transmitLIVE 2012 artist:
// Malcolm Levy
Malcolm Levy is an artist, curator, writer and filmmaker living in Vancouver, Canada. Levy’s curatorial, film and video installation works have been presented in India, Australia, China, Germany and Canada. Levy's photographic and video practice evolved out of his early work in documentary film. Feeling the need and desire to move towards the abstracted, he began a process of capturing 'other', previously unseen, frames of objects and landscapes by manipulating the digital camera's chip (or sensor).
He recently showed at the Grimmuseum (Berlin ) as part of "Frame Work", curated by Kristin Tretheway. Malcolm presented on 'Other-Frames' at ISEA, The Inter-Society for Electronic Arts, which was held in Istanbul in September 2011. Levy's most recent installation, A Place to Reflect, premiered at Nuit Blanche Toronto 2011.
Current projects include pursuing an MA in Media Studies at the New School in New York, developing a media lab for the grunt gallery in Vancouver, working on a Satellite project for the Goethe Institut, and producing a series of commissioned artworks for urban screens in connection with Mcluhan in Europe 2011. Feature length documentaries include Shambhala (2001-2008) and Walking on Glass (2006-present).
Past projects include co-founding Capital Magazine (1999-2005) and the New Forms Festival (1999-present), undertaking projects for CBC / 120seconds, Virtual Museum Canada, Project Stitch, and writing or curating for Mobile Muse, MUTEK, VIDFEST and Assignment Zero, among others. He was the curator of CODE Live at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he oversaw the installation of over 40 interactive media artworks and 8 performances across the city.