Scott F. Hall, b. 1963, California, U.S.A.
Scott F. Hall is intermedia artist, Associate Professor of Art, and Graduate Program Coordinator in the Art Department at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. He currently teaches the M.F.A. level courses Studio Concentration, Intermedia Sculpture, and Thesis. Hall also tends to mentor select undergrads in independent study research in physical and virtual sculpture (i.e. polymer clay handwork to virtual 3D modelling to 3D rapid prototyping).
About the Artist
Hall's videos and prints derive from a feedback loop involving repeated visual collision of imagery between analog and digital electronic cameras and monitors. Recently, these images have been used as cover art on Hall's three sonic art CDs.
Hall has experimented with sound as an art form for exhibition since 1985. Today, Hall chooses to use digital multitrack recording technology and a variety of instruments to create works which are more than just so much recorded noise. They are harmonious, picturesque, and quite listenable.
Hall's sculptures are interior investigations of the curious life of a solitary inventor, the three-dimensional aesthetic possibilities of old and new technologies, and the persistent Existential quandaries of obsolescence, decay, and impermanence. He also creates functional musical instruments. Hall's current creative work combines sound, sculpture, photography, and graphic design into an integrated practice he refers to as "Scultura Sana".
Scultura Sana 5
2007 - sound sculpture
Available online from CDbaby.com as sonic art on CD. The entire sound sculpture (i.e. the sound-emitting sculptural object depicted here) is available by directly contacting the artist.
Scultura Sana 4
2006 - sound sculpture
Available online from CDbaby.com as sonic art on CD.
Scultura Sana 3
2006 - sound sculpture
Available online from CDbaby.com as sonic art on CD.
Scultura Sana 2
2006 - sound sculpture
Available online from CDbaby.com as sonic art on CD.
Scultura Sana 1
2005 - sound sculpture
Available online from CDbaby.com as sonic art on CD.
Bass-Oon...
2004 mixed media 90 x 60 x 60
Full title: Bass-Oon (Inflatable Instrument). Description: A functional bass wind instrument / art object.
Balance
2004 mixed media 240 x 60 x 75
Mr. Wonderful
2005 mixed media 37.5 x 22.5 x 20
This piece beeps softly while the ball continuously bounces between the two static paddles on the video screen.
Soft Server
2005 mixed media 30 x 37.5 x 25
A fully functional Windows PC encased in silicone rubber and softly illuminated from within by white flourescent light.
SGI Indy Etch a Sketch
2005 mixed media 37.5 x 30 x 7.5
An obsolete Unix workstation reconfigured as a useful mechanical drawing machine / art object.
Temporal Instrument...
2004 mixed media 120 x 37.5 x 37.5
Full title: Temporal Instrument (Remembering Allie). Description: Viewers are invited to turn each kitchen timer and listen to a dense, inter-nested cascade of ticking sounds concluded in one hour by 34 buzzing noises.
Rubber Slipper...
2005 mixed media 37.5 x 32.5 x 25
Full title: Rubber Slipper (Immobile Chopine)
Education and Biography
Hall's education includes art study at the University of Hawaii, at the University of Florida (B.F.A.), and at Washington University in St. Louis (M.F.A.). He formerly taught at Cogswell College (Sunnyvale, California U.S.A.) and SUNY (Alfred, New York U.S.A.). Hall's art has been exhibited widely in America and internationally. Select upcoming or recent exhibitions of Hall's work include:
SoundLab Edition 4, SoundLab, Cologne, Germany
Wild Information Network, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York USA
In the Game, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts USA (juror: William Stover, Assistant Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
4th Lessendra World Art Print Annual Exhibition, Lessendra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
Cellbytes: The First Juried Exhibition of Mobile, Motion Capture, and Camera Snaps for International Practitioners Exploring the Potential of Creative Digital Media Content for the Next Generation of Mobile Technology, The Once Bitten International Collective of Intermedia Artists, Australia
UCF Faculty International Exhibition, Galeria Universitatii Nationale de Arte, Bucharest, Romania
International Juried Photography Exhibition at the Steam Whistle Gallery as part of the Contact 2004 Toronto Photography Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Re: A Juried International Exhibition, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GLOBALArtLOOK 2003 International Exhibition, MatrixArts Space, Sacramento, California USA
Digital Visions Juried International Online Exhibition, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Immedia 2003, the 8th Annual Juried International Digital Electronic Art Exhibition, Ann Arbor Electronic Artist Coalition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
The Sixth Juried International All Media Exhibit, Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, D.C. U.S.A. (juror: Stephen Bennett Phillips, Associate Curator, The Phillips Collection)
In 2006, Hall and his colleague E. Brady Robinson conceived of and curated "Mobicapping: Mobile Image Capture in the New Century", an art exhibition which is now featured in The Camera Phone Book by Aimee Baldridge and Robert Clark, National Geographic Publishing (Amazon), May 2007.
Future shows: Hall personally replies to inquiries from jurors, gallerists, curators, critics, artists, students, etc. Please feel free to send the artist email.
Main Website: www.geocities.com/scottfranklinhall
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