Sophie Reid-Singer is an experimental animator working in videogames with a particular interest in machinima. Her working name clunkk references the sound of technology failing, and signals her affinity with the rhythmic sounds of assistive technology. Her work is socially-motivated. Unpacking archetypal representations of horror, and their thinly-veiled metaphors of difference, she presents new understandings of disability. In interactive works that expand from videogames to installation, performance and multi-disciplinary collaborations, she brings together analogue (hand-drawn) and digital (coding) image compositing. Using glitch—visually and conceptually—Reid-Singer re/presents perceived ‘malfunction’ as serendipitous. The resulting works are pseudo-random and generative. Ultimately, Reid-Singer’s practice appropriates horror movie affects, spine tingles and heart leaps, to remind audiences of their bodies.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts With Class I Honours (2014 – 2017)
Queensland College of Arts Griffith University: 226 Grey St, South Bank QLD 4101
Doctor of Visual Arts With RTP Scholarship (2018 – 2022)
Queensland College of Arts Griffith University: 226 Grey St, South Bank QLD 4101
NOTABLE PUBLIC EXHIBITION & AWARD
The Licking Game (2022), 1 videogame: BBBS Dreamland Takeover @ Jungle Love Festival. Jimna.
virtual-grill-2000 (2021-22), 1 videogame: Shandy Y2Gay @ The Tivoli Amphitheatre. Meanjin/Brisbane.
Snail’s Pace (2021), 1 videogame: Soft Touch:Michelle Vine @ Caboolture Regional Hub Gallery, Caboolture.
Plugs @ Charon’s Train Station (2021), 3 videogames: Bad Olive Fashion Runway @ Abandoned Dome Milton, Meanjin/Brisbane.
i still love you pluto (2021), 1 online-multiplayer videogame, 1 local videogame: solo exhibition @ Queensland College of Arts Southbank (Grey St. Gallery), Meanjin/Brisbane.
Trash-Eater (2021), 1 videogame stage design: SUB SBASS @ Black Box Theater, Naamba/Nambour.
properPell0rB0t (2021), 1 videogame: “Bad Olive” for Brisbane Street Art Festival @ Superordinary, Meanjin/Brisbane.
365 DAZE (2021), 1 videogame: Produced by Leonie Rhodes ft. Hannah Reardon-Smith, Alana Brekelmans & Elena Quirk @ SubRosa, Meanjin/Brisbane.
un/body me (2021), 1 animation: collaboration with Crisia Constantine @ AIRspace Projects Inc., Djubuguli/Sydney; & @ Queensland College of Arts Southbank (Project Gallery), Meanjin/Brisbane.
pluto exploded (2020), 2 animations: Street Love Festival ft. Adam Anderson & Kellie O’Dempsey @ Felicity Park, Gabi-Gabi/Caloundra.
plane-gazing (2020), 1 animation: collaboration with Susan Hawkins @ Metro Arts, Meanjin/Brisbane.
enable (2020), 1 videogame: “Open Wide” Group exhibition ft. Melina Celik, Niccolò Masini, Fausto Vergara, Morgan Roberts & others @ KEPK, Meanjin/Brisbane.
Muliebrity [2] (2020), 1 live glitch performance 4 hours: “Pollinator” Produced by Saara Roppola @ Frequencies TV, Meanjin/Brisbane/on-line.
response (2020), 1 videogame: “Climates of Change” ACM Hypertext Conference @ University of Central Florida, Tampa:Florida/on-line.
Muliebrity [1] (2020), 1 live glitch performance 10 hours: Modifyre Festival “Temple Burn” + “Pollinator” Produced by Saara Roppola @ Frequencies TV, Meanjin/Brisbane/on-line.
noise chamber (2020), 1 videogame: 24 Hour Drone Fest @ KEPK, Meanjin/Brisbane.
The Cat Eats … (2020), 2 videogames, Produced by Leonie Rhodes ft. Uncle Jack Charles, Rahda La Bia, Marisa Georgiou & others. @ Hares & Hyenas x Midsumma Festival, Naarm/Melbourne.
dusty-dogs (2019), 2 videogames: “No Rego No Worries” EP Launch Unregistered Master Builder (Joseph Burgess) @ Frequencies TV, Meanjin/Brisbane/on-line.
The Cat Gets Quantum Entangled (2019), 1 videogame: Produced by Leonie Rhodes ft. Saara Roppola Burnett Lane Street Art Landing x BSAF, Meanjin/Brisbane.
cat-eye (2019), 1 videogame: Produced by Leonie Rhodes for International Non-Binary Day 2019 @ Clarence Book Store, Meanjin/Brisbane; & Modifyre Festival @ Yelabron State Forest.
Brood (2019), 1 videogame: MELT Queer Festival @ Brisbane Powerhouse, Meanjin/Brisbane.
public void Untitled () {}; (2019), 2 games, 1 videogame, 1 lamp: Group exhibition with Anthony E. Baker @ Queensland College of Arts Southbank (Project Gallery), Meanjin/Brisbane.
In Heat (2018), 2 videogames: solo exhibition @ Greaser Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane.
The Cave (2018), 1 videogame: MELT Queer Festival @ Brisbane Powerhouse, Meanjin/Brisbane.
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