Madsen Minax

    Filmmaker - Director/Co-Producer, Editor
    Musician - Upright Bass, Vocals

 

  Madsen Minax is a multi-media artist with a focus in time-based work, including sound and   film/video, but also dabbles in web development, design and more traditional forms of art   making. He was trained as a classical pianist from age 4, and has trained as a sound   engineer  at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and classical quartet composer at   Hogeschool  voor Muziek en Technologie in Utrectht, The Netherlands.

  Madsen has been making films for the past seven years, primarily in short format, and is   ecstatic to be directing his first feature length piece in this collaboration. His previous works   have teetered on the edge of narrative yet completely non-linear. His hyper awareness of the   concept of conclusion helps him latch onto the inherent intention and conceptual drive, while his need to be edgy, loud, and completely disintegrate boundaries keep him perpetually pushing between the realm of experimental art making and representational art making. His previous films have been screened in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, Germany, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sydney and Perth, Australia.

In addition to his work in the art field, Madsen is also an advocate for alt-sex awareness and education and it’s relationship to gender identity and often assists in workshops addressing alternative practices. He can be contacted directly for extensive resources pertaining to Chicago specific kink culture and community.

With concern to music, Madsen has explored many different genres of writing and playing including rock, jazz, funk, and many in between, currently playing the upright bass, singing and writing songs in the “indie-grass” duet Actor Slash Model.

He is currently a practicing video editor and pursuing a tattoo internship in San Francisco, CA.

 

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