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Alan Powell has been working
in electronic media since the early 1970's. He mentored under Brice Howard
at the National Center for Experiments in Television at KQED, in San Francisco.
From 1974 -1978, Alan Powell was part of the Electron Movers, a Video Art
Collective in Providence, RI. From 1975 - 1978 he was composer-in-residence
at the MaColl Studio for Electronic Music at Brown University. From 1981
- 1993, Alan Powell and his partner, Connie Coleman were artists-in-residence
at the Experimental TV Center in Owego, New York. Their numerous shows,
broadcasts and exhibitions include the Kitchen, New York Avant Garde Festival,
Long Beach Museum, Musee de Arte Moderne, Paris, Swiss television, New American
Radio, PBS, the Learning Channel, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Their
work includes single channel video
tapes, installations,
electronic graphics, sound installations, and paintings. He is currently
an Associate Professor in the Film/Media Arts Department at Temple University.
Alan Powell's current work includes
paintings, web design, and video installations. The current work in progress
includes "The Diary Project" , an interactive site of 365 paintings triggered
by the server's clock and the "Halifax Crazy Quilt" an interactive web
site based on the game of jeopardy. Both sites are diaries based on the
artist's struggles with death, cultural politics and with individuals
who suffer from mental health disabilities and codependency. "The Diary
Project" is funded by a creative research grant from Temple University.
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