Works
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Performance, video, and installation
With choreographer Teoma Naccarato, from 2025 as Friction Field Collaborative . Choreography, video, projection, and installation design are Naccarato’s; sound, live electronics, and the sensing, video, and network systems are MacCallum’s. Both perform. Each work is documented on its project site.
III: Once Replete ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2023 · 6 h · Two performers beneath plaster casts onto which video from III: Once Returned is projected; heartbeats sonified live from ECGs
Form: performance art , installation , video , live electronics Theme: heart , duration
III: Once Returned ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2022 · 72 h · A six-hour choreography repeated twelve times without stopping, every action scripted by a metronome; two performers wearing ECGs, 12-camera video array, live audio from the electrocardiograms
Form: performance art , video , live electronics , livestream Theme: time , heart , duration , cameras , networks
Im/mediations: 9x9x9 ↗ immediations.com
2022 · 9 × 90′ · Nine live-streamed solo performances, each 90 minutes; nine performers, nine-camera array, click-track score
Form: performance art , video , livestream Theme: time , duration , cameras
III: Regard ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2022 · Video; three performers filmed in extreme close-up by three cameras each
Form: video Theme: cameras
Im/mediations: REMAINS ↗ immediations.com
2021 · 15′ · Solo dancer with live electronics and nine-camera video surveillance system
Form: performance art , video , live electronics , livestream Theme: cameras
Im/mediations: VOID ↗ immediations.com
2021 · 15′ · Video and spoken-word composition; eighteen video solos
Form: video Theme: duration , cameras
Im/mediations: IDLE ↗ immediations.com
2021 · 12 h · Durational series of online one-on-one encounters; twelve-hour live stream
Form: performance art , livestream Theme: duration
III: Once Removed ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2020 · 10′ / 30′ · Two performers wearing ECGs, video, and live electronics; stage version with projection and intimate version in the round
Video, 11 minutes · Vimeo
Form: performance art , video , live electronics Theme: heart
III: Circulation ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2018 · 30′ · Three dancers wearing ECGs, video, and live electronics
Form: performance art , video , live electronics Theme: heart
III: Portraits ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2018 · 18′ · Two short films shown simultaneously
Full film, 18 minutes · Vimeo
Form: video Theme: cameras
III: Cloud 2018 · 30′ · Two dancers wearing ECGs and two percussionists
Form: performance art Theme: heart
III: Tangente ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2016–17 · 30′ · Three musicians, three dancers wearing ECGs, and three breathers
Form: performance art Theme: heart
III: Cœur de cochon ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2016 · 7.5′ · Short film
Full film, 7 minutes · Vimeo
Form: video Theme: heart
III: Respire ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2016 · 10′ · Three breathers; sonic and haptic installation
Form: installation Theme: heart , listening
Study III 2016 · 8′ · Dancer wearing ECG and bass flute
Form: performance art Theme: time , heart
Study II 2015 · 8′ · Dancer wearing ECG, percussion, and live electronics
Form: performance art , live electronics Theme: time , heart
Synchronism ↗ iii-iii-iii.org
2015 · 3–4 h · Performance-art installation: one-on-one performance, sound installation, and sound sculpture
Form: performance art , installation Theme: heart , duration , listening
Study I 2014 · 8′ · Dancer wearing ECG and live electronics
Form: performance art , live electronics Theme: time , heart
Electroacoustic works from the collaborative pieces
Standalone versions of the music.
III: Once Replete 2023 · 26′ · Electroacoustic; the music of the performance as a standalone work
Im/mediations: REMAINS 2021 · 16′ · Live electronics, fixed version
III: Circulation 2018 · 20′ each · Three electroacoustic versions: 1:4a, 1:4b, and 2:4a
Notated and electroacoustic
Limn 2015 · Three pieces: Limn (A) for electronics, Limn (B) for flute and cello, and Limn (A+B), each performable alone · 7′
Form: notated , live electronics Theme: time , heart
Synchromism 2015 · Organ (Rosales Op. 16) and live electronics · 35′
Form: notated , live electronics
Antony: A Reimagining 2015 · Live electronics · 15′
Form: live electronics
Hyphos 2014 · Alto flute, bass clarinet, viola, and live electronics · 10′
Form: notated , live electronics Theme: time
…delicate texture of time… 2012–13 · Flute, clarinet, saxophone, two percussion, violin, viola, and cello · 13′
Form: notated Theme: time
Aberration 2010 · Percussion trio · 8′
Form: notated Theme: time
El Árbol de la noche triste 2010 · Viola or cello, and live electronics · 10′
Form: notated , live electronics Theme: time
…blankness… 2008 · Viola, vibraphone, and live electronics · 12′
Form: notated , live electronics
…frozen into shards of ice… 2007 · Live electronics · 15′
Form: live electronics
…almost like hail… 2007 · Percussion and live electronics · 18′
Form: notated , live electronics
Albums
Self-released on Bandcamp ↗ john-maccallum.bandcamp.com
..... (5) · March 2026 · III: Circulation 1:4a, 1:4b, 2:4a
.... (4) · August 2025 · III: Once Replete; Limn (A)
... (3) · March 2025 · Im/mediations: REMAINS
.. (2) · July 2024 · …frozen into shards of ice…, …blankness…, …almost like hail…
. (1) · February 2024 · …delicate texture of time… (studio, and live at the Venice Biennale 2014), El Árbol de la noche triste, Aberration, Hyphos