Sean Clute is an inventor of sound, video, installation, and performance. As Co-Artistic Director of DOUBLE VISION, Sean has organized, curated, and performed in numerous events including Evolutionary Patterns and the Lonely Owl, Involution 2 (Brooklyn), 13 Dreams of a Dying Clairvoyant, and Equinox 12 11 11 Kimi Yax. He has built and performed in geodesic domes, suspended pods, and interactive sonic environments. His diverse creative activities have been presented at venues such as The Kitchen, CEAIT Festival, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, TED2005, Uspannwerk Kreuzberg (Germany), Shabla Solar Eclipse Festival (Bulgaria), La Case A Chocs (Switzerland), La Ma Ma etc., Times Square Deli Dance, CBGB’s, REDCAT Theater, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, California College of the Arts, Mills College, and California Institute of the Arts.
Sean has also been recognized with a Fulbright Award and residency at the MuseumsQuartier Wien in Austria, a Djerassi Resident Artist Award, and a Meet the Composer Award. He has an extensive background in music and intermedia art and holds an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College where he was awarded the Music Alumnae Scholarship, Crothers Award, Hellman Award, Lynn T. White Award, and Frog Peak Collective Experimental Music Award. Additionally, Sean was awarded a scholarship to attend The Kitchen Summer Institute in New York City and a recent scholarship to attend the Anderson Ranch in Colorado. Sean holds a BA in Music at the University of New Mexico where he studied classical guitar and composition.
Sean has also worked in performing arts and technology organizations with positions held at Orban/CRL broadcast technologies, Columbia University Music Library, and The Kitchen. He has guest lectured at Cal State University Stanislaus, Mills College, and California College of the Arts on intermedia art and technology.
Sean is the founder of experimental music groups X-Ray Vision Network and Passing Strange, as well as the co-founder the electronic music group Cloud Full of Clowns. He has collaborated on a number of projects with groups Ransom Corp., Amoeba Technology, Jose Roque Ensemble, choreographers Pauline Jennings, Nic Petry, animator Nick Fox-Gieg, musicians Zemi 17, Pauline Oliveros, Jessica Catron, Dorsey Dunn, and designer Ben Coolik. http://www.seanclute.com/