June 29, 2021 |
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On Tuesday, June 29, I participated in a collaborative
multimedia performance with a number of fellow artists,
musicians, and dancers. I performed live music in collaboration
with three other parallel sound performances, as dancers
activated the space around us with kinetic sculptures. Here is
the concept from Testu Collective:
Inspired by seeing a performance of Marginal Consort, a
Japanese improvisational collective, Testu is gathering a
group of sound makers to create unique simultaneous
soundtracks with custom-built instruments, sound-making
devices and synthesizers. Each sound station centers around a
modular sculpture that is activated by two movement
artists.
'TRVLR' is about The Travelers, microscopic alien life forms
found on meteorites that have journeyed from Deep Space to
Earth. The concept focuses on the fictional telling of what
their first moments on Earth would be like if we zoomed in;
through movement, sculpture and sound.
Performers:
- Yoko Murakami & Maki Kitahara (movement)
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Testu Collective - Serena Stucke & Dan Tesene (sound)
- Alec Fellman & Maria Takeuchi (sound)
- Gabriel Mester (sound)
- Paloma Kop (sound)
April 20, 2021 |
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On April 20th, we had a community screening to celebrate the 1
year anniversary of the founding of
scanlines.xyz!
Last year, I teamed up with
Andrei Jay,
Cyberboy666, and
Olivia Jack
to create a new forum to discuss diy video and audio projects.
Over the past year, the community has evolved, and we now
maintain a chat platform, a custom livestreaming service, and a
peertube video hosting setup, all on our own infrastructure. I
really value having this community around experimental video art
that's outside of the advertising-ridden hellscape of corporate
social media.
🌐 More info about the event:
scanlines.xyz/t/scanlines-birthday-community-showcase-open-call-for-participation
March 27, 2021 |
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On Saturday, March 27, I did a livestreamed performance for the
2021 edition of the
Ann Arbor Film Festival. Several fellow
Signal Culture
community members were also featured this year, including
Kit Young,
Scott Kiernan, and
Jason Bernagozzi.
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the oldest avant-garde and
experimental film festival in North America, founded by George
Manupelli in 1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere
forum for independent filmmakers and artists, each year's
festival engages audiences with remarkable cinematic
experiences. The six-day festival presents 40 programs with
more than 180 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and
genres, including experimental, animation, documentary,
fiction, and performance-based works.
📺 Watch the recording of my set:
Youtube
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Peertube
March 14, 2021 |
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On Sunday, March 14, I performed at Testu Collective's ChaShaMa
residency space in the Brooklyn Navy Yards. I performed a solo
a/v set and then participated in our group jam session at the
end. It was very nice to be able to collaborate with other
artists in my local community, and we look forward to organizing
more public events once that becomes possible.
March 13, 2021 |
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My piece, Magnetic Field Recordings, was screened in a
room curated by
Testu Collective
within the Common Multiverse Initiative, a
volunteer-run online event hosted by
Currents.fm
involving a constellation of artists around the world.
Testu Collective are an intermedia art collective that
creates experimental videos, concept soundtracks, and
audiovisual installations/performances. Testu Collective's
curated A/V Room in COMMON MULTIVERSE INITIATIVE focuses on
diversity of sonic and visual artists and a mix of analog and
digital techniques. The audience is taken on a sonic adventure
from lush field recordings to modular synth electro-scapes to
brutal ambient. Visuals range from video feedback manipulation
to otherworldly audio-reactive designs created in
TouchDesigner to sci-fi landscapes created by cymatics. Their
room featured performances by ÉMU + Insomniac Hotel, Im_pakt,
The Josh Craig, Fernando Molina, Paloma Kop, Toru Izumida,
Testu Collective, Chaka Benson, ACE + Detroit Bureau of
Sound.
🌐 Visit our collective on Currents.fm at this link:
currents.fm/collective/FXNQbrULv51sfEWzDzCp