Charles Recher (c. 1950 – January 26, 2017) was an American

installation art Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called ...

ist and filmmaker who lived and worked in

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, Florida. Recher created in excess of one hundred films and videos. His work ranged from the film " Kwagh-Hir (Thing of Magic)", a documentary of the theater tradition of the

Tiv people Tiv (or Tiiv) are a Tivoid ethnic group. They constitute approximately 2.4% of Nigeria's total population, and number over 5 million individuals throughout Nigeria and Cameroon. The Tiv language is spoken by about 5 million people in ...

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, to "Cars & Fish", Miami Performing Arts Center's inaugural video installation, which cast 600-foot-long swirling images onto adjacent building façades during Art Basel/Miami Beach in 2005.

Career

Recher held numerous guest lectureships and workshops at national and international institutions, including the

University of Havana The University of Havana or (UH, ''Universidad de La Habana'') is a university located in the Vedado district of Havana, the capital of the Republic of Cuba. Founded on January 5, 1728, the university is the oldest in Cuba, and one of the first ...

(Cuba). His work was selected for the "Masters of the Avant-Garde" program at

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Carpenter Center for the Arts, where he presented his work as a guest lecturer. For fifteen years he taught the experimental film and video program that he originated for Miami-Dade College's Wolfson Campus. His awards and fellowships include Cultural Consortium Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts regional grants, and State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowships. Recher died on January 26, 2017, at the age of 66.

Select Film and Media Events

* ''Seagull, Bamboo, Water, Leaf'', four video loops (2015) * ''Mat Wit Bat, Bit Tic Mor, Tu Ba Cal, Wal Di Cal'', four video loops (2015) * ''Walk Run'', two facing screen video loops (2014) * ''No I Don't'', video loop (2014) * ''Small Stuff'', 2D and 3D correlative works (2013) * ''Rice & Beans'', video installation (2012) * ''Face2Face'', video installation (2011) * ''Metro-Mover'', video installation (2011) * ''Reality 2'', internet podcasts (2011) * ''Reality 1'', internet podcasts (2010) * ''Fire'', video installation (2010) * ''Ticket Booth'', video installation (2009) * ''Laughing'', video installation (2009) * ''Casa Valentina'', 4 min. video (2008) * ''Change'', 30-second video (2008) * ''Body'', video installation (2007) * ''Water'', video installation (2007) * ''Monitor'', collaborative video/sound performance (2006) * ''Cars & Fish'', 2-hour video performance (2005), with the composer

Gustavo Matamoros Gustavo Matamoros (b. Caracas, 1957) is a Venezuelan composer, interdisciplinary artist, community organizer and educator who has established his residence in Miami, Florida, US, since 1979.

for the Miami

Performing Arts Center Performing arts center/centre (see spelling differences), often abbreviated as PAC, is used to refer to: * A multi-use performance space that is intended for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. :The ...

* ''Fish School'', 5-foot robotic fish (2005) * ''Hypersonic Flock'', collaborative sound performance (2005) * ''TV-2'', video performance (2005) * ''Kwagh-hir'', 30-min. documentary video of the traditional theatre of the Tiv people in Nigeria (2005), short version shown at the 2006 Miami Film Festival * ''Halo'', sound performance (2004) * ''Trinity'', video installation (2003) * ''I'm Ready'', video installation with actor Julio Gomez (2003) * ''TV'', video performance (2001) * ''Video Prophet'', video performance (2000) * ''Electrowave'' (aka ''Ride''), video installation in public bus (1999) * ''Angels and Devils'', project with 2-D drawn imagery (1998) * ''Face II'', interactive video installation (1997) * ''Coffee Chocolate Art'', collaborative video/music installation (1997) * ''Fish Tank'', 3 min. video (1996) * ''You and Him'', interactive video installation (1995) * ''Florida'', 18 min. film (1994) * ''Elevator'', video installation (1993) * ''Florida Study'', film installation (1993) * ''Face'', interactive video installation (1993) * ''Dancer and Monument'', film installation (1992) * ''Viewing'', video installation (1991) * ''War Games II'', film installation (1991) * ''Flamingo'', 6 min. film (1990) * ''Industry'', multi-media installation (1990) * ''Woman I Never Was'', film installation (1990) * ''A.M.'', film installation (1990) * ''Static'', film installation (1989) * ''Monsters'', film installation (1989) * ''No'', film installation (1989) * ''My Jamaica Vacation'', 45 min. video (1988) * ''Washington'', 18 min. video (1988) * ''Ocean Angle'', 60 min. film performance (1986) * ''Gorgon'', film installation (1985) * ''Portrait I'', 3 min. film (1985) * ''All Hallows Eve'', film installation (1984) * ''Applause'', film installation (1984) * ''Volcano'', film performance (1983) * ''Gulls'', film installation (1983) * ''Come On Over'', film installation (1981) * ''Snafu'', film installation (1981) * ''Teyibahw'', 10 min. film (1980) * ''Soma'', 4 min. video (1979) * ''Bike'', film performance (1978) (a bicycle with a film projector, which was operated by riding) * ''Areba'', 3 min. film; ''Window'', film installation (1977) * ''Black Out'', film installation (1975) * ''Overhead'', 4 min. film (1975) * ''War Games'', 3 min. film (1973) * ''Couple'', 5 min. video (1972) * ''Room In'', film installation (1972) * ''Pushing'', film performance (1971) * ''Self-Portrait'', 5 min. film (1971)

References

External links

* http://www.charlesrecher.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Recher, Charles American installation artists American experimental filmmakers American video artists 1950s births 2017 deaths Deaths from cerebrovascular disease