Biography
Brian Joseph Davis (b. 1975-) is a Canadian artist and writer.
His work confronts popular culture, specifically music, and utilizes plagiarism and sampling to create new, conceptual works. Some examples include Minima Moralia, a punk rock 7 inch purported to be by Theodor Adorno and 10 Banned Albums Burned Then Played, where Davis burned ten randomly chosen "banned" albums then sampled whatever sound could be found to create new songs. His Yesterduh project combined those concerns with aspects of Relational Aesthetics by asking random visitors to an art gallery to sing the Beatles song "Yesterday" from memory. These attempts were recorded then assembled into the Yesterduh compact disc.
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In 2005 Coach House Books published his book Portable Altamont, a collection of avant garde humor dealing with celebrity culture.
HomePage:
http://www.brianjosephdavis.com
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.