Kenneth
is a Canadian multi-media artist whose art installations, videos and digital
operas have been presented in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Canada and the U.S.A.
His first digital musical work “Allegro Molto Con Brio King Kong”
(1999) focuses on pop culture connections to the Greek myth of Prometheus
and incorporated a string quintet, three dancers and video monitors preformed
live to sold out audiences. In the summer of 2000 the Alberta Biennial of
Contemporary Art presented his second digital opera Your High Imperial for
video projected singers, brass quintet, two violins as well as digitally manipulated
sound. “Rule Britannia - A Low Opera in Grand Shite Style” incorporated
two pianos and two video monitors that investigated the political power path
from domination to decline and premiered in Calgary (September 2002).
His latest opuses (2005) restructures musical expectations: “Immortal
Misbegotten” a reworking of Ludwig van Beethoven's famous six Op. 18
String Quartets condensed into one piece and “Pathetic Piano”
a breakdown of Beethoven's Op. 13 PathÈtique Sonata into ten new audience
interactive videos. Last summer (2006) he composed the music “Imperial
Wild” for the Motion Ensemble for Sackville N.B.’s contemporary
arts festival, as well as composed a new score for Michael Trent and Mocean
Dance’s “Mappa Mundi” production in Halifax.