David Dempewolf earned a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MFA from Columbia University, and has been a resident of the Whitney Independent Studio Program, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Dempewolf co-founded and co-directed the BaseKamp gallery and collaborative team in Philadelphia from 1998-2002, and is currently the co-founder and co-director of the Marginal Utility gallery, and Machete art-zine. Dempewolf has shown singular projects in various group shows in spaces and venues such as Greene Naftali, New York; the CAC, Cincinnati, Ohio; Whitechapel, London; the Oberhausen and London film festivals.
Video artist David Dempewolf alters found footage to investigate and enhance themes of memory, history, repetition and experience. Frame by frame, Dempewolf transforms canonical films and videos, creating a new recombinant text/video that explores how our recollections of the past frame and define our shared present moment. The manipulation not only affects how the viewer experiences the visual components of the archival material, but it also changes the auditory encounter with an emphasis on rhythm that threads together a time based consideration of the instability of collective and personal memories.
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