CV | MALCOM LEVY
EDUCATION
1996-1999 Honours Degree: McGill University Department of English (Cultural Studies)
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
2008-2010: Curator: CODE Live– Cultural Olympiad 2010 : Vancouver, Canada (selected)
(Daan Roosegaarde, Wang Yuyang, Luc Courchesne, Oliver Laric, Don Ritter, Souns featuring Tanya Tagaq, George Legrady, Ken Rinaldo, Artificiel, Geoffrey Shea, Ontario, Raquel Kogan, Society of Art and Technology, Reactable Systems, Ian Birse and Laura Kavanaugh, James Phillips with Analogue Nostalgia, Scenoscome, eatART, B.C., *glisten)HIVE: Julie Andreyev, Jer Thorp, M. Simon Levin and ECU Students, Ralph Borland and Julian Jonker, Faisal Anwar, Canada / Pakistan , Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Valerie Lamontagne, Quebec, Joanna Berzowska, Sara Diamond, Suzi Webster, Techla Schiporst, Ranjit Makkuni, David Rokeby, Srinivas Krishna, Alex Beim, Rafael Lozano Hemmer, Neografik)
2000-2008: Artistic Director (Co-Founder): New Forms Festival- International Festival of Media Art in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. (selected)
(Reva Stone, Monolake, Ben Nevile, Ryan Stec, Jim Bizzochi, Tanya Taqaq Gillis, Stephen Loft, Emilie Monnet, Loretta Todd, Linc Kesler, Doug Smarch, Skawennati Tricia Fragnito and Jason Lewis. Mitchell Akiyama, Ben Nevile, Tomas Jirku, Nomig, Monolake, Sue Costabile, AGF, NomIg and Tim Hecker, Daina Warren, Rees Archibald, Brady Marks, Ursula Damm, Luke Lamborn, Gordana Novakovic, Skawenatti Tricia Fragnito, John Oswald, Jeremy Rotsztain)
2008: Lead Curator: Canadian Works: International New Images Art Festival. 809 International Artist Residencies : Hubei, China
(Ed Jordan, Derek von Essen, Jim Bell, Jim Bizzochi, Judson Wright, Marie-Helene Parant, Napoleon Brousseau, Yung Chang, Roberto Santaguida, Ying Yang)
2008: Programming Committee: International Cities of Advanced Sound (ICAS) www.icas.us
2007-2008: Community Engagement Director: Mobile MUSE 3
2006: Re/Degeneration: Video Painting Installation
VIDFEST 06: Emily Carr Institute for Art and Design: Vancouver, B.C. Canada
2005: Inner Ecologies: Film Presentation (Curatorial) and Discussion Sarai Media Institute: New Delhi, India
2005: Landscapes: Film Presentation and Curated Performance Vidfest: Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
2004 : Speak and Spell : Media Installation: MUTEK Festival: Montreal, Quebec. Canada.
1999: Methexis: Audio/Poetry Presentation World Beat Centre: Montreal, PQ.
FILM | VIDEO
2002–2008 : Director: ‘Shambhala’ Documentary
Multi year project around the Shambhala Music Festival and the international electronic music scene.
2005–2008: Present: Director: ‘Walking on Glass’
Full Length Documentary on the schism between HIV/AIDS research, development, the church and political forces in sub-Saharan Africa.
2001-2003: 120 Seconds/CBC Online
2003 : Race
2002 : Riding Lines
2002 : Versatile Times
2001 : Nucleus
ART | INSTALLATION
2009: Intermodem Festival: Virtual Workroom: Debrecen, Hungary
2009: Fernfeld: Online Art Exhibition focusing on Nature and our surroundings: Curated by Rivkah Young & Peter Wildanger, Dusseldorf, Germany http://fernfeld.de/
2007: Video Synchronization Dance Lab: Media Residency @ the SBDC
DanceLab: International Dance Day: Vancouver, B.C. Canada
2006-2007: Online Installation: An Inconvenient Truth Remix.
UBC Masters of Journalism / Ecology in the Media
2006-2008 : Installation: Digital Quilt @ World AIDS Day. Digital Quilt Installation focusing on education and aids awareness.
2006: Video Painting Installation: ‘Rebirth’ Festival de Nouveau Cinema: Montreal, P.Q.
2006: Foliage/Firewater: Video Painting Installation Next Wave Festival: Melbourne, Australia
2005: GAB: Audio/Video Installation with Emma Hendrix. SWARM Festival: Video In Studios: Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
2005: Video Painting: Presentation: Firewater Soundwave Festival, Uculet, B.C. Canada.
2004: Gangsters: Malphunktion vs Konrad Black RevUsa Project: Online: Montreal/London : www.revusa.net
2004 : Presentation: The Road Less Traveled (Short Film) Transmediale Festival (Salon): Berlin, Germany
2003 : Presentation: (Visual Performance) Civilization Project: Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
2002: Installation: Time On It (Video Installation) Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
PRODUCTION + TECHNICAL
2007: Producer: Connected Life on Sympatico MSN
2006 - March 2007: Media Direction: Dane-zaa Stories and Songs: Dreamers and the Land / Virtual Museum of Canada
2006: Blast Radius: Nike / Jordan Brand Wesbite. Worked on Editing over 50 Shorts for the Breakfast Club Series.
2006: Siren: Audio Visual Installation (Technical Direction). Santa Fe Contemporary Art Gallery: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2006: Producer: Tech Tips Interstitials (Tech TV)
2004 – November 2005: Chalk Media: Video and Interactive Work. Directed and Produced Television Interstitials and Interactive Learning Programs for Clients such as Tech TV, Bell and Business Objects.
2005: Technical Direction: Swans by Sebastien Fleiter Vancouver International Sculptural Biennale
2000-2001: Camera and Editing: Just Concerts: CBC Radio 3
CONFERENCE | PANEL
2010: Canada Council Panel: International Audience Development of Canadian Media Art
2009: Panel: North American Electronic Culture: MUTEK Festival: Montreal, Canada w/ Patti Shmiddt, Alain Mongeau, Sean Horton, Kate Lesta and Tana Sprague.
2009: Panel: Support Structures for Independent Culture – Club Transmediale: Berlin, Germany w/ Adrienne Goehler [DE] / Inke Arns [DE] / Leo Findeisen [AT] / Lizvlx [AT] /Kuba Szreder [PL] / Volker Grassmuck [DE] /Moderation: Drew Hemment [UK]
2007: Presentation: Narrative in Malawi: Museum of Anthropology. Vancouver, Canada.
2006: Panel/The State of International Festivals MUTEK: Montreal, PQ, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
2010: CODE Live: Bridging (Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition)
2010: Horizon Zero: BRIDGE (Banff New Media Institute)
2007: Wired Magazine/Assignment Zero: Feature Interview on Angelo Sotira of Deviant Art. Feature Interview on Chris Messina (Founder of Barcamp) on Crowdsourcing.
2000 –2005: Co-Founder and Editor of Capital Magazine. A print and online magazine focused on international arts and culture from a Canadian Perspective. www.capitalmag.com
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2008: Representative: Canadian New Media Working Group (CHRC) Working with representatives from across the country on a Road Map for the New Media Sector in Canada for the next five years.
2005-2008: BC Representative: National New Media Committee: CFTPA
JURY
2008: Public Art Jury: Light Based Installations: City of Vancouver
2005: Jury Member: Media Arts Production Organizations: Canada Council for the Arts
2008: Jury Member: Media Art Production Organizations
