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2009 BIOGRAPHY
Torsten Zenas Burns received his BFA in experimental video in 1990 from the New York State College of Art at Alfred University and his MFA in video and performance art from The San Franscisco Art Institute in 1993. He has created & curated video and installation projects exploring speculative content, including reimagined educational practices, experimental space programs, zombie /afterlife relationships, medical manifestations, and improvisational splatstick choreographies. Other projects include long term collaborations with Anthony Discenza under the name HALFLIFERS, media artist Darrin Martin ,and VIROCODE. Burns' video work is distributed by Vtape, Canada, The Video Data Bank in Chicago, Lux Center in England, and Recontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. Over the past 10 years Burns has participated in 7 residency programs including Headlands Center for the Arts, L.M.C.C. World Views Studio Program and Eyebeam. Burns has had video work screened at the the Museum of Modern Art's Video Viewpoints and Premieres series, the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Pacific Film Archive,Cinematexas, Aurora Picture Show, Scanners: The New York Video Festival, The New York Underground Film & video Festival, The Chicago Underground Film & video Festival, the European Media Arts Festival, the Impakt Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival,the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, and the 4th Busan,Korean international video festival. In 2008 he curated for the Stuttgarter Filmwinter festival for expanded media HHORRRAUTICA (an ongoing research initiative fusing reimagined horror,medical,and communication hybrids.)
TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS VIDEOGRAPHY:
KOREANAUTICA – (FORTHCOMING 2009)
UNDERNEATH THE WORKSHOP-WAYS-9:00-STEREO-2008
KOREANAUTICA EDU1
(TAEJONGDAE VEHICLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM)-COLOR-2007
KOREANAUTICA EDU2
(JEDIED RESSURECTABLES)-VARIABLE LENGTH-COLOR-2007
KOREANAUTICA EDU3
(NUMANAUTICA)-VARIABLE LENGTH-COLOR-2007
KOREANAUTICALS EDU4-VARIABLE LENGTH-COLOR-2006
(COLLABORATION WITH KYUNGSUNG UNIVERSITY GSD STUDENTS)
EXTENDING TRAINER: PRESSURE SUITS & BROOM-CRAFTS-20:30-2007
EXCHANGE PROGRAM: GALACTICA/LIFESPACE-12:00-STEREO-2007
SELECTED AFTERLIFE CHARACTERS-10:00-COLOR-STEREO-2004
AFTER-TOMB PERSONALITIES-15:00-STEREO-2003
RESIDUE-16:00-COLOR-STEREO-2002
LIFESPACE INSTALLATION TAPE
VARIABLE LENGTH/DATE-COLOR-STEREO-2001
GALACTICA INSTALLATION TAPE
VARIABLE LENTH/DATE-COLOR-STEREO-2000
MICROSTATIONS:MOBILE GEOGRAPHY-14:00-COLOR-MONO-2000
SHIP TO SHIP-VARIABLE LENGTH/DATE-COLOR-MONO-2000/2007
COLLABORATION WITH MIKE O’MALLEY
CARTOON-2:00-COLOR-MONO-1999
COLLABORATIVE VIDEOTAPE WITH MIKE HEIKO
HOVER-3:30-COLOR-MONO-1996/1999
COLLABORATIVE VIDEOTAPE WITH CHRISTIAN BURNS
EXPLORER CLUB MEMBER SINCE 1968
VARIABLE LENGTH/DATE-COLOR-MONO-1998
GESTURECORP-10:00-COLOR-STEREO-1997
COMMUNICORP-11:00-COLOR-STEREO-1997
MOBILECORP-4:00-COLOR-MONO-1997
LAUNCHER-VARIABLE LENTH-COLOR-MONO-1997
DEMI-GOD FORUM-28:00-COLOR-MONO-1995
CRYSTAL DRIFTERS-10:00-COLOR-STEREO-1993
BETWEEN THE INJURY WAYS-18:00-COLOR-STEREO-1993
MACRONAUTS-1:00-MONO-1993-COLLABORATION BETWEEN
TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS + ANTHONY DISCENZA
INSIDE THE GHOST WAYS-22:00-STEREO-1993
COLLABORATION - TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS+ ANTHONY DISCENZA
DROPLOAD:EXPEDITION TWO-24:00-STEREO-1992
COLLABORATION -TORSTEN Z. BURNS+ ANTHONY DISCENZA
TILLER-EXPEDITION ONE-12:00-STEREO-1992
COLLABORATION - TORSTEN Z. BURNS+ANTHONY DISCENZA
LANDSCAPER TWO-10:00-COLOR-MONO-1992
ORTHOWORLDER ONE-6:00-COLOR-MONO-1992
CHRONONAUTS-14:00-COLOR-MONO-1992
THE NARRATIVE PASSAGE-14:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
INSPECTION TWO-13:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
A LIFETIME OF MEDICINE-13:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
RED[WHITE]MOVEMENT-3:00-COLOR-MONO-1990-COLLABORATIVE
PERFORMANCE WITH DARRIN MARTIN AND JEREMY JOHNSTON
ORGANIC THEATRE [MOMUS SERIES ONE]-9:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE WITH BETH CARY,JEREMY JOHNSTON
NORMAL[HEALTHY MOVEMENT ONE]-6:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
NORMAL[HEALTHY MOVEMENT TWO]-10:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
NORMAL[HEALTHY MOVEMENT THREE]-6:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
MOMUS LOVE-1:00-COLOR-MONO-1990
PERSONAL CURATED PROGRAMS:
HHORRRAUTICA
VARIABLE LENGTH / DATE (3 VERSIONS)
2005-2007 CURATED BY TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS
TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS+DARRIN MARTIN VIDEOGRAPHY:
WHAT-IF? (FORTHCOMING 2009)
THE ABOMINABLE FREEDOM-41:00-STEREO-COLOR-2006
VOLCANICA-9:30-2004
THE MAN-PROBE EXAMPLES-6:00-2004
I AM TODAY’S LESSON PLAN-11:00-STEREO-2004
LEARNING STALLS:MODULAR SYLLABI & ORGANIC EXCHANGE,
23:00-2003
LEARNING STALLS:LESSON PLANS-VARIABLE LENGTH/DATE
2002-2007
CURRENTS-19:00-COLOR-STEREO-2001
RECALL-14:30-COLOR-STEREO-1998
CO-CURATED PROGRAMS:
APPORTMANTEAU, VARIABLE LENGTH-2007
CURATED BY DARRIN MARTIN & TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS
RECALLATHON, 80:00-[C]2005
CURATED BY DARRIN MARTIN & TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS
RESIDENCY PROGRAM, VARIABLE LENGTH-2005
CURATED BY DARRIN MARTIN & TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS
THE SPECTACULAR SEMESTER
VARIABLE LENGTH-[C]2005
CURATED BY DARRIN MARTIN & TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS
TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS+VIROCODE VIDEOGRAPHY:
THE LAUGHING DEATH-VARIABLE LENGTH/DATE
[PSYCHO-SCOPIC] BLEEDING GROUND
35:00-COLOR-STEREO-1992
TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS+THE FOUNDRY VIDEOGRAPHY:
IMPRINT-58:00-SILENT-2007
SLIMECODE-VARIABLE LENGTH/DATE
HALFLIFERS VIDEOGRAPHY:
TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS+ANTHONY DISCENZA
HALFLIFERS COMPLETE VIDEO COLLECTION 1990-2008-DVD
(FORTHCOMING 2009)
SPA SERIES-VARIABLE DATE / TIME (FORTHCOMING 2009)
AFTERLIFE SERIES
AFTERLIFERS: WALKING & TALKING (EXTENDEAD)
-23:00-STEREO-2007
AFTERLIFERS: WALKING & TALKING-16:30-STEREO-2004
PIONEER SERIES
HARVEST-8:00-MONO-1999
HOMESTEADERS-16:00-MONO-1999
WAYSTATION-6:30-MONO-1997
ACTION SERIES
MESS HALL-10:00-MONO-1999
ACTIONS IN ACTION-10:30-MONO-1997
CONTROL CORRIDOR-11:30-MONO-1997
I.S.L.A.N.D.S. SERIES
I.S.L.A.N.D.S.#0:COMBO CLUSTER-13:00-STEREO
(FORTHCOMING 2008)
I.S.L.A.N.D.S.#1:IN RESIDENCE-7:00-MONO-1998
I.S.L.A.N.D.S.#2:OPERATION BIG YELLOW-8:00-MONO-1998
I.S.L.A.N.D.S.#3:BELIEF IN A WATERY COUNTRY-8:00-MONO-1998
RESCUE SERIES
AQUATICS-6:00-MONO-1997
FEAR OF RESCUE-10:00-MONO-1997
RETURN TO RESCUEWORLD-7:30-MONO-1996
RESCUE PARABLES-4:30-MONO-1994
HALFLIFERS INSTALLATION TAPES
AFTERLIFERS: WALKING & TALKING (EXTENDEAD RE-COMMUNICATION EDIT)
5:00 / 27:00-STEREO-2008-(TWO CHANNEL INSTALLATION)
UNIVERSAL RESCUE:AND WHO SHALL RESCUE THE RESCUERS?
[INSTALLATION VERSION]
VARIABLE LENGTH-STEREO-2000/2002
BARNLANDERS-[INSTALLATION VERSION]-200:00-MONO-1998
I.S.L.A.N.D.S.-[INSTALLATION VERSION]-180:00-MONO-1997
FRONTIERSVILLE.-[INSTALLATION VERSION]
VARIABLE LENTH-MONO-1997
TRAVELOGUER[ORTHOWORLD]
[DOCUMENTATION TAPE]-10:00-MONO-1992
CHECK-UP AND TEMPORAL WORKOUTS
[DOCUMENTATION TAPE]-8:00-MONO-1990
HALFLIFERS CURATED PROGRAMS
TORSTEN Z.BURNS+ANTHONY DISCENZA VS. THE HALFLIFERS
VARIABLE LENGTH/DATE-COLOR-STEREO
EXCAVATIONS-75:00-COLOR-STEREO-1997
HARVEST-85:00-COLOR-STEREO-1995
