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
