Kamil Antos

Since the start of Kamil Antos’ creative endeavors, he has always been interested in interdisciplinary work and art. His visual art pieces often include aspects of assemblage, painting, photography, printmaking, and woodworking. These pieces would often evolve into hand-bound books, larger series, and editions. For the past 16 years, his predominant creative focus has been on making and recording improvised sounds and performances while making limited-edition boxes, prints, and books to accompany the musical releases. With the evolution of this newfound form of expression, he has moved away from using his own name for his creative output and has shifted to making all things, in whatever form and media, under either of the two monikers: A Death Cinematic and Simple Box Construction.

As A Death Cinematic he makes, composes, and performs effected and improvised guitar music and sound which he records and releases on his own in a strict DIY handmade aesthetic. Simple Box Construction is a DIY and art-house label and press specializing in exclusive handmade and limited edition visual and musical releases for A Death Cinematic and commission work for other artists. These releases and objects often feature original poetry, photography, drawings, and prints.

The focus of his recent work has been the performing and recording of improvised guitar music and sound as well as publishing and releasing the recordings, books, and prints in limited handmade editions. Using a variety of contemporary and archaic printing methods he attempts to set up a broader context for the experimental recordings. Keeping the editions small, limited, and handmade offers something more unique to the listener. In essence, the recordings become part of the artistic object, integral and inseparable. Conversely, the physical object appropriates a time signature and the intertwining of the two challenges how we consume, see, hear, and interact with each artistic medium. His work straddles performing improvised sound sets and exhibiting visual arts. Using aspects of both, he is trying to push and expand the boundaries of each. This has led him to be involved in the large immersive Cagliostro art exhibitions doing long-form (5 hour+) performances and returning to exhibiting visual art. 

Most recently his creative interests have expanded into film; both in front of and behind the camera integrating the visual and sonic elements of his art.