Daniel Crooks

Biography


Born Hast­ings, New Zealand 1973

Lives and works in Melbourne


Daniel Crooks works pre­dom­i­nant­ly in video, pho­tog­ra­phy and sculp­ture. He is best known for his dig­i­tal video and pho­to­graph­ic works that cap­ture and alter time and motion. Crooks manip­u­lates dig­i­tal imagery and footage as though it were a phys­i­cal mate­r­i­al. He breaks time down, frame by frame. The result­ing works expand our sense of tem­po­ral­i­ty by manip­u­lat­ing dig­i­tal time slices’ that are nor­mal­ly imper­cep­ti­ble to the human eye.

Crooks’ works are in notable pub­lic col­lec­tions, includ­ing, Nation­al Gallery of Aus­tralia, Can­ber­ra; M+ / Muse­um of Visu­al Cul­ture, Hong Kong; Aus­tralian Cen­tre for the Mov­ing Image, Mel­bourne; Muse­um of Old and New Art, Hobart; Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary Art Aus­tralia, Syd­ney; Nation­al Gallery of Vic­to­ria, Mel­bourne; Queens­land Art Gallery | Gallery of Mod­ern Art, Bris­bane; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Syd­ney; and the Chartwell Col­lec­tion, Auckland.


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Bib­li­og­ra­phy

Exhibitions
Available Works

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Daniel Crooks

Sta­t­ic No.22 (Gyre and Gimbal), 2017
sin­gle-chan­nel High Def­i­n­i­tion video, 9:16, stereo
4 min­utes 54 seconds
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

High Street (After Ruscha), 2017
sin­gle-chan­nel video, 2:1, 4K, stereo sound
17 min­utes 52 seconds
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

Sta­t­ic No.21 (Dou­ble Helix), 2017
sin­gle-chan­nel High Def­i­n­i­tion video, 9:16, stereo
4 min­utes 44 seconds
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

The Sub­tle Knife, 2016
sin­gle-chan­nel High Def­i­n­i­tion video, 1080p 24, stereo
8 min­utes 23 seconds
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

A Dance of Inconsistencies, 2014
High Def­i­n­i­tion video, 16: 9, stereo, colour, sound
4 min­utes 33 seconds
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

Truths Unveiled by Time #5, 2014
stere­olith­o­graph­ic resin, auto­mo­tive paint and stain­less steel
three pieces: 482026 cm

Daniel Crooks

Cloud Atlas (Fitzroy 1:23), 2012
sin­gle-chan­nel High Def­i­n­i­tion dig­i­tal video, 16:9, colour, silent
21 minutes
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

Por­trait #10 (Tom), 2012
Lamb­da pho­to­graph­ic print
130130 cm
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

Por­trait #8 (Andy), 2012
Lamb­da pho­to­graph­ic print
130130 cm
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

Por­trait #23 (Self), 2012
Lamb­da pho­to­graph­ic print
400400 cm
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

Inter­sec­tion No.2 (ver­ti­cal plane), 2008
sin­gle-chan­nel High Def­i­n­i­tion video, 16:9, colour, sound
3 min­utes 59 seconds
Edi­tion of 3

Daniel Crooks

Imag­i­nary Object #20, 2006
Lamb­da print
110110 cm
Edi­tion of 5

Daniel Crooks

Imag­i­nary Object #13, 2006
Lamb­da print
109109 cm
Edi­tion of 5

Library
News

Futur­ist Daniel Crooks

In a sub­ur­ban back gar­den burst­ing with nas­tur­tiums, kale, toma­toes and sweet herbs there is […]

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High Street (After Ruscha) rumi­nates on mem­o­ry, com­mu­ni­ty and culture

Daniel Crooks’ High Street (After Ruscha) is eas­i­ly described yet by no means simple […]

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New York’s Asia Soci­ety announces par­tic­i­pants in its inau­gur­al triennial

Works by 40 artists and col­lec­tives will go on view in June, includ­ing Daniel Crooks […]

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Daniel Crooks: Asia Soci­ety Tri­en­ni­al, New York

The inau­gur­al Asia Soci­ety Tri­en­ni­al opens today 27 Octo­ber, 2020 in New York City, and […]

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Three exhi­bi­tions to see in New York this weekend

Daniel Crooks: the Sub­tle Knife­Un­til 31 Jan­u­ary in Times Square, Man­hat­tan As the resid­ual dystopia […]

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Lau­ren Brin­cat, Louisa Bufarde­ci & Daniel Crooks, Tar­raWar­ra Bien­ni­al 2021: Slow Mov­ing Waters’

Lau­ren Brin­cat, Louisa Bufarde­ci & Daniel Crooks have each been com­mis­sioned to cre­ate new work […]

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Daniel Crooks and Angel­i­ca Mesi­ti: A Sto­ry for the Future’ MAXXI’s First Decade, Fon­dazione MAXXI, Rome, Italy

On the occa­sion of its tenth anniver­sary, MAXXI presents an exhi­bi­tion that has been […]

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DANIEL CROOKS: STRUC­TURED LIGHT

Daniel Crooks has been com­mis­sioned to illu­mi­nate the Nation­al Gallery’s façade for the 202 […]

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DANIEL CROOKS: BOUND­ARY CONDITIONS

Bound­ary Con­di­tions is an ambi­tious video work that seam­less­ly weaves togeth­er an alter­nate world […]

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