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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|American artist, musician, software developer, and activist}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Chris Korda<br />
| image = Chris Korda au papier bulle.png<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<br />
| father = [[Michael Korda]]<br />
| relatives = [[Vincent Korda]] (grandfather)<br>[[Alexander Korda]] (great-uncle)<br>[[Zoltan Korda]] (great-uncle)<br />
| occupation = Artist, Musician, Software Developer, Activist<br />
| known_for = Founder of the [[Church of Euthanasia]]<br />
| website = [https://www.chriskorda.com/ Official website of Chris Korda]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chris Korda''' (born 1962)<ref>{{Cite web | last = Broder | first = Henryk M. | title = Macht Liebe, nicht Babies | work = Der Spiegel | date = 1996 | url = http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9123239.html | access-date = 2023-07-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210310093853/https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9123239.html | archive-date = 2021-03-10 | url-status = bot: unknown }}</ref> is an American artist, electronic musician, software developer, and environmental activist, best known as the leader of the [[Church of Euthanasia]].<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Chris Korda was born in 1962 in [[New York City]] into a Jewish family. Korda is the daughter of [[Michael Korda]] and his first wife, Carolyn Keese.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big-Shot Editor Michael Korda Writes of Power, Success and Charmed Lives|url=https://people.com/archive/big-shot-editor-michael-korda-writes-of-power-success-and-charmed-lives-vol-12-no-25/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=PEOPLE.com|language=EN}}</ref> She is the granddaughter of art director [[Vincent Korda]], and the great-niece of film directors [[Alexander Korda]] and [[Zoltan Korda]]. She is a graduate of the [[Hammonasset School]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== Artistic work ===<br />
In 1992, Korda founded the [[Church of Euthanasia]], a satirical religious organization advocating for population reduction through non-traditional methods, including abortion, cannibalism, and sodomy. Korda used this platform to raise awareness about overpopulation and environmental degradation.<br />
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In 1995, Korda, together with Lydia Eccles, launched the campaign [[Unabomber for President]]. This campaign took the form of a political action committee, Unabomber Political Action Committee (UNAPACK). The group supported the arguments set forth in the Unabomber Manifesto, but not [[Ted Kaczynski]] himself.<br />
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The Church of Euthanasia's activities often involved performance art, including provocative demonstrations and multimedia presentations.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://taz.de/!1260395/ | title=Wie es ihm gefällt | newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz | date=25 November 1999 | page=23 | last1=Sundermeier | first1=Jörg }}</ref><br />
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The music video "I Like To Watch", which was published on the website of the Church of Euthanasia after the [[terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001]], provoked criticism. It combined footage from the coverage of the attacks with excerpts from [[pornographic film]]s and sporting events.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/02063812.htm | title=This Just in &#124; VIDEO }}</ref><br />
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In 2022, the "Le Confort Moderne" main gallery showed a retrospective of Korda's work.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.confort-moderne.fr/fr/ | title = Le Confort Moderne | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}</ref> [[Artforum]] magazine wrote about the exhibition: "The cumulative effect of these pieces, ... is to sow doubt. Korda, ... excels at appropriating the very language and tools of political populism and evangelism that are prevalent across mass media and culture."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.artforum.com/events/chris-korda-250159/ | title = Chris Korda - Artforum | date = 27 July 2022 | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}</ref> [[Frieze Magazine]] reviewed the exhibition and wrote: "Korda's primary aim is to raise awareness about the environmental crisis and the need for radical solutions. Her secondary aim, ..., is to revitalize human creativity through collaboration with machines. She explores this project as a software developer, creating programs designed to generate forms and music exceeding human capacities."<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.frieze.com/article/chris-korda-woman-of-future-2022-review | title = Chris Korda - Woman of the Future | journal = Frieze | date = 7 July 2022 | issue = 230 | access-date = 2024-07-22 | last1 = Simon | first1 = Vincent }}</ref><br />
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In 2024, Korda's work was featured in an exhibition titled "Artist's Con(tra)ception" at the [[Kölnischer Kunstverein]] in Germany. This exhibition showcased the depth of Korda's artistic contributions, presenting her blend of art, activism, and performance.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kivvon.com/de/koeln/artist-s-con-tra-ception-koelnischer-kunstverein-zeigt-erste-ausstellung-chris-kordas-in-deutschland | title = Artist's Con(tra)ception Kölnischer Kunstverein zeigt erste Ausstellung Chris Kordas in Deutschland | work = Kivvon | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}</ref><br />
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=== Musical work ===<br />
Korda began experimenting with [[electronic music]] in the late 1980s, using synthesizers and computer software. Her albums include ''Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong'' (1999), ''The Man of the Future'' (2003), and ''Akoko Ajeji'' (2019).<br />
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Korda toured Europe with the album ''The Man of the Future'', released in 2003 by the German electronic music record label [[International Deejay Gigolo Records]]. Korda has performed at numerous electronic music festivals and events worldwide, including the [[Sonar Music Festival]] in Barcelona in 2001. Korda's live performances often feature the use of her own software.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/interviste-musica/chris-korda-se-lumanita-si-estinguesse-la-terra-starebbe-molto-meglio/909425/ | title = Chris Korda: "Se l'umanità si estinguesse, la Terra starebbe molto meglio" | work = Rolling Stone Italia | date = 23 May 2024 | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}</ref><br />
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=== Software development ===<br />
In 2008, Korda designed Fractice, a fractal renderer.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://discours.io/articles/social/church-of-euthanasia | title = Church of Euthanasia | work = Discours | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}</ref> She is also the inventor of music software such as Waveshop (2013), a bit-perfect lossless free audio editor,<ref>[http://betanews.com/2013/02/27/edit-audio-with-no-loss-of-quality-using-waveshop/ Beta News.]</ref> and ChordEase (2014), a free software tool that simplifies playing notes on any [[MIDI]] instrument. ChordEase was presented at the 2015 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Korda | first = Chris | year = 2015 | title = ChordEase: A MIDI remapper for intuitive performance of non-modal music | journal = Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression | url = https://nime2015.lsu.edu/proceedings/103/0103-paper.pdf | access-date = 2015-09-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035038/https://nime2015.lsu.edu/proceedings/103/0103-paper.pdf | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Korda is transgender and has been open about her gender identity.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ft.com/content/54d76b72-e9ad-11e9-aefb-a946d2463e4b | title=In Search of Chris Korda | work=Financial Times | date=October 18, 2019 | access-date=September 3, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/macht-liebe-nicht-babies-a-c3bafe06-0002-0001-0000-000009123239?context=issue | title=Macht Liebe, nicht Babies | work=Der Spiegel | date=September 22, 1996 | access-date=September 3, 2024 }}</ref><br />
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== Reception and legacy ==<br />
Korda's work has been both celebrated<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trommelmusic.com/featured/chris-korda-a-voice-for-the-future/ | title=Chris Korda: A Voice for the Future | work=Trommel Music | date=August 24, 2022 | access-date=September 3, 2024 }}</ref> and criticized<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.agenteprovocador.es/publicaciones/salva-el-planeta-y-suicidate-los-suicidas-de-barcelona | title=Salva el planeta y suicídate: Los suicidas de Barcelona | work=Agente Provocador | date=June 7, 2019 | access-date=September 3, 2024 }}</ref> for its unorthodox approach and provocative messaging.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://groove.de/2019/09/10/chris-korda-die-bob-dylan-des-klimawandels/ | title=Chris Korda: Die Bob Dylan des Klimawandels | work=Groove | date=September 10, 2019 | access-date=September 3, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ouvertmagazine.com/2024/04/22/interview-with-activist-and-artist-chris-korda/ | title=Interview with Activist and Artist Chris Korda | work=Ouvert Magazine | date=April 22, 2024 | access-date=September 3, 2024 }}</ref><br />
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== Selected discography ==<br />
=== Albums ===<br />
* ''Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong'' (1999) – DJ Mix; as Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia; International Deejay Gigolos<br />
* ''The Man Of The Future'' (2003) – International Deejay Gigolo Records<br />
* ''Victim Of Leisure – Live @ BURN.FM'' (2004) – Platoniq<br />
* ''Akoko Ajeji'' (2019) – Perlon<br />
* ''Polymeter'' (2020) – Mental Groove Records<br />
* ''Apologize To The Future'' (2020) – Perlon<br />
* ''More Than Four'' (2022) – Chapelle XIV, CHXIV05, 12" x 2 + Digital<br />
* ''Indirect Methods'' (2022) – Kevorkian Records, Kevorkian 6, Digital<br />
* ''Passion For Numbers'' (2022) – Mental Groove, MG135, 12" + Digital<br />
* ''All My Problems Are Soluble'' (2025) – Bandcamp<br />
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=== Singles and EPs ===<br />
* ''Save The Planet, Kill Yourself'' (1993) – Kevorkian Records<br />
* ''Save The Planet, Kill Yourself'' (Re-Release; 1997) – International Deejay Gigolos<br />
* ''Sex Is Good'' (1998) – International Deejay Gigolos<br />
* ''I Like To Watch'' (2002) – Null Records<br />
* ''When It Rains EP'' (2002) – International Deejay Gigolos<br />
* ''The Man Of The Future'' (2003) – International Deejay Gigolos<br />
* ''Magic Cookie EP'' (2020) – Partout<br />
* ''Primitive Man'' (2023) – Yoyaku / YYK No Label, YYKordaPM, 12" + Digital<br />
* ''Not My Problem, I'll Be Dead'' (2023) – Yoyaku / YYK No Label, BBB, 12" + Digital<br />
* ''Avenging Angels of Software'' (2024) – Slacker 85, HRL010, 12" + Digital<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
* ''Overshoot'' (2025), Chris Korda. Road House, Paris. Hardcover, 30.5 × 30.5 cm, 90 pages. ISBN 978-2-488450-01-0.<br />
* ''Adagio For Color Fields'' (2023), Chris Korda & Ruiz Stephinson (eds.). Goswell Road, Paris. Hardcover, 21.6 × 30.5 cm, 54 pages.<br />
* ''Snuff It, The Quarterly Journal of The Church of Euthanasia / Issue #1–#5'' (2019), Chris Korda & Various (comp.). Goswell Road, Paris. Softcover, 21 × 29.7 cm, 148 pages. ISBN 979-10-97061-20-3.<br />
* ''Chris Korda & The Church of Euthanasia / Archives 1992–2019'' (2019), Ruiz Stephinson (ed.). Goswell Road, Paris. Softcover, 21 × 29.7 cm, 80 pages. ISBN 979-10-97061-18-0.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org Official website of the Church of Euthanasia]<br />
* [http://metadelusion.blogspot.com/ Chris Korda's blog]<br />
* {{IMDb name|3633644}}<br />
* {{Discogs artist|18625-Chris-Korda}}<br />
* [https://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood-8 Podcast with Chris Korda for Radio Web MACBA, 2021]<br />
* [https://www.kivvon.com/de/koeln/artist-s-con-tra-ception-koelnischer-kunstverein-zeigt-erste-ausstellung-chris-kordas-in-deutschland Artist's Con(tra)ception Exhibition at Kölnischer Kunstverein]<br />
* {{cite web | url = https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/interviste-musica/chris-korda-se-lumanita-si-estinguesse-la-terra-starebbe-molto-meglio/909425/ | title = Chris Korda: "Se l'umanità si estinguesse, la Terra starebbe molto meglio" | work = Rolling Stone Italia | date = 23 May 2024 | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}<br />
* {{cite web | url = https://ra.co/news/80754 | title = Chris Korda announces her first major solo show | work = Resident Advisor | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}<br />
* {{cite web | url = https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/chris-korda-interview | title = Interview: Chris Korda's Bold Challenge to Humanity's Future | work = Bandcamp Daily | date = 30 October 2023 | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}<br />
* {{cite journal | url = https://www.frieze.com/article/chris-korda-woman-of-future-2022-review | title = Chris Korda: Woman of the Future | journal = Frieze | date = 7 July 2022 | issue = 230 | access-date = 2024-07-22 | last1 = Simon | first1 = Vincent }}<br />
* {{cite web | url = https://www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/2024/06/27/chris-korda-interview-despite-our-hard-won-wisdom-we-rampage-like-crazed-beasts/ | title = Chris Korda Interview: Despite our hard-won wisdom, we rampage like crazed beasts | work = Juno Daily | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}<br />
* {{cite web | url = https://discours.io/articles/social/church-of-euthanasia | title = Church of Euthanasia | work = Discours | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}<br />
* {{cite web | url = https://www.24heures.ch/chris-korda-dans-ses-cordes-chez-circuit-641379796245 | title = Chris Korda dans ses cordes chez Circuit | work = 24 Heures | date = 19 January 2023 | access-date = 2024-07-22 }}<br />
* {{cite web | last = Broder | first = Henryk M. | title = Macht Liebe, nicht Babies | work = Der Spiegel | date = 1996 | url = http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9123239.html | access-date = 2023-07-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210310093853/https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9123239.html | archive-date = 2021-03-10 | url-status = bot: unknown }}<br />
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'''Books on Goswell Road:'''<br />
* [https://goswellroad.com/online-store/books/archive-publications/chris-korda-overshoot.html ''Overshoot'']<br />
* [https://goswellroad.com/online-store/books/archive-publications/chris-korda-adagio-for-color-fields.html ''Adagio For Color Fields'']<br />
* [https://goswellroad.com/online-store/books/archive-publications/snuff-it-church-of-euthanasia-journals.html ''Snuff It'' (Church of Euthanasia Journals)]<br />
* [https://goswellroad.com/online-store/books/archive-publications/the-church-of-euthanasia-archives.html ''Church of Euthanasia Archives'']<br />
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