cat tyc
Born 1977 in NYC. Raised in New Canaan, CT.
Received BA in English lit at Marymount Manhattan College. Video artist. Writer.
Lives in Portland, OR.
VIDEO:
Selected screenings of SPEED FREAKS DO BACH
- Brooklyn Museum of Art , NYC (2004)
- Ladyfest East, NYC (2005)
- Big Miss Moviola Chainletter Tape (Joanie 4 Jackie,
2006)
Selected screenings of THE NIGHT THE WHOLE WORLD CAUGHT ON FIRE:
- Anthology Film Archives as part of the New Filmmakers Series, NYC 2006
- The Portland Experimental & Documentary Festival, Portland, OR 2006
- Camac Centre d’Art – Paris, France 2006
- as part of the “Stumptown Girls” DVD tour curated by Gretchen Hogue – Chico State University (Chico, CA), Padlock Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Empty Vessel Project (Brooklyn,NY)
‘The Smart Wall’ John Woods Studio – Alfred University (Ithaca, NY) – 2006
-- 'Seen Through Glass' http://confluxfestival.org (Brooklyn, NY) September 2006
-- "Many Happy Returns' -- High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA 2006
FURNESS
-- "Odds and Ends" Gallery Homeland, PDX, OR
2006
-- The FO_A_RM Festival of Sound and Video, Portland Art Center, PDX, OR 2006
-- SIGGRAPH event, Pacific Northwest College of Art, June 2007
-- Gallery Homeland event, Art Basel, Switzerland 2007
-- The Journal of Short Film, 2008
BUTTERFLIES
-- 'Hexasion IV', Portland Art Center, PDX, OR
2007
PDA
-- "Retinal Reverb", Audiocinema, PDX, OR
2007
2 POEMS
-- "Surreal Systems", Gallery Homeland, PDX,OR , 2008
-- The Five Minute Film Fest, Denver, CO 2008
COLLABORATIONS
‘striping’ – w/ Karl Lind
Valentine’s, Portland, OR 2006
NW Edge dvd compilation, 2006
‘Seen Through Glass’ Project – www.confluxfestival.org (Brooklyn, NY) 2006
- 'Many Happy Returns' -- High Energy Constructs,
Los Angeles, CA 2006
'Out/Ex' -- (Salt Lake City, UT ) 2007
‘lengua’ – w/ Mark Owens
New American Art Union, Portland, OR 2006
Whitewall of Sound No, 35 (dvd compilation of NW Concrete & Visual Poetry 2006
'Mother Mountain' w/ Sarah Shapiro & BARR
(camera person)
- TBA '07 - Portland Institute of Contemporary Art , 2007
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
The First Experimental Kareoke Night, PDX experimental/documentary Festival, 2008
"The Synesthesia Series" - solo show with a performance/reading by Sara Jaffe
The Poetry Project, NYC March 2007
‘The Pavilion of the American Resistance’ – a multimedia group show that included Vandana Jain, Micheal Estabrook, Pierre Obando, Bibi Henderson and Cat Tyc
1) Parker’s Box, Brooklyn NY May 2005
2) Buzzer Thirty, Queens NY June 2005
STORIES PUBLISHED
“The Boy With the Thorn In His Side” – Orpheus zine (Pocket Myths, 2005)
“mojo, the patriot” – NW Edge: The Edge of Reality (Chiasmus Press, 2006)
MUSIC VIDEOS
"The Feather Test" - Aweather, 2007
co-directed w/ Adam Long
"Night Owl" - Swan Island, 2007
-- voted "Best Film of the Week" on MTVu
-- semi-finalist for the Collegiate Nationals
COMMERCIALS
LUMINANCE - AI Fashion Show spot
-- semi-finalist for the Collegiate Nationals
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
Media Arts Panelist for the RACC Project Grant 2007
Fellow – “Creative Demolition” – The Flaherty Seminar, Vassar College, 2006