Seth Kim-Cohen

Seth Kim-Cohen makes as little distinction between his artistic and scholarly practices as he can get away with. He is Director and Assistant Professor of Art and Theory at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA). He has also taught at Yale University, Pratt Institute, and Tate Modern. His most recent book is In The Blink of an Ear: Toward a Non-Cochlear Sonic Art (Continuum, 2009).

Seth Kim-Cohen's work has been presented around the world at galleries and museums including Tate Modern, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Gallery, Peer Gallery, and Reception Space in London; PS 122, Chez Bushwick, Parkside Lounge, and CBGB in New York; Firehouse 12 and Grand Projects in New Haven; and the Zentrum for Kunst und Media in Karlsruhe, Germany. He has curated exhibitions in the U.K. and the U.S.

Arcana:

  1. Born Seth Stuart Cohen, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1964. Mother: Linda Diane Cohen, nee Kaplan; Father: Howard Cohen; Brother: Matthew Charles; Sister: Rebecca Ann.
  2. Raised in Ossining, New York, 3 Dobermans: Charity, Faith, & Hope (it was the 70s).
  3. Residence in: Plattsburgh NY (1982-83); Boston, MA (1983-85); Burlington, VT (1985); Boston, MA (1986-88); Denver, CO (1988); New York, NY (1988-89); Madison, WI (1989-90); Chicago, IL (1990-2002); London, England (2002-05); New Haven, CT (2005-08); New York, NY (2008-09), New Haven, CT (2009-present).
  4. Begins playing ice hockey, 1969.
  5. Compression fracture of the right ankle (see #4 above), 1980, right leg and foot shorter than left.
  6. League-leading scorer Westchester Interscholastic Ice Hockey League, first team All-County, 1980-81 (19 goals, 11 assists).
  7. BFA in poetry, Emerson College, Boston, MA (1988).
  8. Rock bands: The Big Body of Venus Lacy (1989-1993); Number One Cup (1993-1998); The Fire Show (1999-2002).
  9. John Peel buys me a beer, Phoenix Festival, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1997.
  10. Compression fracture of third and fourth cervical vertebrae (see #4 above), 1998, brief quadriplegia.
  11. Married Julia Kim-Cohen, nee Kim, Muir Beach, CA, 2004.
  12. Founded Unst sound art collective, London, England, 2004 (weekly broadcasts on Resonance FM).
  13. Ph.D. in Aesthetics, The London Consortium, University of London, 2005 (Dissertation: This Not Knowing Needn't Bother Us: Artistic Uses of Incompetence).
  14. 1 Basenji: Mavis, 2005.
  15. Changed name to Seth Geronimo Kim-Cohen, New Haven, CT, 2007.
  16. Named Director of IDSVA, 2009.