hun gallery

David Burns, Rebirth, Video, 4 min 15 sec, 2005

My creative work explores technology’s relationship to memory and surveillance. I am also interested in the relationships between audio rhythms and visual rhythms and the creation of audio-visual rhythmic behaviors. Using motion, color, form and sound, I explore themes that can be experienced cross-culturally in a variety of public spaces.

My recent work, Rebirth, reflects on my personal memory and expression of the fall of the World Trade Center in New York City on 9/11. Rebirth explores the cyclical themes of birth, destruction and rebirth. The abstract images in the work are randomly generated organic forms that remind the viewer that each of the cycles explored can occur at unexpected, non-linear points in time.

The Visual Orchestra uses color and form to bring an original music score to life. The animation explores the relationships between audio rhythms and visual rhythms through the abstract representation of an experimental sonic track. The Visual Orchestra evokes a wide range of moods ranging from contemplative and meditative to elated and energized.

		David Burns
		David Burns holds a MFA in Design and Technology from the Parsons School of Design. After practicing digital art in New York City for nearly a decade, David now works as an assistant professor in the College of Mass Communication Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He specializes in 3D computer modeling, animation, digital video and digital media theory. David’s work explores the relationship between technology and memory, surveillance and human behavior. He takes an interdisciplinary approach to art combining a variety of media, including 3D animation, video, physical computing, drawing, and painting to push the boundaries of artistic expression. His research and artwork have been presented both nationally and internationally through gallery exhibitions, film festivals, conferences and screenings.