Scott Reeder (artist)
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Scott Reeder is an American artist and filmmaker best known for creating ZeroTV.com with filmmaker Chris Smith
(American Movie
) in 1999, as well as helping to instigate the Milwaukee-based art collective known as Milhaus.
Primarily a painter, Scott Reeder moved to Milwaukee via Chicago and Los Angeles to start ZeroTV, an early interactive website. His paintings and installations with ghost-like figures are intended to be spoofs of art-world conventions. His fabrication of everyday objects are intended to blur the boundaries between art and craft, design and Minimalist sculpture.
Reeder is also known for his work in which he invites participants to imagine physical works of art which have never been created. Best known of which is entitled "It's cold in here" which challenges viewers to imagine a frozen poo falconer
standing in a walk-in cooler standing on a vibrating steel plate as if shivering.
Reeder and his former roommate
, Donald Morgan were the inspiration for the characters of Forky and Socky in Randall Pants' video Blame it on Cancun.
Reeder is currently in post-production on his first feature film, Moon Dust, due out in 2011.
Chris Smith (filmmaker)
Chris Smith is an American film director, cameraman, producer, writer, and editor. He is best known for directing American Movie, which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival....
(American Movie
American Movie
American Movie: The Making of Northwestern is a 1999 documentary directed by Chris Smith. The film chronicles the real 1996-1997 making of Coven, an independent horror film directed by an independent filmmaker named Mark Borchardt...
) in 1999, as well as helping to instigate the Milwaukee-based art collective known as Milhaus.
Primarily a painter, Scott Reeder moved to Milwaukee via Chicago and Los Angeles to start ZeroTV, an early interactive website. His paintings and installations with ghost-like figures are intended to be spoofs of art-world conventions. His fabrication of everyday objects are intended to blur the boundaries between art and craft, design and Minimalist sculpture.
Reeder is also known for his work in which he invites participants to imagine physical works of art which have never been created. Best known of which is entitled "It's cold in here" which challenges viewers to imagine a frozen poo falconer
Falconer
Falconer or The Falconer may refer to:*A person skilled in the art of falconry*Falconer , a family name*Falconer, New York, United StatesIn media:*Falconer , a power metal band from Sweden...
standing in a walk-in cooler standing on a vibrating steel plate as if shivering.
Reeder and his former roommate
Roommate
A roommate is a person who shares a living facility such as an apartment or dormitory. Similar terms include suitemate, housemate, flatmate , or sharemate...
, Donald Morgan were the inspiration for the characters of Forky and Socky in Randall Pants' video Blame it on Cancun.
Reeder is currently in post-production on his first feature film, Moon Dust, due out in 2011.