Semiconductor are British artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt producing Computer animation

Computer animation

Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images....

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History

Ruth Jarman (b.1973) and Joe Gerhardt (b.1972) started making art as Semiconductor in 1999. Their art uses computer animation to explore science, time, scale, and natural forces.They work in different media ranging from single and multichannel video works, sound, installations, performance and DVD releases. They are currently based in Brighton U.K.
They completed a number of fellowships at The NASA Space Sciences Laboratories UC Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 California USA, Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship Berwick-Upon-Tweed UK and Couvent des Récollets Paris France.
They have performed and exhibited in Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...

, Hirshhorn Museum

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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 Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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 Washington DC USA, Nuit Blanche

Nuit Blanche

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 Paris, Institute of Contemporary Arts

Institute of Contemporary Arts

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 London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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, Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Careof Gallery Milan, EMAF Osnabruck, and Beaconsfield Gallery London.

Awards

• Best Video for Brilliant Noise at Experimental Film and Video Festival, Seoul, Korea 2006.
• Second prize at Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival for Brilliant Noise, 2006.
• Best Experimental Film for Magnetic Movie at Tirana International Film Festival 2007.
• Second prize by the Science Film Festival for Brilliant Noise, a Coruna Spain, 2008.
• Best Film for Magnetic Movie at Cutting Edge at the British Animation Awards 2008.
• Special Mention and Best International Experimental Short for Magnetic Movie at Leeds International Film Festival 2008.
• Magnetic Movie was purchased by the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington for the permanent collection 2008.

Short films

1. Retropolis, 1999.
2. A-Z of Noise, 1999.
3. Yes You Are Right!, 1999.
4. Puffed Rice, 2000.
5. DAT Politics, music by DAT Politics
   DAT politics
   DAT politics is a French electronic band created in 1999. Their energetic live shows explain the cult like enthusiasm that surrounds the French electronic combo as they’ve been touring the world extensively over the years...
   
   , 2000.
6. Earthquake Films, 2000.
7. New Antics, 2000.
8. QT, music , 2001.
9. Linear, 2001.
10. Domestic EMI, 2002.
11. Green Grass of Tunnel, 2002.
12. Strata, 2002.
13. Inaudible Cities: Part One, 2002.
14. Digital Anthrax, 2002.
15. Machi, music by Aco
    ACO (musician)
    Aco is a female Japanese singer. She made her debut in 1995 with the pop single Fuan nano . She is a part of Sony Music Japan. She explores different musical styles, with the albums absolute ego and material displaying Electronica influences...
    
    , 2003.
16. Mini-Epoch-Series, 2003.
17. The Sound of Microclimates, 2004.
18. All the Time in the World, 2005.
19. 200 Nanowebbers, music by Double Adaptor, 2005.
20. Ways of Making Sense, 2006.
21. Do You Think Science..., 2006.
22. Brilliant Noise, 2006.
23. Earthmoves, 2006.
24. Time Out of Place, 2007.
25. Magnetic Movie, 2007.
26. Matter in Motion, 2008.
27. Out of the Light, 2008.
28. Black Rain, 2009.

Other works

1. Sonic Inc., Live Performance.
2. Hi-Fi Rise - Sonic Cities from another Timeline, 2001 DVD self released
3. Worlds in Flux, 2007 DVD Fat Cat records
   Fat Cat Records
   Fat Cat Records is an independent label based in Brighton on England’s South Coast. Their output includes electronica, post rock, indie, downtempo, minimal techno, noise and punk-pop...
   
   

External links

• http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/U7161980
• http://eternalgaze.net/2006/06/200-nanowebbers-semi-conducted/
• http://www.designcinema2008.org/index.php?view=article&id=124%3Akeynoters&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=735
• http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/lateattatebritain/lateattatebritainaugust2008.htm