Antony
Flackett
www.djflack.com
PROFILE
Time-based Media Artist, 1986-Present
Working in single channel video,
video installation, performance art and interactive multimedia.
Sound Artist/Musician, 1984-present
Performing as DJ Flack or
Antony Flackett
Electronic Musician
Turntablist
Film/Radio/Media Score Composer
Multimedia Performer
Spoken Word Artist
Member of DuoTone
(electronic multimedia/turntables) 1997-2003
Hip-Hop MC – BeatBoxy and
Flack, 2000-2008
Musician – member of pop-punk
band Soothing Sounds for Baby, 1985-1998
(alternating guitar, bass and
drums)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2005 – Spring 2006 Associate Professor, Studio for Interrelated Media
(SIM)
One year full-time faculty
appointment. Taught courses for both the SIM and Foundations departments,
including: Projects in Interrelated Media, Beat Research 1 & 2, Visual
Language 2, Performance in Video Space and SIM Major Studio.
Spring 1995 – Present Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
Boston, MA
Taught a variety of courses under
the division of Media and Performing Arts (MPA), covering issues of music
production and techniques, sound production, non-linear video editing,
interactive design, web publishing, analog video, installation and performance.
Fall
2004 - Present, Beat Research: Music, Art & Culture in the Age of
Electronic Music
Fall
2011, Studio for Interrelated Media Major Studio
Spring
2005/2008, Beat Research 2:
Advanced Techniques in Electronic Music
Fall
2001/Fall 2002, Performance in Video Space (co-taught with Dawn Kramer)
Summer
2001, Creative Vacations (video production)
Fall.
2000 & 2001, Intro to Multimedia
Fall
1996, Film/Video/QuickTime
Spring
1995/Summer 1996, 2-D Computer Animation and Video
Summer
1994, August Studios (video production)
2000-Present Advisor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
Instructed and advised students
doing independent studies in electronic music and video
1992-1994 Instructor, Chestnut Hill Creative Arts,
Newton, MA
Taught video production and
performance to students ages ten to fourteen.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995–Present Academic Media Arts
Support Manager,
Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
Boston, MA
Help build and maintain the
Video/Computer Arts labs and provide the students and faculty with technical
and creative assistance. Master and support current software in the areas of;
video editing, sound design, sound editing, interactive multimedia, web
publishing, graphic design, 2-D animation and DVD authoring. Oversee and train
student lab monitors.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
•2004- present Co-Producer, Beat Research music event, various locations in the Boston area (ie Enormous Room Cambridge and Goodlife Boston)
showcase of "Experimental Party Music" that has different musical guest from all parts of
the world representing a broad spectrum of music styles and approaches,
including the end of the semester showcase from the Beat Research class
at MassArt, info at BeatResearch.com
Organized and produced public
access television show "Tony's Choice", featuring independently
produced films and videos airing weekly.
Co-curating and organizing video
shows of international video art at Mobius Art Space and in conjunction with
the Boston CyberArts festivals. Personal highlight includes giving renown
animator Ben Jones his first solo show.
•1995-2001 Founding Member, Toneburst Collective, Boston MA
EXHIBITIONS –SINGLE CHANNEL
VIDEO & VIDEO INSTALLATION
•June 2017, Video Diorama (Narcissus) "HABITAT/ION: 4TH Biennial juried Alumni Exhibition," Bakalar and Paine Galleries, MassArt, Boston MA
•November 2016, (Twin Rock) "CRIBS," Union Gallery, UMASS, Amherst MA
•May, 2016, live video scratching performance with Pacey Foster, “Psychedelic Cinema,” Bartos Theatre, MIT Cambridge, MA
•April, 2016, 5 dioramas (Where's your heart @, Garden Attire, Nude Descending an Escalator, Mortality Shmortality, Peeping Kong) at Harvard’s ArtTechPsych2 conference, Arts @ 29 Garden St. Cambridge MA
•October 2015, Solo show of diorama works
(Where's your heart @, Garden Attire, Nude Descending an escalator, Mortality Shmortality, PeepingKong)
at THE QUARRY Contemporary Arts International gallery, Acton, MA)
•September 2014, Video Diorama
(Garden Attire) "Collisions21:More Human"
•October 2011,"Balagan Revival Film
Series," Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
•April 2008, Video Diorama (Mortality
Box, 2008) "Art Chicago," Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
•December
21, 2006, "Common Language: Videos from the USA,"
•August
7, 2005, "Sound:Bites / Video:Series," Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY
•April
23, 2005, "Convergence Underground," Independent Film Festival of Boston
/Cyberarts Festival, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA
•Oct 9, 2003, "Body on Screen,"
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts,
•December 18, 2002, "Video
Balagan Anniversary Show," Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA
•August 23-24, 2002, "Flarb
2," Art Basel, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
•April 27, 2002, "Filmmakers'
Open Studio," Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA
•April 4, 2002, "Vlada Petric:
Curator as Video Maker," Harvard Film Archive,
•March 28, 2002, "Video
Music," Video Balagan, Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA
•February 22, 2002, "The
Whitney Housten Biennial," Boston Underground Film Festival,
•August 3 to Oct 24, 2001,"Short
Attention Span Film and Video festival, 2001"
•June 28, 2001, ".ORG: Videos
from Italy and the U.S.," Universita delle Belle Arte,
•March 28, 2001,
"Microcinema," Primal Digital, Brooklyn, NY
•April - June 2000, "Short Attention
Span Film and Video Festival, 2000"
•December 1999, "Chroma:
International Exhibition of Video Art," Guadalajara, Mexico
•June 1999, "Videos by Antony
Flackett," (solo show) The Artist Foundation,
•November
1998 – February 1999, "Short Attention Span Film and Video Festival,
1998" traveling exhibition -
showing in cities across the U.S.
•October 13, 1998 - January 17,
1999, "Two Inventions and a Law: The Explosion of Access: The History of
Video Art in Boston, Part II" DeCordova •Museum and Sculpture Park,
•October 14, 1998, The Videos of
Antony Flackett, (solo retrospective) Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
•July 1998, VideoSpace at C.A.C.
Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
•June 12, 1997, "Loco-Motives:
Video Art's Mad Scientists," Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA
•April 26 1997, "16th Annual Video
Shorts Competition," 911 Media Arts Center,
•November 26, 1996, "Irony
rules! Incongruity in Video," Mobius, Boston, MA
•1996, Short Attention Span Film and
Video Festival, ["awarded Best of Festival")
•September 1, 1996, "Fargfabriken e
Love Al Festival," Stockholm, Sweden
•July 19, 1996, "Sound Bites:
Videos by Antony Flackett," (solo exhibition)
•April 1996, "Plump Vision,"
Eventworks, Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA
•January/March
1996, "Eye Fry Television," Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA
PERFORMANCES – Electronic
Music/Spoken Word (selects)
•March 2004-Present, Resident DJ/co-curator for "Beat Research," Enormous Room, Cambridge, MA / Good Life,
Boston
•October 2010 – Main performer at the opening party
for the Peabody Essex Museum's Contemporary Art Initiative.
•May 2009 – Live Audio/Visual performance with
Guiboard at Dead/Live Video Fest for Boston Cyberarts Festival. MassArt Posen Center. Boston, MA
•Winter 2008, Live set at "Bouncement Chicago" with
DJ C and Chrissy Murderbot. Live
set on WNUR 89.3 Chicago for "Part Time Sucker Radio Show"
--July
12th Wamp Wamp, Club 77, Sydney
--July
13th (day) Live set on FBI Radio, Sydney
--July
13th (night) VOID, Phoenix Bar, Sydney
--July20th,
Uber, Brisbane
--July
23rd Live set on 2ser Radio
•May 3, 2005, "Phenomena," Godine Family Gallery,
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
•July 16, 2004, Art Beat Open Air
Festival, Somerville, MA
•July 13, 2004, Fort Point Arts
Community Gallery , Boston, MA (DuoTone)
•June
2001-January 2004, Resident DJ "Spectrum," Phoenix Landing, Cambridge, MA
•Nov 1, 2003, Lotus Blossom Party,
Oni Gallery, Boston, MA
•Oct 18, 2003, multimedia show at
VOID, Soho, New York
•August 20, 2003, "Concerts in the
Courtyard" series, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (DuoTone)
•May 7, 2003, "Cyber Lounge," Green
Street Gallery, Boston, MA
•April 25, 2003, Cyber Arts Festival
Opening Night, MIT Hotel, Cambridge, MA
•April 21, 2003, Zeitgeist Gallery,
Cambridge, MA
•November 19-26, 2002, DuoTone Tour,
Prague, Czech Republic
•August 23-24, 2002, "Flarb
2," Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL (live Flash electronic music performance)
•April 13, 2002, "NEMO conference
showcase," Big Easy, Boston, MA,
(live Flash electronic music performance)
•March 28, 2002, "Video
Music," Video Balagan, Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA (live Flash electronic music
performance)
•March 23, 2002, "BeatBoxy and
Flack" at TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA
•Aug 25, 2001, "Beat Boxy and
Flack," Knitting Factory, New York, NY
•May 4, 2001, "Schema," Oni
Gallery, Boston, MA (Interactive installation and Flash performance)
•Feb 10, 2001,
"Dirt," Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
•September 22, 2000,
"<<rewind<<," Toneburst Collective, Mass Art, Boston, MA
(installation)
•July 6, 2000,
"Create-Transmit," Middle East, Cambridge, MA
May 5, 2000,
"Cinco De Mayo Music and Arts Festival," Voix gallery, Lowell, MA
•Oct 30, 1999, "Cyber Mass
Eve" Voix Gallery, Lowell, MA
•Aug 5, 1999, "Beets,"
ArtSpace, Gloucester, MA (installation)
•July 24, 1999, "DuoTone:
Antics," Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA (live silent film
soundtracks)
•April 18, 1999,
"Transformations," Toneburst collective, Boston U., Boston, MA
•May 14, 1999, "Access,"
Toneburst multi-media collective, Museum of Science,
•Nov 21, 1998, "Toneburst
Squared," The Space, Worcester, MA
•July 25, 1998,
"Child-Style," Toneburst multi-media collective, Children's Museum,
•July 3, 1998, "EarMarks,"
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MOCA), North Adams, MA
•April 9 – 14, 1997,
"Gongoozle," Eventworks Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA (installation)
•April 1996, "Audible Evolution,"
Eventworks, Landsdown Playhouse, Boston, MA
RECORDINGS - Electronic Music Solo Releases as DJ
Flack
2015 Dub Construction 10 tracks, (Bandcamp release)
2007 Strickly Scientifical, full-length digital
release (Cozy Music)
2005 House of Cards 12" 4 song EP, (Beat Research Records)
2005 Meet Mr. Doobie/Story of Oh,
12" single (Mashit Records)
2001, Dispenser, full length
instrumental hip-hop CD (Bliss Recordings)
RECORDINGS
- Electronic Music Compilations as
DJ Flack
2012 "Whatyoumakin", East Coast Bass (Vermin
Street records)
2012 "Dance With Me Remix," Sputniq Records (UK
release)
2011 "Marshmellow Vanilla Fudge," Santastic 6
compilation
2011 "Insane in the Winter Wonderland," for Santastic 5
compilation
2010
"O Chanuka Dubstep Bassline Remix," for Santastic 4 compilation
2010
"Enemy Beats" Links Soundclash:Dubstep Edition CD
2009
"Nagila What," for Menorah Mashups Compilation
2009
"Disco Skins - Buddy Rex Maxi," Compound 440R local collection CD
2008
"Rock to the Rhythm," 2 track single (Mashit Records)
2008
"Riffin on a Bassline" Compound 440R local compilation
2008 3
tracks on Boston Bounce compilation (Mashit records)
2008 1 track on Gods
and Robots mixtape (Mashit Records)
2007 "Hanukkah in Dub" for Santastic
3 compilation
2006
"Dreidl-Bells" single for Santastic 2 compiled by dj BC
2005 "Prague Rock," (XLR8R
magazine) compilation CD
2004, "Prague Rock", Bedroom
Rockers, (XLR8R/Adidas) companion CD
2004, (((re:sound))) (Mashit/Beat
Research Records), 4 tracks on compilation CD
2000, Toneburst Collective II
(Bliss Recordings), 2 tracks on compilation CD
2000, Toneburst Collective, (Bliss
Recordings), 5 tracks on compilation CD
DJ MIXES
2012 Carbonated
Dub
2010 Step Drop
and Roll (premiered on Sub.fm Tasty Cyanide show)
2010 Dubby
Sounds for Baby
2009 Dub
Sickness (for Spannered.org)
2008
DJ Flack in Space (mix for Project MUM Somerville Arts Council)
2007 Beyond the
Valley of the Smurfs (for Blogariddims webcast)
2005 Blue Beats for Longing mix
2004, Choose Peace (anti-war) mix
2004, Throw Your Hands mix
2003, Ever Was mix
2003, For What It's Worth mix
2003, Abra ca dub mix
2002, Dub hop holidays mix
1998, Punk-hop mix (Live on WZBC)
RECORDINGS – Musical Scores
2011, Photographic Memory, documentary feature
directed by Ross McElwee,
2011,
Original music composed for Dawn Kramer's "Body of Water," premiered
at MassArt's Posen Center.
2010, Created original music for interactive kids game
"Fizzy's Lunch Lab" at pbskids.org
2009, For the Love
of Movies, documentary feature directed by Gerald Peary featured original
music (showed at over 60 film festivals world wide)
Track used in episode 341 of This American Life on NPR "How to Talk to Kids, Act Two: Age of Consent"
2003, Touched, documentary feature directed by
Laurel Chiten, featuring "Honeymoon Breeze."
RECORDINGS – Spoken Word
2004, DuoTone, "Early Art History (Tribute to H.
Bosch)," Earthly Delights exhibition catalogue (CD)
1998, Antony Flackett, On Tour Without A Band, 8
tracks on Boston spoken word compilation CD
RECORDINGS – Bands
2003, Beat Down Sound, All Over
But the Shouting (Noon Thirty Records)
1997, Soothing Sounds For Baby,
Thunk (Muss My Hair Records) full
length CD release
1993, 7" single, Soothing Sounds
For Baby, Pure Imagination (Redd Records)
1987, 7" single, Soothing Sounds
For Baby, Going Down to Wendy's (RatMold Records)
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2014
"Ten years of Beat Research", Together Festival, Boston, MA
2010 Visiting Artist, Watertown Highschool (Art and Music Departments) Watertown, MA
2010 "The history of Video Music," Together Festival, Boston MA
2007 "The Art of mixing, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2005 "Visiting Artist", Harvard
Extension School, Cambridge, MA
2001 "Visiting Artist", Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2001
"Visiting Artist," Harvard
Extension School, Cambridge, MA
PANELS
2002 (December 18) Video Balagan
Anniversary Show, Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline
2002 (April 12) NEMO conference, new technology and performance, Boston, MA
1999 (January 17)
1998 (October 13) "The History of
Video Art in Boston - Part 3" DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
•Anna Marden, "Night Watch" (interview with DJ Flack) Boston
Globe, November 4, 2011
•Victoria Groves "Renegade Masters: The city's most innovative DJs
mix a new musical brew"
Improper Bostonian,
March 6, 2007
•Nick Barat "Boston
Bounce The Ass-Shaking Academia of Beat Research and
Wayne&Wax"
The Fader Magazine, issue 33, Oct/Nov, 2005. [Photo]
•Will Spitz "Beat Research at
the Enormous Room" Stuff@Night Magazine, November 22, 2005
•Vivian
Host, Profile on DJ Flack and DJC, XLR8R Magazine, 83, December 2004.
•Vivian
Host, interview with DJ Flack for "Bedroom Rockers" XLR8R/Adidas,
November 2004. [Photo]
•Chloe Zang and Lisa Tung, Earthly Delights, [Exhibition Catalogue],
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2004, 34-35.
•Alissa
Mariello, "Make Like a Tree and Live," Weekly Dig, September 1, 2004.
•Alissa
Mariello, "Nine Verbs, The Letter C, and Some Flack," Weekly Dig, vol.
6, issue 30, July 28, 2004,
•Daniel
Spurling, "Applied Science: Electronic Undeground Evolves at the Cellar," Improper
Bostonian, vol. XI, issue 14, July 10, 2002, 122.
•Crissa-Jean Chappell, "The Americans Come to
SoBe [South Beach]," The Miami Sunpost, March 21 2002, 36.
•Christopher
Muther, "Making Some Noise," Boston Globe, January 23, 2002, D2.
•Christopher Muther, "They Got the Beat," Boston Globe,
December 19, 2001, C2.
•Susanna
Bolle., "DJ FLACK Dispenser" [review] Weekly Dig, Vol 3, iss.4, April,
11, 2001,23
•Karen
Campbell, "Dance Collective Plays with Space, Time, and Videotape," Boston
Globe, November 5, 2001, B11.
•Theodore
Bale, "Dance Collective Unveils Works," Boston Herald, November 3, 2001,
22.
•Lou Gorman, "Dueling DJs to Perform at Harvard Film
Archive" Boston Globe, July 21, 1999 E2.
•Jace Clayton. "Toneburst: Sounds of Now from the Boston
Underground," Urb, vol.8, no. 59, May/June 1998, p. 106. [photo]
•Carly Carioli, "More Than Words," Boston Phoenix,
May 8, 1998, 5.
•Chris
Tweney, "Boston Breakbeat: The Weird Science of Toneburst," Boston Phoenix,
February 20, 1998, 20-24.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 1995
Studio
for Interrelated Media
Specializing in video
B.A.,
Bard College, 1992
Film and
Video Street Magic Theater Award for excellence in video editing