Sebastian Chedal

As an artist I move between phases of exploration and creation. My work seeks to express emotive states through the human form, and world-states of intricate surrealist abstractions. When art is at its finest, artist functions as medium, the channel through which automatic processes can take place. A medium through which viewer and art can form dialogue - the artist takes a secondary role: as structure rather than focus or form itself.

To me 'good art' is art which is more than the sum of its lines, its concepts, and critical analysis. 'good art' is something that remains ultimately undefined, observable from different perspectives, something which holds something of meaning every time it is re-observed, by different people. In a vocabulary that transcends language. A solidification into visual/audio form of an experience-state which would otherwise remain inexpressible. Bound by time, but inherently timeless.

Each line is alive, eyes speak and can be peered into, every element in hierarchy and yet all independently valid. The dualistic truths of rational - and irrational, scientific - and holistic, infinite, multidimensional and yet intimately personal modes of life.

My art is a window into my unique world, but also a truth that hopefully will be re-interpratable in countless other ways by yours. Art that stands on its own, with or without definitions.

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a smaller selection of work is available to order as prints from Image Kind:

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Currently active in two roles: as producer and as performer. Past experience in audio engineering and sound composition/design for the internet, TV and dance theater.

As producer I am completing my latest album which is going to be a trip-hop semi-accoustic album. A collaboration between more than a dozen other musicians and vocalists. Here are some tracks from this as-yet-unfinished album:

Song: B Side tribalish remix vocal layering remix. Vocals, guitar, drum, bass material by Moodak, additional saxaphones by Pablo de Haas.

Song: Blue Box unfinished massive attack meets electronica track. Vocals by Charlotte visit her website for smooth vocal Jazz music

Song: Pause thrashy death egyptian intermission, guitar magic by Vincent

Song: Summers Blossom almost popish song with vocals and flute by Gerlinde

Song: Cronos dark drone beats in 5/4 time, still looking to add vocals [male?]

As performer I specialize in realtime composition, using a host of customized controllers, software and keyboards to layer, loop, resample and recompose material on-the-fly.

Live: Deep n' fuse 43 minute extract from a live set in Amsterdam in 2004. Parts of this live set were intergrated into my Live 2005 Album: Sink Underneath the Sands

ArcTone.com is my musical production, and live performance project. This website will be completly rebuilt soon, before the end of 2008. The new version will include all past projects, current project and live material as wel as new tour / performance information for 2009.

Multi-media installation constructions. Can develop and lead any conceivably posible audio-visual installation for art, presentation, music, theater, stage or the internet. Translation of intent between audio, video, performance, 3D and human sensory equipment. Expert Max/MSP programmer.

Surreal Projects Panoramic 3D and 5.1 real-time live audio-video emersive system installation complete with real-time 3D mixing panel for the linked audio-video components and associated algorithms. 30 meter wide double ring 11 point 5.1 speaker system with 5 seamless overlapping 360 degree beamers on a central core dome and more than a dozen dia projectors

STEIM Performance device prototype development. Invention, concept and programming.

Art-tech [flash] web sites built to order by a team consisting of myself and other very experienced back-end developer(s) [for the content management and database aspects of the website].

We can build everything from small simple sites on good foundations to large-scale fully featured multi-lingual, template driven, online applications.

Senior Flash, Flex designer & developer. Extensive technical project/program management experience. University audio-visual theory and practical [flash] teaching experience. Object orientated programming. Software engineering and [UML] architecture design. Can function as lead/independent developer.

Technologies: Flash, FLEX, AS3 [OOP], PHP, DHTML, mySQL, CSS, AIR

Web development, programming

Web design, illustration, art, animation

Flash with full browser integration [bookmarks, back/fw, deep-linking]

Database and content management systems

Shopping cart, video, email systems, statistics etc.

Google code optimization, emails & hosting possible

3D animations, artificial intelligence, game development

Real physics engines, natural language interpretation, SMS integration

Fully functional applications [open, save, print etc] via web and as standalone

Bringing to life your still images, logos, designs via interactive animation

Art with mathematics, fractals, mandalas, self generating etc.

Examples:

3D page template world for ABN AMRO online investment campaign site with templating system, browser integration, expandable OOP architecture

Schiphol airport Noise tracking system project manager for flex/design/IA team. Real-time SOAP air pollution noise level tracking system for the main international airport in the Netherlands

Photography portfolio combined with content management archive system

Sony Ericsson Experiences an animated photographic campaign which I produced and programmed

Animated photo gallery for one of the main Oregon Country Fair artists; built with a system that automatically includes all images placed in sub folders into new galleries automatically for easy maintenance.

ArcTone my musician's homepage with a nice fairy, mandala and music

An animated logo built for this audio hardware company

Galactic FM a record label web site which was partially completed

2003 portfolio an old portfolio of mine which has some nicely animated subscreens

2004 arc placeholder an animated mathematical bezier curve place holder page with random sound engine

horticultural software development underway, more information as project unfolds.

on line personal blog with thoughts, review site for books, philosophy, travel, my photography and art news.

Sebastian Chedal's Blog

born in boston, half french and half american dual citizen. I take pleasure in my life’s continual learning process. Striving to do good in all the ways one can. Taking joy from life’s vast opportunities. My art and music come from the heart, I make what comes through me. Intellectual when necessary, channeled when the moment graces. Working to make a difference in my life and those around me. Spreading awareness through action. All great world changes grow from within.

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This site is kindly hosted by: www.psygarden.be, Psygarden is a community driven Psychedelic/Visionary art & party picture gallery.