About
Colby Richardson is a media artist, experimental filmmaker, and sound artist currently based in Toronto, Ontario. Utilizing historic video equipment, everyday software, and consumer electronics, he creates dynamic and textural visual and auditory works, taking the form of; performances, installations, video-sculptures, music videos, expanded cinema, and single-channel film and video. His work embraces chaos in a playful, structural, and exploratory manner.
Richardson’s collaborations with musicians on live concert visuals and music videos often feature a blend of vibrant and surreal camera work and analog-video mixing methods with a low-tech approach.
Colby has exhibited and screened work across Canada and internationally including Microscope Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Videofag (Toronto, ON), Antimatter (Victoria, BC), WNDX (Winnipeg, MB), Artists Television Access (San Francisco, CA), Studio Kura (Itoshima, Japan), International Video Art Festival Madrid (Madrid, Spain) and at the European Media Art Festival (Osnabrück, Germany). His work has been featured in publications including Canadian Art, Border Crossings, and Black Flash.
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