LEAH SINGER 
is curious about and interested in working with other people
moved from Canada to New York in the Eighties, where she began to work more and
more with 16mm film
is a multimedia artist
has two sons
likes on the ‘Bob the Builder’ website the gender equality of the
characters and thinks the games are well designed for kids to do
is the all-time favourite collaborator of Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth
has made several books with her partner Lee Ranaldo such as ‘Moroccan Journal
, Bookstore and ‘Road Movies’
followed in the footsteps of luminaries like William S. Burroughs, Brian Jones,
Brion Gysin, Paul Bowles and Ornette Coleman, when she journeyed to Jajouka,
Morocco with Lee Ranaldo
moves fluidly between the roles of artist, lover, mother and friend
finds inspiration for her work in Dick Bruna’s ‘Miffy’ drawings,
when she’s looking through the books and website with her child
has brown hair cut in a way that, although not as short, makes me think of Jean
Sehberg
made the Copy Project, a mini-site based on the silhouettes in her self published
newspapers called copy, in collaboration with the web designers of Spill
was inspired, for her monochrome silhouettes, by the discarded rubyliths she
collected while archiving the photographic collection of the New York Daily News
the silhouette images evoke a residue of the anonymous stream of images encountered
in daily urban life; images which are immediately forgotten but are always vaguely
familiar when one sees them again
lives in New York, close to where the World Trade Center once stood
is between 30 and 40 years old
began to shoot16mm cine-film in a 35mm stills camera, in the late ‘80’s,
creating fragmented sequences and jumpy cadences with a sculptural quality
and by introducing projectors allowing for manipulation of speed, rhythm and
film-rate she created a ‘live’ performance style much like a DJ scratching
records
the Copy Project consists of a succession of images which work like characters
in a story which invite you to project your own narrative onto them
has collaborated with musicians such as Elliott Sharp, Ikue Mori and Lee Ranaldo,
producing live settings for concerts and music videos
and has collaborated with the Russian conceptual artists Komar and Melamid in
theatre productions
likes the pictures Stefano Giovanni takes and the way he captures the people
she knows
created live film projections for a concert by Lee Ranaldo and Rafael Toral in
Porto in February 2003 and Paulo Feliciano contributed video projections to the
performance
showed film work on two screens at a concert given at UCLA by Kevin Drumm and
Lee Ranaldo, in March 2002
likes to wear big sunglasses
created film projections for a concert by Lee Ranaldo and David Grubbs at the
Centre Pompidou on May 27th 2000, as part of the exhibition ‘Elysian Fields’,
curated by Purple
did a live performance at the Thread Waxing Space in New York City in 1998, manipulating
black and white Super-8 footage on variable-speed Eumig projectors, with footage
shot in 1992 in Pisa and Cesena, Italy, during a Sonic Youth and Pavement tour
participated in the Spoken Word Festival in Stockholm in 1998
travels alot
made the video ‘Close To You’ for a project called ‘The Empty
Orchestra Café’, organized by the New York artist Perry Hoberman
has used basic colours such as black, red, magenta, yellow and blue for her silhouettes
along with more muted greens and oranges
her multiples and books are for sale at printedmatter.org and she admires the
publications made in small runs by artists
her bag designs are for sale at the Neon Gallery website
lives a hectic life
doesn’t really know the music of Koell but just liked the calm zen like
effect of her site.
listens to everything from Glen Gould piano music to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
likes to spend time talking and laughing with friends
published a beautiful silhouette of a man and a woman fencing, in issue 0006
of Arkitip magazine
found a soul-mate in life and work in her partner Lee Ranaldo
shot the images for her video ‘Here’ in Southern California, Las
Vegas, Death Valley and Asbury Park, New Jersey, using her technique of loading16mm
film into a 35 mm stills camera, which produced a stop-start-moving-still journey
through some of the parched and forgotten landscapes of America
sometimes visits remote ghost towns where she likes the simultaneous experience
of nothingness and history
is generous to friends in letting them stay in her house whether she’s
there or not
likes the work of the artist Niki de Saint-Phalle and, like her, besides making
her own work, collaborates and assists in projects with her partner
made the music video for ‘The Last Temptation of Susan’, in which
the video is cut to the rhythm of the music so as to create a visual equivalent
to the song, which works even when the sound is turned off
finds much of her inspiration in the New York music scene she’s involved
in, as well as in the experience of daily city life
uses the sound of a helicopter at the beginning and the end of the Copy Project,
which immediately evokes memories of New York and other big American cities
made a billboard image of a silhouette of two girls in profile touching their
blown-up bubble-gum as if kissing, for a non profit community collective in Los
Angeles
published silhouette drawings in The Ganzfeld magazine, and likes the magazine
for the way it places design, illustration, comics, and picture stories alongside
essays, in a historical and critical context
May 30, 2004
performed in the British pop event ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ in
April 2004, curated this year by Sonic Youth
performed in ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ in April 2004 - something
she has in common with Joe Baisa from Sacharine Trust
was invited by Nike to create a runners’ map as part of the lead-up to
the 2001 New York City Marathon, on the basis of her newspaper publications
did a billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles for Sigerson Morrison, the
shoe company
uses the same kind of images in different contexts and doesn’t think
the differences between categories of art such as applied art or autonomous
art matter that much
has an interest in newspaper publications which led her to self-publish ‘Copy’ in
1997, a graphics-only newspaper featuring silhouettes.
her live, manipulated film performances have taken her all over the world to
places like the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf in November 2003 and Vancouver
in April 2004, where she performs alongside musicians, including her husband
Lee Ranaldo
What
I know or imagine
From
Leah’s website
About
Leah on the web
Frame
of reference
www.datamarkets.com.ar/experimenta/old/b005.htm
…Leah Singer es una artista visual que trabaja con film, video y fotografêa.
Comenzã su carrera en Canadö produciendo pelêculas documentales para televisiãn
y radio. A fines de los 80 se mudã a Nueva York para dedicarse al cine. Por una
necesidad creativa comenzã a filmar con film de pelêcula de 16mm usando su cömara
de fotos de 35mm, en una ¹poca que no podêa adquirir una cömara de cine.
www.neongallery.nu/exhibitionsandevents/
previous/snapshots/leahsinger.htm
…
NYC 12/31/01-01/01/02 I woke up early this morning and stayed in bed
until Sage called out Mommy from his downstairs bedroom. Frey and Lee
were still sleeping next to me. Tonight was New Years Eve, the last day
of 2001-the year Frey was born, sage turned two and Lee and I celebrated
thirteen years of knowing each other. Outside across the street, City
Hall prepares for the inauguration of a new Mayor, people scurry doing
last minute things. Our neighborhood transformed by terror and destruction
still goes on but the signs o sadness remain-memorials to the dead made
by out-of-town children hang on the fence of St. Paul’s Chapel just a
glance away from where the World Trade Center once stood. Some who come
to look are charged by their proximity to tragedy, others silently trying
to comprehend the empty horror.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url
/index=books&field-author=
Singer%2C%20Leah/104-4640515-1100762
JRNLS80s Road Movies (Soft Skull Press, No. 7) Online Diaries: The Lollapalooza
'95 Tour Journals of Beck, Courtney Love, Stephen Malkmus, Thurston Moore,
Lee Ranaldo, Mike Watt, David Yow
www.fringecore.com/books/book-
moroccanjournal.html
Moroccan Journal Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer Moroccan Journal captures the journey
Lee Ranaldo and partner / photographer Leah Singer undertook through Morocco
in Autumn 1995, following in the footsteps of luminaries like William S. Burroughs,
Brian Jones, Brion Gysin, Paul Bowles Ornette Coleman, etc.
www.printedmatter.org
…An illustrated account of the authors' September, 1995, trip to Morocco to visit
Bachir Attar, leader of the Master Musicians of Jajouka. Book designed by Renaldo
and Singer. Renaldo writes: "So much has happened in the last 36 hours that I
am nearly at a loss for where to begin...
www.printedmatter.org
…
Synopsis: Singer's first issue of this image-only newspaper features
bold, monochromatic silhouettes inspired by the discarded rubyliths she
collected while archiving the photographic collection at the New York
Daily News. This special edition comes nestled inside a canvas tote bag
silkscreened with Singer’s signature style.
www.videopool.org/catalogue/artists/
singerleah.htm
…In the late 1980’s, through a creative necessity, I began to shoot 16mm motion
picture film in a still 35mm camera because a motion picture camera was not available
to me. The unusual results‹ fragmented sequences, jumpy cadence and sculptural
approach‹ became a signature style. To further the film’s potential modified
projectors were introduced allowing for manipulation of speed, rhythm, and film
rate, creating a "live" performance style much like the vinyl record scratching
done by DJ’s. I have collaborated with musicians Elliott Sharp, Ikue Mori and
Lee Ranaldo among others to produce live settings for music and film. Most of
the footage in my video works originated on film with some exceptions. I have
produced tapes ranging from music videos for Sonic Youth, You Am I and Men Without
Hats to theatre productions with the Russian conceptual artists Komar and Melamid.
www.sonicyouth.com/calendar/winter.html
FEB 9 ˆ LEE RANALDO/RAFAEL TORAL- G TRS & ELECTRONICS/ LEAH SINGER & PAULO
FELICIANO- LIVE PROJECTIONS OPORTO, PORTUGAL ˆ SERRALVES
http://white-rose.net/quantum1o.html
ucla, los angeles, california …leah singers contribution were two screens of
film work... too bad more of the improvisors of this weekend did not confront
the lack of a visual element so successfully... lee sounded good when he stopped
doing noise-guitar cliches, like playing the unattached guitar cord instead.
kevin drumm carried the match in noise-dj mode, mats fit in well (maybe better
than l.r.)... the films were excellent... kevin drumm is a powerhouse...
http://art-contemporain.eu.org/base/
chronologie/2179.html
…Pour faire ¹cho ù la dimension sonore du parcours de l'exposition, les Spectacles
vivants du Centre Pompidou proposent les 25 et 27 mai une s¹rie exceptionnelle
de concerts dans la Grande salle (le 25 mai : Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Kim
Gordon, Thurston Moore et Jim O'Rourke ; le 27 mai : Lee Ranaldo, Leah Singer
et David Grubbs
www.videopool.org/catalogue/titles/
singerlea1998liveances.htm
…The black and white Super 8 footage was shot in 1992 in Pisa and
Cesena, Italy during a Sonic Youth and Pavement tour. The soundtrack originates
from an audience recording of a Sonic Youth concert in Leeds, England in
1985. In the original performance of this material at the Thread Waxing
Space in New York City in 1998, the film was manipulated live on a variable
speed Eumig projector as the soundtrack played. It is presented here as
a single channel release. The re-staging of these performances in a new
presentation allows for a studied look at the wonder of live shows.
www.gerilla.nu/spokenword/main.asp?
subsys=ark&ark_year=1998
Ranaldo är gitarrist i Sonic Youth, berömd för sina gitarrexperiment
och en av de mest kända Spoken Word-företrädarna. Här ackompanjerad
av ”lo-fi” musik och ”sync-scratchande" filmer av Leah
singer, fotograf, film och videoartist.
www.videopool.org/catalogue/titles/
singerlea1992closeoyou.htm
Close To You (1992) Video, By Singer, Leah … for a project called "the
empty orchestra cafe" organized by the New York artist Perry Hoberman.
The event was billed as an interactive karaoke video bar. Close to you
takes an apocalyptic view of love.
www.neongallery.nu/gallerystore/otheritems/
www.arkitip.com/magazines/0006-
leahsinger.html
www.videopool.org/catalogue/titles/
singerlea1992here.htm
…Here is a solo guitar work by founding Sonic Youth member, Lee Ranaldo. The
images were shot in Black and White in Southern California, Las Vegas, Death
Valley and Asbury Park, New Jersey on Super 8 and 16mm that was loaded into a
still 35mm camera. The results produce a stop, start, moving , still journey
through some of the parched and forgotten landscapes of America.
www.videopool.org/catalogue/titles
/singerlea1994lasttthe.htm
Last Temptation of Susan, The (1994) Video by Singer, Leah Title
of a Band of Susans song from a CD by the same name. Commissioned by
the band for a video compilation of their work on Blast First records.
The video is cut intentionally to the rhythm of the music so as to create
a visual that approximates the song even when the sound is turned off.
www.tokionusa.com/billboard/
… Multi-media artist Leah Singer's work consists of everything from fashion
to print to video, photography, theatre, and even fiction. Leah's career
began in the late 1980s in New York City and she has since become an
integral part of the downtown art and music scene. Leah has created music
videos for such bands as Band of Susans and Sonic Youth and her one-of-a-kind
canvas bags can be found at hipster meccas throughout the world.
www.atpfestival.com/archive/
line_up.php?archive=10&view=203
JIM O'ROURKE »
KEVIN DRUMM »
LEAH SINGER »
LYDIA LUNCH »
MADLIB »
MATS GUSTAFFSON »
MERZBOW »
MIKE WATT + THE SECONDMEN »
www.ua-net.com/taiko/english/
artist/leah/
Nike invited her to create a runners map leading up to the 2001 New York City
marathon based on her newspaper publications. It went on to receive merit
awards from The One Show and the Art Directors Club in New York as well
as a Silver nomination from the D&AD in Britain.
www.ua-net.com/taiko/english/
artist/leah/
Leah
Singer's work spans many visual disciplines from printed matter to film. An
interest in artist books led her to self publish copy (1997), a graphics
only newspaper featuring silhouette designs. It is an ongoing project
and is included in the artist book collection of The Museum of Modern
Art.
www.germangalleries.com/Kunstverein_
in_Duesseldorf/Ranaldo_Singer.03.html
Freitag,
05.09.2003 um 21 Uhr
Lee Ranaldo und Leah Singer
Sounds like Film
Performance
Der Musiker Lee Ranaldo (u.a. Sonic Youth) und die Filmemacherin Leah Singer
mischen Film-, Sound- und Sprachelemente in ihren Performances. Vergleichbar
mit einem spontanen Scratching am Plattenteller oder einer Jazz Jam Session
werden improvisierte Effekte und Synergien in Bild und Klang erzeugt.
Simultan zu den bewegten Bildern des Films entstehen Klangräume, die life produziert und wieder neu gesampelt werden.
www.canada.com/vancouver/aroundtown/
viewEvents.asp?class=Event&id=102593
Lee
Ranaldo, Leah Singer Sonic Youth's guitarist and his film-maker partner,
in a performance of treated guitar, tape, voice and manipulated projections.
EVENT TYPE: Concert
DATE:
Saturday, April 17, 2004