cecil decker
email // cecildecker@gmail.com
experience
Media Arts Coordinator // Richland Library Studio Services
2016 - Present
Sound Design & New Media Adjunct Instructor // University of South Carolina
2014 - Present
Co-Director // Indie Bits
2013 - Present
User Support Specialist // University of South Carolina
2013 - 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant // University of South Carolina
2011 - 2013
Curator, Sound Engineer, Social Media Coordinator // Conundrum Music Hall
2011 - 2015
Freelance Media Production // mono no audio, LLC
2009 - Present
education
University of South Carolina // School of Visual Art & Design
M.A. Media Arts // Advisor: Heidi Cooley
University of South Carolina // School of Visual Art & Design
B.A. Media Arts // Advisor: Simon Tarr
mediagraphy
Presented at Indie Grits 2018, Twin Cities Film Festival 2018.
Directed by Vanessa Harrocks. Cinematography by OK Keyes.
Witch // 2018
Digital video, 90 min.
Re-recording mixer
Presented at Edinburgh Film Festival, 2017, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, 2017, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, 2017, Montreal Underground Film Festival, 2017, Indie Grits 2018 (Top Grit award), Ann Arbor Film Festival 2018 (Cutters Studio Archival Film Award)
Directed by Jennifer Proctor.
Nothing a Little Soap
and Water Can't Fix // 2017
Digital video, 10 min.
Sound designer
Water Me // 2016
Video game
Lead sound designer, programmer
Released by Mikal kHill.
Human Disaster // 2016
Digital audio, 33.5 min.
Producer, mix engineer, mastering engineer
160610 whatever dot wav // 2016
Digital audio, 7.5 min.
Composer, performer, mix engineer, mastering engineer
as it is // 2016
Digital audio, 37.5 min.
Producer, performer, mix engineer, mastering engineer
Released by Sulfur.
Re:Birth // 2015
Digital audio, 46 min.
Mix engineer, mastering engineer
Released by Shaffer the Darklord.
Sex Rhymes // 2015
Digital audio, 17 min.
Mastering engineer
Released by two weeks notice.
two weeks notice // 2015
Digital audio, 24 min.
Mix engineer, mastering engineer
Presented at the University Film & Video Association conference. American University, 2015.
Video performance by Simon Tarr.
Blood Lust of the Wolf // 2015
Live cinema performance
Composer, performer
Released as about.theWindow.
trinkets // 2015
CD, 40 min.
Composer, performer, mix engineer, mastering engineer
Released by East of Apollo.
Homegrown // 2015
CD, 24 min.
Mastering engineer
Directed by James Wyman Owens.
The Movie About my Father // 2015
HD digital video, 27 min.
Dialogue editor
Released as Will Yeovil on Dodgy Art.
Tunnels // 2015
digital audio, 15 min.
Composer, performer, mix engineer, mastering engineer
Released by Fratmouth.
Warm Jeffery // 2015
Digital audio, 13.5 min.
Mastering engineer
Released by Ahomari on Dodgy Art.
Filter // 2015
Digital audio, 4 min.
Mix engineer, mastering engineer
Released as Autocorrect on Dodgy Art.
i Am america sand so an yeti // 2014
CD, 19.5 min.
Composer, performer, mix engineer, mastering engineer
Released by Tribe One.
Crisis on Intimate Earths // 2015
CD, 24 min.
Mastering engineer
Released by Mikal kHill
The Snuggle is REAL // 2014
Cassette, 32 min.
Producer, composer, mix engineer
Presented at Indie Bits, 2014
Don't Be A Dick // 2014
Video game
Lead designer
Performed by about.theWindow at Cottingham Theatre, Columbia College, Columbia, SC.
Choreography by Elyse Cox.
blood // 2014
Live dance performance
Composer, performer
Released by Ahomari on Dodgy Art.
Pastel Youth // 2014
Digital audio, 43 min.
Mix engineer, mastering engineer
Created for the Indie Grits 48hr Film Blitz.
Sweet Potato Pie // 2013
HD digital video, 3 min.
Sound designer, composer
Released by Schaffer the Darklord.
Sick Passenger // 2013
CD, 63 min.
Mix engineer
Presented at Second Act Film Festival, 2013.
Exploration #5 // 2013
HD digital video, 4.5 min.
Director
Released as about.theWindow on Sirona-Records netlabel.
Our Bodies Ourselves // 2013
CD, 55 min.
Composer & performer, mix engineer
Released by Sulfur.
The Divine Gamble // 2013
CD, 26.5 min.
Producer, composer, mix engineer
Presented at Indie Grits film festival, 2013.
Presented at the University Film & Video Association conference. Chapman University, 2013.
[threshold] // 2013
Video game
Lead designer
Released by Adam WarRock & Mikal kHill.
Slytherin House Mixtape // 2013
Digital audio, 34 min.
Mix engineer
Presented at Indie Grits film festival, 2013.
Presented at Glitch Art 0P3NR3P0.NET Share Fest, 2013.
December 1990 #2 // 2012
HD digital video, 3 min.
Director
Presented at Indie Grits film festival, 2013.
scanners // 2012
HD digital video, 1.5 min.
Director
Released as about.theWindow.
mothlight // 2012
CD, 60 min.
Composer, performer, mix engineer
Released by Mikal kHill.
The Walking Dead // 2012
Digital audio, 26 min.
Producer, composer, mix engineer
Performed at Margo Jones Performance Hall, Denton, TX.
Choreography by Elyse Cox.
confessing animal // 2012
Live dance performance
Composer
Released by Cancellieri on Post-Echo.
Bad Hands EP // 2012
Digital audio, 13.5 min.
Producer
flow // 2012
Digital audio, 16 min.
Composer, performer
Presented at “Moviefest” short film exhibition, Columbia, SC.
Directed by Brittany Paul.
Perfect Mistakes // 2012
HD digital video, 6 min.
Sound editor, music supervisor
Honorable mention in New Media at the University Film & Video Association conference. Columbia College Chicago, 2012.
Presented at “Everything is Broken” new media exhibition, Conundrum Music Hall, West Columbia, SC.
Entelechia Again // 2011
New media installation
Graphics, audio, programming
Presented at “Zombies, Love, and Action Figures. What Else Is There?” short film exhibition, Columbia, SC.
Directed by Karis West
The Adventures of Micah Kazinski // 2011
HD digital video, 6 min.
Composer
Performed at Margo Jones Performance Hall, Denton, TX.
Performed at American College Dance Festival Association 2012 South-Central Conference, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX.
Performed at The 2012 National College Dance Festival, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC.
Choreography by Elyse Cox.
Same As it Ever Was // 2011
Live dance performance
Composer
Awarded a NEH Level 2 Digital Humanities Start-up Grant.
Desperate Fishwives // 2011
Video game
Sound designer
Presented at “New Media Art Exhibit” new media exhibition, 1501 Senate St, Columbia, SC.
glitchchopscrewstretch // 2011
Live audio performance
Composer, performer
Presented at Margo Jones Performance Hall, Denton, TX.
We're Always Starting // 2011
Live dance performance
Composer
is (is not) it is // 2010
Digital audio, 30 min.
Composer, performer
Presented at “No Robots Just Movies” short film exhibition, Gambrell Hall, Columbia, SC.
Launch Day // 2010
HD digital video, 10 min.
Screenwriter, composer
Presented at “Engineering Disobedience” short film exhibition, Gambrell Hall, Columbia, SC.
This Drive Is Me // 2009
HD digital video, 14 min.
Screenwriter, sound designer, production sound mixer, composer
Presented at “Oblique and Experimental” new media exhibition, Art Bar, Columbia, SC.
BAMF // 2009
Interactive audiovisual installation
Sound designer, programmer
Presented at “Dispatches from Where You Are” short film exhibition, Nickelodeon Theatre, Columbia, SC.
Bark Bark Black Sheep // 2009
Interactive audiovisual installation
Sound designer, music supervisor
Directed by Brian Weston
Space Kid // 2009
Digital video, 3 min.
Sound designer, music supervisor
Presented at “Dispatches from Where You Are” short film exhibition, Nickelodeon Theatre, Columbia, SC.
Directed by Aidan Zanders.
Rosetta's Stone // 2009
Digital video, 2 min.
Sound designer
Presented at “Dispatches from Where You Are” short film exhibition, Nickelodeon Theatre, Columbia, SC.
Men // 2009
Computer animation
Rigger, sound designer
King of teh Internets // 2009
Video game
Sound designer, composer