claire chanel

biography biografía

Claire Chanel was born of the Internet in 2004 as a premature squirt of singularity. She has since been interfacing with creative uses of ephemeral media, dangerously outmoded intellectual property policy, and the industries struggling to adapt.

works obras

• MediaDefendr (beta)
  Small transmedia startup to help the content industry go Web 2.0.
  2007.
• Ciara - "Promise (Triple Slow Screw)"
  Beautiful r&b stretched to the edge of aural legibility.
  (40.1mb, mp3.)
  2007.
• Stop Stop Stop Snitching
  We have to stop the people that want to stop the people that want to stop the people from snitching.
  2006.
• R. Kelly's Closet
  Community website encouraging transformative engagement with R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" serial R&B drama.
  R. Kelly's Closet Press Release, 31 October 2005
  2005
• Stay Fly (Robotrip Edit)
  Music video for "Stay Fly" by Three 6 Mafia distilled to obsessive repetition.
  (11.2mb, Quicktime. See also: YouTube.)
  2005
• Aaliyah - "I Care 4 U (Triple Slow Screw)"
  Lean.
  (19.5mb, mp3.)
  2005
• Spamthology
  Blog showcasing the talent of autonomous software poets worldwide.
  2005
• RIAA-Mix, Vol. 1
  In response to an underground movement by mainstream rights holders to promote free/noise experimentation through P2P filesharing systems, Scary Sherman and Claire Chanel released this compilation to highlight the best available tracks.
  Promo poster (pdf) / One-sheet (pdf) / Sample pack
  2004
• Jay-Z Construction Set
  The Jay-Z Construction Set CD-ROM contains all software, samples, and source media for a user to create her own remix of Jay-Z's Black Album complete with cover art. The accompanying website acted as a bulletin board for musicians to post announcements of their new creations.
  2004

offline fuera de línea

• RIAAMix, Three Six Mafia - Stay Fly (Robotrip Edit), installation, video, Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System - Art in the Age of Intellectual Property, HMKV, Dortmund-Hörde, DE, 2008.
• Performance for 7 Cell Phones, collaborative performance and artifact with Matt Boch, Sharing is Daring, iHarvard University, Cambridge, USA, 2006. (Still #1)
• Mixing It Up by Mike Kanin, Weekly Dig, Boston, USA, 2006.
• Tuxset tuxset tuxset, submission to Microtel for broadcast on Netherlands's NOS TV station, 2006. (Still #1)
• Stop Stop Stop Snitching, limited edition t-shirt, 2006. (Still #1)
• "Stay Fly (Robotrip Edit)" offline installation. Distillery Gallery, South Boston, USA. 2005. (Stills #1)
• R. Kelly's Closet data mining operation. Punk Rock Flea Market 6. Mass Art, Boston, USA. 2005. (Accompanying artist statement.)
• Logo design for Copyfight conference, Elastico, CCCB, Barcelona, ES, 2005. (Stills #1)
• Interactive exhibition of Jay-Z Construction Set by Claire Chanel and Scary Sherman. Illegal Art, the Bijou Cinema, Worcester, MA, USA. Presented by Downhill Battle, 2004 (Stills #1)
• Appearance with Scary Sherman on TechTV's Unscrewed (8.7mb Quicktime), Tech TV, 2004

contact contacto

• Email: clairechanel AT gmail DOT com