Eric Hall
(b. Saint Louis, MO 1975)
curriculum vitæ
Eric Hall is a composer, improviser, producer, and performer of electronic-based music, video, and installation art, as well as a DJ and freelance music and arts educator.
Hall was honored as Laumeier Sculpture Park’s first-ever Composer-In-Residence and, in 2012, was voted Best Electronic / Dance Musician by the readers of The Riverfront Times. In 2014, Hall began a working relationship with renowned modern chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound, which lead to the multichannel telecomposition .wav superposition and live collaboration Diffraction ≉ Refraction. Hall has done numerous commissioned sound-sculptures, interactive installations, compositions, and performances for The Saint Louis Art Museum, The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (performing John Cage’s "First Construction (In Metal)" as a live-sampled electro-acoustic piece), The Pulitzer Foundation For The Arts, Laumeier Sculpture Park, The Luminary Center For The Arts, Public Media Commons, The Regional Arts Commission, New Music Circle, White Flag Projects, The Sheldon Concert Hall, The Kranzberg Art Center, Art Hack Day, Poetry Scores, Washington University, First Night (performing in Saint Francis Xavier College Church Cathedral leading in to the midnight New Year's countdown), Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, KDHX, Post Performances At The Old Post Office Plaza, The City Museum, Mad Art Gallery, Webster University, SOHA Studio And Gallery, Pecha Kucha, The William A. Kerr Foundation, Forest Park College, School Of Art At Bowling Green State University, Oakland's Life Changing Ministry, Chicago's Elastic Arts, Detroit's Bohemian National Home, Kansas City's la Esquina (Charlotte Street Foundation), and Brooklyn's The Silent Barn and Monkeytown, as well as designed and curated numerous performance series (most significantly Ancora il Più Estinto, Massamalgam, and The Third Lip Cabaret), recorded a Saint Louis-themed sound collage for 52nd City’s SOUND issue (“THE PHIL SESSIONS”), contributed music and sound design for NPR’s Cut & Paste podcast and the documentary feature film The First Secret City, and has provided multiple remixes and collaborated on stage and in the studio with hundreds of artists across the country.
Besides performing as a solo artist and within frequent sporadic projects and collaborations, Hall has also performed a two-hour improvisation alongside Damo Suzuki (of seminal krautrock outfit Can) during his 2007 return to the US, is in the trio N. Nomurai, and has been a frequent contributor to Grandpa’s Ghost, with whom he has also done several collaborations with Witney Biennial-featured video artist James Fotopoulos.
Under the moniker DJ Lil’ Daddy Reba McEntire, Hall also performs all-original live mash-up DJ sets in clubs, galleries, dive bars, museums, and house parties.
selected works, performances, and exhibitions
The King Herod Exhibition At The Zoo, Art Hack Day: Eclipse, @4240 Building, The Cortex District, Saint Louis, MO August 19th, 2017
New Works For Quad, Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL July 30th, 2017
Tool Time Of Finland, Off Broadway, Saint Louis, MO June 2nd, 2017
Farfetched presents The Link-Up, Foam, Saint Louis, MO March 9th, 2017
STL Rocks For Standing Rock, Gaslight, Saint Louis, MO November 6th, 2016
First Friday (Kelly Walker exhibition), The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO November 4th, 2016
Ambient Corridor, Sips, Saint Louis, MO October 24th, 2016
The Riverfront Time Music Awards Showcase, HandleBar, Saint Louis, MO June 18th, 2016
Alarm Will Sound + 18andCounting, Patrick Boland, Sarah Vie + Eric Hall: collaborative performances + audio installation, Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, MO May 14th, 2016
The Blackstar All-Stars' Tribute To David Bowie, The Ready Room, Saint Louis, MO March 25th, 2016
"Survival Always Sounds So Exciting” - Kevin Harris (visuals) + Eric Hall (sonics), KC Psych Fest, la Esquina, Kansas City, MO January 22nd, 2016
SLAM Underground: MAD Science - Dual A/V Solos: Eric Hall + Kevin Harris, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO September 25, 2015
Kevin Harris + Eric Hall: audio + video installation, Kranzberg Art Center, Saint Louis, MO August 7th, 2015
The Riverfront Time Music Awards Showcase, Soho Restaurant & Lounge, Saint Louis, MO June 20th, 2015
Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt with Eric Hall, The Luminary, Saint Louis, MO May 19th, 2015
SLAM Underground: DJ Lil' Daddy Reba McEntire, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO February 27th, 2015
Poetry Scores 2014 - Roque Dalton's Tavern (Conversatorio), Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, MO December 12th, 2014
Undercurrent 10, The Scholarly Tap Room, Saint Louis, MO October 30th, 2014
SLAM Underground: DJ Lil' Daddy Reba McEntire, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO October 24th, 2014
Alarm Will Sound / John Luther Adams, NNN Cook, and Eric Hall, Public Media Commons, Saint Louis, MO October 19th, 2014
Gadabout Film Festival, chizmo.tv, and Eric Hall, Melt, Saint Louis, MO September 14th, 2014
Pü Fest, Empire Hall, Saint Louis, MO September 7th, 2014
The Riverfront Time Music Awards Showcase, Handle Bar and Bad Dog Tavern, Saint Louis, MO June 7th, 2014
Oneohtrix Point Never and Eric Hall, Kranzberg Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO April 4th, 2014
Frame Of Reference: Materials In Time, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Saint Louis, MO March 22nd, 2014
In(er) Out(er) Space, Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, MO February 7th, 2014
100th Birthday Of William S. Burroughs, The Heavy Anchor, Saint Louis, MO February 5th, 2014
First Night In Grand Center, Saint Francis Xavier College Church Cathedral, Saint Louis, MO December 31st, 2013
NoiseFest X, The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO November 1st, 2013
Post Performance, Old Post Office Plaza, Saint Louis, MO June 29th, 2013
Places Of The Spirit, The Sheldon Concert Hall, Saint Louis, MO June 9th, 2013
The Riverfront Time Music Awards Showcase, Flamingo Bowl, Saint Louis, MO June 1st, 2013
New Music Circle Showcase: Trinity Piano Trio / Sun Ra Tribute, William A. Kerr Foundation, Saint Louis, MO May 10th, 2013
First Friday: DJ Lil’ Daddy Reba McEntire, The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO March 1st, 2013
InFest STL, 2720 Cherokee, Saint Louis, MO January 26th, 2013
Consonant Drift, Mushmaus, Saint Louis, MO January 11th, 2013
Site/Sound, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO October 6th, 2012
Live On The Museum Lawn with Eric Hall, Arrington de Dionyso, and Thollem McDonas, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO May 23rd, 2012
SLAP Conference: Current, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO June 30th, 2012
An Orchestrated Vision: The Theater of Contemporary Photography, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO February 18th, 2012
LOVEmeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO February 11th, 2012
CAM Nights: DJ Lil’ Daddy Reba McEntire, The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO December 15th, 2011
Live At Cromlech Glen, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO November 12th, 2011
Electric Is The Love, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, Mo October 29th, 2011 – January 22nd, 2012
SLAP Conference: Current, The Regional Arts Commission, Saint Louis, MO June 17th, 2011
The Act of Improvisation, Cranky Yellow, Saint Louis, MO February 20th, 2011
New Music Circle Showcase – Five Innovative Artists, Steinberg Auditorium, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO December 10th, 2010
Third Thursdays, The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO September 16th, 2010
Concerts In The Courtyard: N. Nomurai, The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO June 24th, 2010
RFT Music Showcase, The Dubliner, Saint Louis, MO June 6th, 2010
Pecha Kucha, Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, MO May 6th, 2010
(Re)Sound, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, Webster Groves, MO February 5th – March 5th, 2010
Cindi Looper / Putting The Gay In Gangster, KDHX 88.1, Saint Louis, MO November 30th, 2009
The Heavy Sound Of Soft Metal, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO September 13th, 2009
A New Currency, Snowflake, Saint Louis, MO June 29th, 2009
Tactile Ambients, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO June 14th, 2009
The Only One, KDHX 88.1, Saint Louis, MO May 29th, 2009
Orchestrating Diversity, The Lemp Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO May 10th, 2009
Jeremy Rabus: Location; In Formation, Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, Maplewood, MO April 17th, 2009
N. Nomurai Live, KDHX 88.1, Saint Louis, MO March 5th, 2009
Remix Chest, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO September 21st, 2008
untitled (or not), The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO April 19, 2008
Damo Suzuki / Detroit Sound Carriers, Bohemian National Home, Detroit, MI October 9th, 2007
untitled (or not), The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO September 30th, 2007
Character Development, Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, Maplewood, MO September 14th, 2007
The Mad Art Radio Hour, Mad Art Galleries, Saint Louis, MO July 11th-14th, 2007
THE PHIL SESSIONS: Guerilla recordings in St. Louis public spaces…, 52nd City Magazine’s SOUND Issue April 2007
The Prairie Drone Refractions: Grandpa's Ghost and James Fotopoulos, White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, MO April 1st, 2007
Wall Ball IV Kick-Off Party, White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, MO February 22nd, 2007
52nd City Website Launch Party, Gallery Urbis Orbis, Saint Louis, MO December 30th, 2006
The Mad Art Radio Hour, Mad Art Galleries, Saint Louis, MO November 16th-19th, 2006
Live Action, White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, MO October 27th & 28th, 2006
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Percussion Festival, The Touhill Performing Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO May 10th, 2006
Audio Costumes, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO October 30th, 2005
DJing The Weather, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO September 4th, 2005
Roomix, The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO June 6th, 2005
KidSound, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO January 23rd, 2005
Ancora il Più Estinto, Dunnaway Books, Saint Louis, MO April, 2004 / May, 2005 / May, 2006
Civilian Spirits: Sounds From the Silent Majority, The City Museum, Saint Louis, MO November 14, 2003
In Spite Of Sustenance, The Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO April 20th, 2002
Freedom And Fear, The Mildred Bastian Theater, Forest Park College, Saint Louis, MO December 7th, 2001
Massamalgam, The Galaxy, Saint Louis, MO 2000-2002
The Third Lip Cabaret, various locations, Saint Louis, MO 1999-2002
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