Charles Chace

Charles Chace is an artist and musician from Massachusetts who has exhibited in galleries in New York City, Miami and North Carolina. His recent works consist of a multimedia installation that included paper collage, video, and manipulatable noise machines. He also has an ongoing avant-garde musical project under the moniker The Paul Swest. Using multi-track recording he bounces between instruments, constructing layered improvisations that range from free form splatter to surf-jazz, from Derek Bailey to post-rock. “I was always trying to deconstruct things, to do something new. But at the time I didn’t know that was the artist in me. I don’t think I see logic the same way, which leads to a lot of arguments with people, even though they are completely right and logical. I’ll always find a small window of doubt. But, when you’re always doing that, you’re always ready to improvise.” Charles Chace