BORN
1956, Glen Cove, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY as musician, visual artist and writer
EDUCATION
1978 BFA, Harpur College (State University of New York at Binghamton), NY
1979-1980, Art Students League, New York, NY
EXHIBITONS
2009
- “The Joy Of Blues”, Country Club, Los Angeles,CA
2008-2009
- “SONIC YOUTH ETC: Sensational Fix”, curator Roland Groenenboom, traveling - St. Nazaire, France, MUSEION, Bolzano, Italy, and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
2007
- “L’amorce ou la partition des possibles”, LIA Art Center (Lieu d’Images et d’Art), Grenoble, France
- (Torn Photograph, video works, “Blind Piece text-of-light” projection)
- “SET IN CONCRETE: NYC & Southern Tier: Art/Sound/Exploration”, Spool Mfg, Johnson City, NY
- “[silence]”, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, NY
2006
- “Old News”, CNEAI (Centre National De L’estampe Et De L’art Imprimé), Chatou, Paris, France
- “Sonic Landscapes”, (SCENE) Metrospace, Detroit, MI
- “The Peekskill Project 2006”, Peekskill, NY
- “Infinity, Etc”, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
2005
- “DRIFT: Lee Ranaldo/Leah Singer”, Gigantic Artspace, New York, NY
- “My Moleskine”, Tower Records Shibuya and various bookshop locations, Tokoyo, Japan
- "The Needle and the Damage Done”, curated by Dave Dyment/Mercer Union, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
- “En/Of”, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
- “Crossed Circuits”, Hogar Collection, Williamsburg, NY
2004
- “Handlungsanweisungen/Instructions for Actions (#62)”, Kunsthalle Wien project space Karlsplatz, permanent outdoor installation, Germany
- “FutureSonic<04>”, Manchester, England
- “Gen.R.8.”, Gigantic Artspace, New York, NY
2003
- “Angelo Ippolito Memorial Exhibition”, Rosefsky Studio Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
- “Go Johnny Go: Electric Guitar, Art and Mythus”, Vienna Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
2001
- “Here is New York”, Oct-Nov 2001 (ongoing), New York, NY
- “Art Music: Rock Pop Techno”, Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2000
- “Acoustic Architecture–Architectural Acoustics”, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
- “Elysian Fields”, Performances with Leah Singer and Sonic Youth; music for exhibition catalog (SY), Pompidou Center, Paris, France
- “Volume: Bed of Sound”, (Sonic Youth), P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
- “Sonic Matters, Sonic Kollaborations”, Printed Matter, New York, NY
- “Sonic Boom”, Hayward Gallery, London, England
1999
- “Acoustic Architecture–Architectural Acoustics”, Stichting Vedute. Nov/Dec 1999. El Oido—a ‘soundbox’ condensing to 4 channels the Studio 5 Beekman show
- “SSSHHHHH”, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- “TRACE”, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, England
- “We are Everywhere and Nowhere, all at Once”, Studio Five Beekman, New York, NY
- “…Just What Do You Think You’re Doing, Dave?” Williamsburg Art & Historical Society
1996
- “Charles Eldred Memorial Exhibition”, University Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
- “Picture This...”, CBGB Gallery
- “Can We Talk?” Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY
1995
- “The Winter of Love”, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
- “Group Photo Show”, Max Fish Gallery, New York, NY
1994
- “Group Photo Show”, Flamingo East, New York, NY
1989
- “Art of Music Video”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1998
- “Extended Play”, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York, NY
1996
- “Three Painters”, Hiro Gallery, New York, NY
1984
- Nova Scotia College of Art, Artist-in-Residence (with Sonic Youth), Halifax, Novia Scotia
1982
- “Record Cover show”, White Columns, New York, NY
1981
- “Alumni Artists”, University Art Gallery, SUNY Binghamton, NY
- “NoiseFest Art Show”, White Columns, New York, NY
- “The Volcano Show”, Stuart Wilson Gallery, New York, NY
INSTALLATIONS
- Maelstrom fr Drift: 5.1 channel sound installation for the Steim NoiseRoom, 12-16 July 2006, The Melkweg, Amsterdam, 5 Days Off Festival
- Maelstrom fr Drift: 5.1 channel sound installation for the Steim NoiseRoom, Netherlands, January 5, 2006, STEIM (Studio Voor Elektro Instrumentale Muziek), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
SELECTED MUSIC/PERFORMANCE
2008
- Performance with Leah Singer at Experimental Intermedia, New York, NY
2007
- Blues Quartet Special Live Performance with João Paulo Feliciano, Rafael Toral and Trevor Tremaine, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Text of Light Performance, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2006
- Christian Marclay: Graffiti Composition with Melvin Gibbs, Mary Halvorson, Lee Ranaldo, Vernon Reid, and Elliott Sharp. Musical director: Elliott Sharp, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2005
- Drift, (Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer Performance) at Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, NY
- Festival Internacional de spoken word ‘la musica y la parabla’, Seville, Spain
2003
- Performance with Christian Marclay, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Text of Light Tour European Tour with /Alan LICHT/Uli KREIGER/DJ OLIVE/Tim BARNES), European Tour
2002
- Performance with João Paulo Feliciano, Rafael Toral and Leah Singer,Portugal Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
BOOKS
- ROAD MOVIES. “ Special” Expanded 10th anniversary edition, included exclusive 60 min “Ambient for Vancouver” CD. Soft Skull Press/Important Records. 2005
- ROAD MOVIES. Expanded 10th anniversary edition. Soft Skull Press. NYC. 2004
- LENGTHS & BREATHS, WaterRow Press, MA. September 2004
- JRNLS80s. Soft Skull Press. NYC. 1998
- MOROCCAN JOURNAL: JAJOUKA EXCERPT. Ring Tarigh Press, RI. 1997
- BOOKSTORE. Hozomeen Press. CT. 1995
- ROAD MOVIES. Soft Skull Press. NYC. 1994
- FIVE STORIES. Illiterati Press. LA. 1987
PUBLICATIONS
- STEVE REICH: A CELEBRATION. Reproduction of Torn Photograph (Four Organs for SR & RS) on back of booklet accompanying Whitney Museum’s STEVE REICH@70: A CELEBRATION, to accompany a day of performances at the Whitney (LR performs as well) 2005
- En/Of. Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany 2004
- GEN-R-8. Gigantic Artspace, NYC 2003
- GO JOHNNY GO: DI E-GITARRE-KUNST UND MYTHOS. Steidl Kunsthalle Wien. (LR: HWY SONGS 1-3; SY: The Destroyed Stage) 2002
- LOST HIGHWAY 2001, woodcut and poem, in ‘RoadTrip’ issue of Black Book
- 4 HIWAY VIEWS, SKANE, etching in “Introducing…” magazine, summer
- SONIC YOUTH de A a Z. Bertrand Dermoncourt. Les Guides MusicBook (F) 2001
- VEDUTE 1991-2001. Vedute (NL) 2000
- ARK 46/47. Aarhus, Denmark. 2000. Collaborative folio of pictures and texts, with Leah Singer
- SONIC BOOM: THE ART OF SOUND. Hayward Gallery, London
- SONIC YOUTH: LETTER FROM NYC. Little Cockroach Press #20. Art Metropole, Toronto
- ACOUSTIC ARCHITECTURE-ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS. Vedute (NL). 2000 1999
- SSSHHHHH….. Lydbutikken og Nikolaj Udstillingbygning, Kobenhavn 1995
- SONIC YOUTH. Rafa Cervera. Editorial La Mascara 1994
- CONFUSION IS NEXT: THE SONIC YOUTH STORY. Alec Feoge. St Martin’s Press
- I DREAMED OF NOISE. Ignacio Julia/Jaime Gonzalo. Ruta 66 1992
- SONIC LIFE: SONIC YOUTH. Guido Chiesa. Stampa Alternativa/Nuovi Equilibri 1987
- WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BRAIN? INTERVIEWS POST PUNK. Judith Ammann. Edition Suhrkamp
RECORDINGS
SOLO
- VANCOUVER AMBIENTS 1-4. (with screenprint, edition of 500 signed, numbered copies). Important Records. 7” single. 2006
- AMBIENT LOOP FOR VANCOUVER (packaged with special edition of ROAD MOVIES, 10th Anniversary Edition). Improtant Records, CD. 2006
- MUSIC FOR STAGE AND SCREEN. DSA CD. November 2004
- NORTH SIX. Carlos Giffoni/Lee Ranaldo/Jim O’Rourke. Antiopic 3” CD. June 2004
- NEW LIFE AFTER FIRE (for Tom Thomson). With Dave Dyment. Art Metropole. 2003
- MONSOON. Ranaldo/Hooker/Roger Miller trio. Atavistic 2003
- OUTSIDE MY WINDOW THE CITY IS NEVER SILENT: A BESTIARY. LP, Chocolate Monk/Hell’s Half Halo. Collage of various 90s works, made for Belgian radio. May 2002
- FUCK SHIT UP. Marclay/Moore/Ranaldo trio. Victo. Nov. 2000
- BOUQUET. Hooker/Marclay/Ranaldo trio. Knitting Factory. 2000
- DIRTY WINDOWS. CD. Barooni/Atavistic. April 99. spoken word and music
- AMARILLO RAMP (for Robert Smithson). solo guitar, etc. Released by Starlight Furniture, USA. 1998
- CLOUDS–VICTORIAVILLE CONCERT, MAY 1997. CD. Victo, Dec 1997
- Live Victoriaville festival concert also featuring Jim O’Rourke and Gianni Gebbia THE GIFT OF TONGUES. With William Hooker and Zeena Parkins. CD. Knitting Factory Works, 1996
- EAST JESUS: SOME RECORDINGS: 1981-91. CD. Blast First/WIRE magazine, 1994; Atavistic May 1995
- SCRIPTURES OF THE GOLDEN ETERNITY. CD/LP. Drunken Fish/Father Yod, 1994-5
- ENVISIONING: Lee Ranaldo/William Hooker. CD. Knitting Factory Works, 1995
- BROKEN CIRCLE/SPIRAL HILL. CD/7”. Starlight Furniture Company, 1995
- GATE: BOSTON & NYC. MICHAEL MORLEY, LEE RANALDO, ZEENA PARKINS. CD. Poon Village, 1995
- SILICON. 7”. Table of the Elements, 1994
- A PERFECT DAY. CD EP, saw-blade shaped 7”. Musical Tragedies, 1994
- SPOKEN FOR GERALDINE. 7”. Precious Metals 1994
- FROM HERE TO INFINITY. real time re-edit for cassette/CD release. SST/Blast First records. June 1988
- FROM HERE TO INFINITY. locked-groove record. SST/Blast First records. June 1987
SONIC YOUTH
- DAYDREAM NATION DELUXE EDITION. Geffen/Universal. August 2007
- THE DESTROYED ROOM, B SIDES AND RARITIES. Geffen. CD. Dec 2006
- RATHER RIPPED. Geffen. CD. June 2006
- HELEN LUNDEBERG/EYELINER. 7” single. Goofin. June 2006
- SYR6. Sonic Youth Recordings. October 2005
- GOO DELUXE EDITION. Geffen/Universal. August 2005
- SONIC NURSE. Geffen. May 2004
- DIRTY DELUXE EDITION. Geffen/Universal. August 2003
- DEMONLOVER OST. Labels France, Nov 2002
- MURRAY STREET. Geffen. June 2002
- NYC GHOSTS & FLOWERS. Geffen. May 2000
- SYR4–GOODBYE 20TH CENTURY. Sonic Youth Recordings. November 1999
- A THOUSAND LEAVES. Geffen Records. 1998
- SILVER SESSION: FOR JASON KNUTH. SKR1. June 1998. SF Suicide Hotline Benefit record.
- SYR3. Sonic Youth Recordings. March 1998
- SYR2. Sonic Youth Recordings. September 1997
- SYR1. Sonic Youth Recordings. June 1997
- WASHING MACHINE. Geffen. 1995
- EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR. Geffen. 1994
- DIRTY. Geffen. 1993
- GOO. Geffen. 1991
- DAYDREAM NATION. Blast First. 1989
- Ciccone Youth: THE WHITEY ALBUM. LP. Blast First/Enigma/Capitol. Sept. 1988
- SISTER. LP. SST/Blast First. June 1987
- Ciccone Youth: INTO THE GROOVE(Y). 12” single. Blast First/New Alliance. 1986
- STARPOWER. 7&12”. SST/Blast First. 1986
- EVOL. LP. SST/Blast First. 1986
- (OVER)KILL YR. IDOLS. 7” single. Forced Exposure #1. 1985
- DEATH VALLEY ‘69. EP. Homestead/Blast First. 1985
- BAD MOON RISING. LP. Homestead/Blast First. 1985
- DEATH VALLEY ‘69. 7”. Iridescence. 1984
- KILL YR. IDOLS. EP. Zensor . 1983
- CONFUSION IS SEX. LP. Neutral. 1983
- SONIC YOUTH. EP. Neutral. 1982
- TEXT OF LIGHT: Un Pranzo Favoloso. FinalMusik, Italy. January 2007
- 012805 Rotterdam 1. Room40, Australia. January 2007
- COSMIC DEBRIS VOL 1. Split 12” with My Cat Is An Alien (limited 100 copies). Italy. Dec 2006
- ToL: METAL BOX. 3xCD. Dirter Promotions. September 2006
- TEXT OF LIGHT reel 1. Archive CD release, limited to 200 copies. May 2005
- TEXT OF LIGHT. CD. Starlight Furniture. June 2004
- TEXT OF LIGHT—Piece for Harry Smith. Vinyl w screenprint in clear pkg. Table of the Elements Lanthanides series. May 2004
- En/Of #21—collaboration with visual artist Tacita Dean, limited to 100 copies. Bottrop boy, Germany. Vinyl. April 2004
- GELNN BRANCA: INDETERMINATE ACTIVITY OF RESULTANT MASSES. Performer. Atavistic CD. 2007
- SYMPHONY #1. producer and performer. ROIR cassette. 1983
- SYMPHONY #2. producer and performer. Atavistic CD. 1994
- SYMPHONY #3. Neutral Records. 1983
- WHO YOU STARING AT? Giorno Poetry Systems. 1982
- THE ASCENSION. 99 Records. 1982
FILM MUSIC
- I’M, NOT THERE. Todd Haynes, dir. November 2007
- DEMONLOVER. (Sonic Youth) Olivier Assayas, dir. June 2002
- Winner, Best Original Soundtrack, PALMARÉS SITGES 2002 Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya, 3-13 Octubre, 2002
- JEALOUSY. Dania Saragovia, dir. Short (Spain) based on Robbe-Grillet novel. 2001
- Premiere, New York Film Festival short subject category, Oct. 2002
- THINGS BEHIND THE SUN. (Sonic Youth) Allison Anders, dir. Dec 2000
- SUBURBIA. (Sonic Youth) Richard Linklater, dir. 1997
- EERIE. Phil Hartman, dir. Plan B Pictures. 1996
- FRISK. SF Pictures. 1995
- MADE IN USA. (Sonic Youth). Hemdale films. 1987 Composed and performed complete underscore
- NO PICNIC. Films Charas. 1987
FILMS
- Notebook, Super 8, 6 min.
- King’s Ogg, Video
- Book of Dreams (a visit to Kerouac’s Lowell), Pixelvision
- HiWay Song #1 PixelVision
- HiWay Song #3, Video
- Noise Movie 1
- Detroit Inhuman
- Film of Leah in Central Park
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