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Brody Condon

Brody Condon. Game Inspired Art. Background. Born in Mexico in 1974 Grew up in Florida and the rural Midwest Earned an MFA from the University of California at San Diego in 2002 Work has been exhibited all over the world including New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, and Amsterdam

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Brody Condon

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  1. Brody Condon Game Inspired Art

  2. Background • Born in Mexico in 1974 • Grew up in Florida and the rural Midwest • Earned an MFA from the University of California at San Diego in 2002 • Work has been exhibited all over the world including New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, and Amsterdam • Currently based in New York

  3. Early Works 1999-2001 • Adam Killer • A modification of the game Half-Life by Valve • A model of Condon’s friend is repeatedly and violently killed • Inspired by Burden’s Shoot, but Condon is the one with the gun • Worship • Set in the massively multiplayer online game Anarchy Online • Made the avatar face the camera and prostrate itself to “worship” him • He did this for hours while others were going about their business playing the game

  4. Waco Resurrection 2003 • A collaboration with five other artists • Created in Torque 3D Game Engine • Players played as a resurrected David Koresh • Custom hard plastic “skins” were created which were voice activated and incorporated surround sound • Players were bombarded with the sounds of “government psy-ops, internal voices, and the clamor of battle” • The objective is to “defend the Branch Davidian compound against internal intrigue, skeptical civilians, rival theologians and the inexorable advance of government agents”

  5. 2004 • Suicide Solution • 20 minute DVD recording • Recorded over the course of a year • Purposefully kills his avatars in over 50 video games • 650 Polygon John Carmack • CNC milled polyurethane sculpture • Archival inkjet prints for the “texture” • John Carmack is a game engine programmer

  6. KarmaPhysics<Elvis • Custom built computer • Plays automatically when hooked up to a projector/monitor and power source

  7. Reinterpretations

  8. Without Sun 2008 • 15 minute compilation ofvideos found on YouTube • People who were recorded while under the influence of a psychedelic substance • Live performance recreating the video compilation

  9. Twentyfivefold Manifestation • Occurred in the Summer of 2008 at the Sonsbeek International public sculpture exhibition in the Netherlands • 80 players inhabited a 40 ft tall tower and stayed in character for 3 days at a time and worshiped the other sculptures in the exhibit

  10. Works Cited Condon, Brody. Tmpspace.com. N.p. 2008. Web. 26 Oct. 2009. Stosuy, Brandon. Known Planes of Existence. Santa Monica: Santa Monica Museum of Art. 2008. Tmpspace.com. Web. 26 Oct. 2009. Virgilgallery.com. Virgil de Voldere Gallery, 2009. Web. 26 Oct. 2009.

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