Kenneth Doren
Kenneth is a Canadian multi-media artist whose art installations, videos and digital operas have been presented in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Canada and the U.S.A. His first digital musical work “Allegro Molto Con Brio King Kong” (1999) focuses on pop culture connections to the Greek myth of Prometheus and incorporated a string quintet, three dancers and video monitors preformed live to sold out audiences. In the summer of 2000 the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art presented his second digital opera Your High Imperial for video projected singers, brass quintet, two violins as well as digitally manipulated sound. “Rule Britannia - A Low Opera in Grand Shite Style” incorporated two pianos and two video monitors that investigated the political power path from domination to decline and premiered in Calgary (September 2002).
His latest opuses (2005) restructures musical expectations: “Immortal Misbegotten” a reworking of Ludwig van Beethoven's famous six Op. 18 String Quartets condensed into one piece and “Pathetic Piano” a breakdown of Beethoven's Op. 13 PathÈtique Sonata into ten new audience interactive videos. Last summer (2006) he composed the music “Imperial Wild” for the Motion Ensemble for Sackville N.B.’s contemporary arts festival, as well as composed a new score for Michael Trent and Mocean Dance’s “Mappa Mundi” production in Halifax.
Videography
2009, 06:10 minutes, colour, English
2008, 05:20 minutes, colour, English
2007, 04:32 minutes, colour, English
2006, 01:14 minutes, colour, English
2002, 05:44 minutes, colour, English
2000, 17:00 minutes, colour, English
For love of all at once, take me now
2000, 10:00 minutes, colour
1997, 07:00 minutes, colour, English
1995, 14:00 minutes, colour, English
Critical Writing
by . Expanded Standard Timeline: Artists and Electronic Media in Calgary, EMMEDIA 1980 Through 2005, 2009. Calgary, Alberta: EMMEDIA, 2009.
by . Avenue Magazine, Jan. 2002.
by . Where Calgary / Gallery Guide, Fall 2000.
by . For his and his diggers: a collection of the past, May 12, 2000. Calgary: Truck, 2000.
by . The Calgary Straight, Feb. 4, 1999.
by . Hand Held Media, Sept. 1999.
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