Work samples

  • My neighbors and me
    My neighbors and me
    An audio visual journal/catalogue of daily living, Spring 2020.
  • Reverence Machine (no. 1)
    Reverence Machine (no. 1)
    Found leaf, invisible thread, ambient air. 2016.
  • Triangulation (2018)
    Triangulation (2018)
    Generated at The Friends School of Baltimore by a 9th grade art class, 2018. Instructions, text, yarn.

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About Khristian

Baltimore City

Khristian Weeks is alive and has been living for well over 55 years. He is often feeling.  "I can feel the day away", says he. And, he is an educator/caregiver of young people. Meanwhile, he has been doing and making things for most of his own life.

Khristian Weeks as an artist is working primarily with phenomena - sonic, visual, kinetic, and situational - as distinct from the making of objects. His background is in music - an instrumentalist and improvisor eventually exploring… more

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Reverence

A series of works - Reverence Machines - that celebrate phenomena found in ordinary living.
Note: all video is for the purpose of documentation and not to be confused with works made FOR video. For best results please experience my work in "real life."
  • Reverence Machine (no. 1)
    Reverence Machine (no. 1)
    Found leaf, invisible thread, ambient air. 2016.
  • Reverence Machine (no. 1) detail
    Reverence Machine (no. 1) detail
  • Reverence Machine (no. 2) a
    Reverence Machine (no. 2) a
    Found leaves and their scent. 2018.
  • Reverence Machine (no. 2) b
    Reverence Machine (no. 2) b
    Found leaves and their scent. 2018.
  • Reverence Machine (no. 2) c
    Reverence Machine (no. 2) c
    Found leaves and their scent. 2018.
  • Reverence Machine (no. 2) deinstallation view.
    Reverence Machine (no. 2) deinstallation view.
  • Reverence Machine (no. 2) P
    Reverence Machine (no. 2) P
  • Reverence Machine (no. 3) (for Andy Goldsworthy)
    “Helicopter” seed pods, suspended fan cage, small fan, box fans, lighting. 2018.
  • Reverence Machine (no. 5)
    Plastic, fans, lighting, photo sensors, ambient sound. 2018.
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    • Triangulation

    Participant generated performance installation. Instructions, materials list, and texts. 2017 (First realization). 
    This is a task-based process event. The method of realization called for in the instructions is on one hand open ended and accepting of whatever a participant might do (within the boundaries given), on the other it becomes like a kind of puzzle that is challenging yet meditative, for the person generating at that moment and for the participant-spectator.  
    I wish to engage larger numbers of participants and larger - even outdoor - spaces in the future. I can see the work being generated by dozens of people over a long period of time - days, weeks.  
    • Triangulation (2018)
      Triangulation (2018)
      Generated at The Friends School of Baltimore by a 9th grade art class, 2018. Instructions, text, yarn.
    • Triangulation (in progress)
      Triangulation (in progress)
    • Triangulation (in progress)
      Triangulation (in progress)
    • Triangulation (monofilament with shadows)
      Triangulation (monofilament with shadows)
    • Triangulation (monofilament with shadows)
      Triangulation (monofilament with shadows)
    • Triangulation (monofilament with shadows)
      Triangulation (monofilament with shadows)
    • Triangulation (2017)
      Triangulation (2017)
    • Triangulation (2017)
      Triangulation (2017)
    • Khristian Weeks_Triangulation.pdf

    • The quiet show

    The quiet show is a monthly performance series that takes place in the Aside Gallery located in the CopyCat building, Baltimore.
    I started the series in January of 2018. The first events were a curated comingling of live music, film projections, movement, installation, and poetry reading. Beginning in January 2019 we embarked on a live reading of Gertrude Stein's The Making of Americans. Every month nine people read aloud for 20 minutes each, totalling 3 hours. The book is 925 pages and so it has been estimated to take 18 months to complete. This December is our 12th reading.   

    Felsökning

      Felsökning (Trouble Shooting) is an ongoing series of assemblages made out of Ikea furniture parts.
    • bara sitter
      bara sitter
      just sitting. 2017.
    • omöjlig symmetri
      omöjlig symmetri
      impossible symmetry. 2018.
    • Lawrence
      Lawrence
      Lawrence. 2017.
    • fyra är oturliga
      fyra är oturliga
      four is unlucky. 2018.
    • virrvarr
      virrvarr
      jumble. 2019.
    • mina två vänstra fötter
      mina två vänstra fötter
      my two left feet. 2017.
    • mångfaldsfaktor
      mångfaldsfaktor
      diversity factor. 2019.
    • stå och leverera
      stå och leverera
      stand and deliver. 2017.
    • stolring
      stolring
      chair ring. 2018.
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    • Assemblage and Installation

    Various works.
    Note: all video is for the purpose of documentation and not to be confused with works made FOR video. For best results please experience my work in "real life."
    • Untitled Assemblage 1
      Small dc fan, small metal bucket, and plastic bottle. 2009.
    • The use of the useless
      A site specific installation in the ROOM 100 Gallery at Golden Belt in Durham, NC. November, 15, 2010.
    • Studio Work (2011)
      Iteration of a kinetic assemblage. Fans, lighting, found objects/junk, boxes, photo/motion sensors.
    • Untitled Assemblage 6
      Lighting, photo sensors, water/pump, glass cleaner, dish soap, plastic bottles/bag, found branch, electric fan.
    • As soon as I let you in you want to go right back out!
      Plastic, fan. 2015
    • Untitled Assemblage 11
      Plastic form, fans, lighting, photo sensors, contact microphone/amplifier, aluminum foil, table/chairs. 2018.
    • Untitled WIP
      Plastic, fans, light. 2019
    • Untitled WIP
      Plastic, fans, lighting. 2019.
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    • Light/Shadow Projection

    Note: all video is for the purpose of documentation and not to be confused with works made FOR video. For best results please experience my work in "real life."
    • Voluptuary (2015)
      Balloons, fan, lighting, photo sensors.
    • Untitled
      Found sequin table cloth, fan, lighting, photo sensors. 2018.
    • Medium (ongoing wip)
      Crumpled mylar, lighting, photo sensors, fan, contact microphone/amplifier.
    • Medium (ongoing research)
      Medium (ongoing research). Mylar, fan, lighting, photo sensors. 2019.
    • Untitled (on going research)
      Mylar, fan, lighting, photo sensors. 2019.
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    • Sound

    Audio files and links to recordings.
    • Perfect
      Speaking kid, modified fisher price record player music box, toy glockenspiel. text: selection from To Think of Time by Walt Whitman. 2008.
    • The Waters of March
      Child speaks a selection of the english text written by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
    • Hotplate
      Electric hotplate (with built in thermostat), aluminum foil, water.
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    • Performance

    Documentation of several performances.
    Note: all video is for the purpose of documentation and not to be confused with works made FOR video. For best results please experience my work in "real life."
    • Phenomenology(excerpt)
      Phenomenology was created in collaboration with Choreo Collective as part of their "Kathy Colville Project". This performance was from Choreo's Current Collection concert, March, 2010. Dancers: Lynsay Bush; Marianne Erhardt; Susan Saenger; Joseph Saponaro; Jess Shell. Choreography, sound, and lighting design: Khristian Weeks videography: Caroline Williford.
    • Khristian Weeks at the Red Room
    • Khristian Weeks' Installation
      "Khristian Weeks presented this installation on Thursday, July 29, 2015 at The Crown on Charles Street in Baltimore. Standing fans acting on a large plastic membrane filled the room with chaotic waves of ephemeral forms reminiscent of ocean waves on a rocky shore. The installation was the third of three different events Weeks produced on successive evenings for a series at The Crown called "Repeated Measures". Video recorded on crappy cell phone by Dan Conrad." Thank You Dan Conrad for your presence and kind support!
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    • Video Work

    • peregrinatio
    • Trois
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