Photo of Spencer credit Alex Inglizian/Experimental Sound Studio.
Spencer created an album's worth of music to accompany his work with Fence, all of which you can find here at his Bandcamp site, "Ersatz Modem" -- where you can also find all of his musical works. We invite you to enjoy all of the range of Spencer's music available here: https://ersatzmodem.bandcamp.com/. Several selections from Spencer's range of sounds below.
Below are three examples of the video artworks Spencer created: "Ecstasy Motherfucker," "Phillip Johnson," "Oscilloscope," "Dodecahedron," and "Opus 23." To view all of Spencer's video artworks, we invite you to visit his Vimeo page here: https://vimeo.com/user4535291.
Below are several of Spencer's non-video visual art works; you can find many more with his notes on his iinstagram page.
Title: For Pope. L
Medium: Found Objects (Firehose, yellow street divider line, and house paint mounted on stretchers)
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 40" × 62" approx
"I began working on this piece the day that African American Conceptual Artist Pope L passed away. I had already committed the firehose and yellow street line to two separate pieces, but decided that they would best be suited for the purpose of being a momento mori for one of America's most ground-breaking and celebrated artists. There is an African Proverb (attributed) that states "When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.". Touching upon connotations associated with the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's through the use of the firehose and yellow street line, I wanted these objects to symbolically stand-in for the performative, experiential dimension of his work. Inspired by Theaster Gates's own firehose works I rotated mine 90° to assume a Portrait orientation. The firehose and paint line are seemingly wrapped around the stretchers as if they were the gauze bandages of a mummified person and assume the same color as well."—Spencer Hutchinson
Balance and Control.
@Fluorescent Gallery
Knoxville, TN 2012
2024
36" × 36"
Title: The People Tree
Medium: Found Objects
Year: 2018
Location: Tom Robinson Gallery
Spencer: "This is little me, probably 1987 at the cottage in Spofford, New Hampshire. My life...it's so unlikely, so unusual, yet I firmly believe that it's my stalwart commitment to being ordinary that serves me best. I don't think that who I am or what I have lived through has made me more "special" than anyone else. My whole life has just been about finding where I belong, who my friends are, and how I can simply be myself, just like everyone else.
"Look in the mirror, that's where you'll find the real me, just like you."
First cutting of Colors of Noise.
You can listen to the full album here:
Spencer Hutchinson (Chicago, IL) was a Multi-Media Visual and Sound Artist, a 2009 BFA Graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied Painting, Sound and New Media, and a 2020 MFA Graduate from The University of Illinois at Chicago where he studied Studio Arts and received his degree in New Media Studies. Between earning his degrees he studied painting, electronic music production, 3D Animation and Virtual Reality at Indiana University, as well as Drawing/Art History, Theory and Criticism at The University of Chicago as a non-degree seeking student. Spencer Hutchinson has shown work nationally and internationally in Italy, Mexico, and the U.K.
Instagram: @nihon0019
Bandcamp: Ersatz Modem
Vimeo: Ersatz Modem
"There is an African Proverb (attributed) that states 'When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.'" —Spencer Hutchinson
⇒ Watch the video of Alyssa's and Spencer's live performances at ESS. ⇒ Read Alyssa's ESS-Archive-inspired writing as published in Fence issue 41. ⇒ Listen to and see the audio/image supplement to Alyssa's writing and performance from Malachi Ritscher's Notebooks and two recordings of live concert performances by Xiu Xiu. ⇒ Read Spencer's Fence-Archive-inspired writing as published in Fence issue 41. ⇒ A Tribute to the Legacy of Spencer Hutchinson.
