Rob Feulner (b. 1987) is a video artist hailing from Montréal, Québec. Armed with a stack of VCRs, circuit-bent equipment, and a disregard for electrical shocks, Rob Feulner dives wrist-deep into open machinery to manipulate tape heads and moving parts, creating a landscape of video tracking errors and glitches used to confront modern political malaise. His work has appeared in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, has been broadcasted by The Cartoon Network, and performed alongside MacArthur Fellowship prize winner Anne Carson during a performance of her play Antigone. Established in 2014, Feulner's video art label Bleu Nuit Video curates underrepresented like-minded artists through DVD and VHS home releases.

Education

Diploma - Full Stack Web Development

Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2023

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Film Studies

Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

2007 - 2011

DEC - Cinema Communications

Dawson College, Montreal, QC

2004 - 2006

Selected Film + Video

“Cable Box” – 17MIN – HD – 2021

Director and Editor

Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts

Distributed by Vidéographe

Premiered at 6e Festival ECRA (Brazil) in 2021

“The Diabetic” – 1HR 34MIN – 16MM/HD – 2021

Visual Effects

Premiered at Fantasia Festival (Canada) in 2021

“Pivot, Forward, Collapse” – 3MIN – SD – 2020

Director, Editor, and Sound Designer

Premiered at Le Guess Who? Festival (Netherlands) in 2020

“Off the Air 5x04: NewNow (Analog Video Remix)” – 11MIN – HD – 2018

Director

Produced by The Cartoon Network

Broadcast on The Cartoon Network television station and presented on

AdultSwim.com in 2018

“The Burning Desire in a Dollar Bill” – 5MIN – SD – 2018

Director, Editor, Sound Designer, and Producer

Distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

"Video Art for Conditional Malaise" – 29min – SD – 2017

Director and Editor

Presented as an audio/visual performance at Flux Factory (NYC) alongside Billy Gomberg in April 2017

Premiered at Newfields Indianapolis Museum of Art in April 2018

"Puerto Rico Tautology" – 7MIN – SD – 2016

Director, Editor, Sound Designer, and Producer

Distributed by Vidéographe

Premiered at International Film Festival ZOOM- Zblizenia (Poland)

Installation

“Unstable Intermediated Forms”

Multi-channel interactive installation

Co-creator and designed with Sam Meech

Presented by Agence TOPO (5445 de Gaspé, Montréal)

October 2021 to January 2022

“Man and His Progress”

Single-channel projection

Comissioned by Eastern Bloc and Never Apart for Nuit Blanche

Presented by Eastern Bloc (Montréal)

March 2017

Workshops

Explorations in Video Art Through VHS and Analog Glitch

Eastern Bloc, 2015 to Present

A multi-day seminar and hands-on workshop led by myself and colleague Guillaume Vallée held twice a year wherein students were taught the basics of analog video glitch techniques and were able to use circuit-bent processors otherwise unavailable to them.

Analogue Glitch Workshop

April / May 2022

Co-presented with Sam Meech, this workshop taught students how to create art using obsolete technology. We took advantage of Videographe's archive of 70s video cameras and decks to reuse and recycle forgotten means of communication and live performance.