Film Noir Screwball Tragedy” by Theodore Sleuth, Dolomite Web Site, Feb. 3, 1999.
“David Clark features Demon” by Mark Lewndowski, The Gazette, London, Ontario, November 12, 1998.
"Clark's Maxwell's Demon: film noir with a twist" by Stephen Cooke, The Mail-Star, Halifax, Sept. 25, 1998.
"Fine Fanale for festival" by Lindsay Brown, The Daily News, Halifax, September 25, 1998.
"The Best of the Fest" by Glenn Walton, The Coast, Halifax, Sept 17 - 24, 1998.
"A Win-Windsor Situation" by Roger Green, The Ann Arbor News, Saturday, August 23, 1997.
"London Life Young Contemporaries '96" by Robin Metcalfe, Canadian Art, Spring 1997.
"Canada's rising art stars" by Donald Brackett, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, October 5, 1996.
"Canadian artists band together for 'London Calling' at Buckham" by Mary Ellen Zang, Flint Journal, Sept. 22, ‘96.
"A Cinematic Demon" by Gloria Chang, London Magazine, May/June 1996.
"David Clark: Filmmaker in our midst" by Gloria Chang, Western News, February 1, 1996.
"NY indie fest salutes Canuck up-and-comers" by John Hopkins, Playback, October 9, 1995.
"The Palace at 4 a.m." by Holly Curtis, Scene Magazine, 1994
Review in the Cinema Section by Dawn Rae Downton, Arts Atlantic 47, Fall 1993.
"Tales of fantasy and imagination", by Noah Cowan, Eye Magazine, Toronto, April 1, 1993.
"Raising the Ironic", by Hall Smyth, Artifax, Halifax, Fall 1992.
"Periodically Speaking", by Ian Johnston, The Daily News, Halifax, Nov. 11, 1992.
"Broken Crowns more than Jack and Jill ", by Tim Arsenault, The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, Nov. 10, 1992.
"Junk roped in as part of Art Rodeo", by Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald, Sept. 24, 1990.
"Cut and Paced", by M.A. Moser, FUSE, Winter 1989-1990.
"Salvaging Graceland", by M.A. Moser, FUSE, Fall 1989.
"Graceland hosts art rodeo", by Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald, August 18, 1989.
"Traces of...", by Micheal F. Bulka, New Art Examiner, April, 1989.
"Par Excellence!", by Devon Golden, New Art Examiner, October, 1988.
"Chicago Artists Add Stroke of Genius to Miniature Golf", People Magazine, August 29, 1988.
"Art for Golf's Sake", by Phil Vettal, Chicago Tribune, July 29, 1988.
"A Medium of Contemporary Memory", by Francine Daganais, Cinema Canada, June, 1988.
"Creations Reflect Mechanisms of Consciousness", by Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald, October 15, 1987.
"Mixed Media Works Show Considerable Sensitivity", by Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald, July 25, 1986.
"Audio by Artists", by Stephen Peterson, Vanguard, February - March, 1986.
WRITING BY DAVID CLARK
“Possible Worlds”, Curatorial Essay, CFAT, Halifax, November 2018.
“Forward” for the IOTA: DATA commissioning project, (IOTA), April 2018.
“The End”, featured work in Hyperrhiz 14: the Ends of Electronic Literature, edited by Roderick Coover and Scott Rettberg, Summer 2016.
“Pictures in the Stars: ‘88 Constellations for Wittgenstein’ and the On-line Biography”, Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly edited by Laurie McNeill & John Zuern, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2015.
“Meantime in Greenwich”, Quarterly West, January 24, 2014.
“Crossroads of Creativity: Hypermedia and Net Art”, Common Pulse Transcripts, Durham Art Gallery, 2012.
“Heads or Tales: Evan Penny & Michael Awad’s Conversation”, Montreal Biennale Catalogue, May 2007.
“Securiousity: Landscapes of Fear in Recent Video Work”, UAAC Conference Paper, Oct. 4, 2006.
‘Gary Kibbins: A to Z’, CFAT Screening Catalogue Essay, Halifax, 2006.
‘The Discrete Charm of the Digital Image’, The Sharpest Point, YYZ Books, 2005.
‘Evan Penny’s Uncertainty Principle’, Catalogue Essay, Glenbow Museum, 2004.
“The Place of No Return”, Catalogue essay for ‘re:PLACE’ exhibition, V/Tape, Toronto, 2001.
“The Ghost of an Exquisite Corpse”, for Lux, (ed. Steve Reinke/Tom Tucker) Pleasuredome/YYZ Books, 2000.
"Chemical Vision", Conference Paper, UAAC Conference, University of Guelph, Nov. 4, 1995.
"Re:Figuring the Body: 3 Projects by Evan Penny", University of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, 1993.
"Up the Hill: the making of Broken Crowns", Artifax Magazine, Halifax, Fall 1992.
"The Events Leading up to this Interview", Interview with Bill Robertson", Artifax Magazine, Halifax, Fall 1992.
"The Sign Remains the Same", Artifax Magazine, Halifax, Summer 1992.
"Zapruder: the greatest filmmaker in the world", Rewire, A Publication of NSCAD, 1992.
"States of Matter/Matters of State", Whitney Museum Program Journal, New York, 1990.
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
Radio Interview with Zach Martin, Information Morning, CBC Radio Halifax, August 6, 2012.
TV News Interview, Global News, Halifax, August 6, 2012.
Radio Interview, Mainstreet, CBC Radio, August 3, 2012.
Radio Interview by Don Connolly, Information Morning, CBC Radio Halifax, October 31, 2011.
Television Interview for FESTIVAL 404 en CANAL 5, Rosario, Argentina, August, 2011.
Radio Interview for Afternoon Buzz, CFCR Community Radio, Saskatoon, March 4, 2011.
Interview by Marie-Louise Muir on Arts Extra, BBC Radio Ulster, July 7, 2010.
Interview for “krizisce kreativivnosti” (crossroad of creativity), Slovenian Television, 2008.
Segment for French CBC TV, Toronto, September 16, 2003.
Interview for “Here and Now’, CBC Radio One, Toronto, September 12, 2003.
Interview for “The Creators”, CBC National Radio Series, Fall 2003.
Segment for “MediaTelevision” by Marni Goldman, CityTV, Toronto, Fall 2003.
Radio Interview with Grant Burns and Kevin Brooker, Road Pops, C.J.S.W. Radio, Calgary, April 15, 1999.
Television Interview with Tyler Harcott, Wired, A Channel News, Calgary, April 14, 1999
Radio Interview by Erin Bateman and Tom Everett, Ice Cream Headache, CHRW, London, Nov. 6, 1998
Radio Interview on "Arts Focus" by Rachelle Knowles, CJAM, Windsor, September 1996
Radio Interview by Lila Pine, Frameline, CHRD Radio, Toronto, April 2, 1993.
Radio Interview by Scott McLaren, Cinescope, CHRY Radio, Toronto, April 1, 1993.
Radio Interview by Brian Sutclift, Information Morning, CBC Radio, Halifax, Sept. 26, 1992.
Radio Interview by Allan Stein, Edmonton PM, CBC Radio, February 27, 1992.