About Me
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Sean Clute is an inventor of sound, video, installation, and performance. He has built and performed in geodesic domes, suspended pods, and interactive sonic environments. His diverse creative activities have been presented at venues such as The Kitchen, CEAIT Festival, TED2005 (Technology Entertainment Design Conference), Uspannwerk Kreuzberg (Germany), Shabla Solar Eclipse Festival (Bulgaria), La Case A Chocs (Switzerland), La Ma Ma etc., Times Square Deli Dance, CBGB'S, REDCAT Theater, Krannert Center (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), California College of the Arts, Mills College, and California Institute of the Arts.
Sean is also the co-founder and Un-Director of the intermedia performance collective DOUBLE VISION. He has organized and curated a number of performances and events for DOUBLE VISION including, Involution 2 (Brooklyn), 13 Dreams of a Dying Clairvoyant, and Equinox 12 11 11 Kimi Yax. In addition, Sean is the founder of experimental music groups X-Ray Vision Network and Passing Strange, as well as the co-founder the electronic music group Cloud Full of Clowns. He has collaborated on a number of projects with groups Ransom Corp., Amoeba Technology, Jose Roque Ensemble, choreographers Pauline Jennings, Nic Petry, animator Nick Fox-Gieg, musicians Zemi 17, Pauline Oliveros, Jessica Catron, Dorsey Dunn, and designer Amy Nielson.
Sean has an extensive background and education in music and multimedia art. He holds an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College where he was awarded the Music Alumnae Scholarship, Crothers Award, Hellman Award, Lynn T. White Award, and Frog Peak Collective Experimental Music Award. Additionally, Sean was awarded a scholarship to attend The Kitchen Summer Institute in New York City. Previously, Sean graduated cum laude with a BA in Music at the University of New Mexico where he studied classical guitar and composition. While at UNM he composed works performed by the UNM String Orchestra, Percussion, Brass, and Choral ensembles, and for the Intuitive Music Ensemble.
Sean has also worked in performing arts and technology organizations with positions held at Orban/CRL broadcast technologies, Columbia University Music Library, and The Kitchen. He has also worked for the video artist and president of The Kitchen, Molly Davies, as well as former literature curator Annie Lanzillotto.
