[spectre] Turbulence Commission: "Playing Duchamp" by Scott Kildall

[Turbulence]

November 30, 2010
Turbulence Commission: "Playing Duchamp" by Scott Kildall
http://turbulence.org/works/playing_duchamp/

“I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are  
not chess players, all chess players are artists.” -- Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp is widely recognized for his contribution to  
conceptual art, but his lifelong obsession was the game of chess, in  
which he achieved the rank of Master. Working with the records of his  
chess matches, Kildall has created a computer program to play chess  
as if it were Marcel Duchamp. In a series of open challenges, he  
invites all artists, both skilled and unskilled at this classic game,  
to play against a Duchampian ghost.

"Playing Duchamp" is a 2010 commission of New Radio and Performing  
Arts, Inc. for its Turbulence website. It was made possible with  
funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding  
was provided by Terminal at Austin Peay State University.

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BIOGRAPHY

Scott Kildall is cross-disciplinary artist working with video,  
installation, prints, sculpture and performance. He gathers material  
from the public realm as the crux of his artwork in the form of  
interventions into various concepts of space.

He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Philosophy from Brown  
University and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art  
Institute of Chicago through the Art & Technology Studies Department.  
He has exhibited his work internationally in galleries and museums.  
He has received fellowships and awards from organizations including  
the Kala Art Institute, The Banff Centre for the Arts and  
Turbulence.org.

Scott is a founding member of Second Front -- the first performance  
art group in Second Life. He lives in San Francisco.


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