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Friday And Saturday May 29th And 30th : Sight And Sound - Eastern Bloc
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Eastern Bloc presents SIGHTandSOUND: an immersive video experience, over 2 nights, incorporating the work of 20 artists from Canada and the United States. Combining various forms of digital arts, these artists will collaborate in a manipulation of the space at the Eastern Bloc through the use of six projection screens, encapsulating the audience in waves of sound and video. The artists’ works will travel from one screen to the other, in random sequences, creating an onslaught of sensory stimuli. Part I (May 29) is co-curated by Eliane Ellbogen (artistic director, Eastern Bloc) and Marie-Helene Parant (Share MTL). Part II (May 30) is curated by Eliane Ellbogen. SIGHTandSOUND: Part I will captivate its audience with 2 hours of experimental audiovisual explorations. The works presented willencompass an interactive, ambient, and minimal approach to audio and visual collaborations amongst the following artists: Katherine Liberovskaya (mtl) and Eric Létourneau (mtl); Marie-Hélène Parant (mtl), Angela di Lauro (mtl), and Ambroise Vesac (L'islet); Chris Jordan (nyc) and Maxime Rioux (mtl); David Linton (nyc); CHiKA (nyc) and Jim Bell (mtl); and Eric Filion - Nokami (mtl) and Michael Trommer (to) SIGHTandSOUND: Part II is a spasmic array of video mash-up works by artists using a strong audio-visual link in their repertoire. In contrast to Part I, transitions from one screen to another will be quick, sound will be fast and loud, and videos will be provocative and intense. Works will be shown by the following artists: Jubal Brown (to), Beewoo (mtl), Ouananiche (mtl), Agor (mtl), Pete O’Hearn (to), Nwodtlem (to), Bear Witness (ottawa), and Meat Parade (gatineau) ------------------------------- Eastern Bloc présente SONetVUE : une immersion totale des arts médiatiques. SONetVUE, un événement sur deux soirs, incorpore les œuvres de 20 artistes canadiens et américains. La combinaison de son et vidéo permettra aux artistes de jouer avec l’espace du Eastern Bloc par la manipulation de six écrans de projection, qui encercleront le public avec des vagues de son et de lumière. Les œuvres traverseront l’espace, d’un écran à l’autre, en séquences aléatoires. Le résultat : un assaut de stimulus sensoriels pour les spectateurs. ---------------------------- ARTIST BIOS // BIOS DES ARTISTES: Katherine Liberovskaya [ www.liberovskaya.net ] video and media artist based in Montreal and New York City. She has been working predominantly in experimental video since the late eighties. As of recent years her work - in single-channel and installation video as well as performance - mainly revolves around collaborations with new music composers/sound artists. Since 2003 she is active in live video mixing exploring improvisation with numerous live new music/audio artists. In addition to her art practice she has concurrently been involved in the programming and organization of diverse media art events, notably with Studio XX in Montreal, Espace Vidéographe, Montreal and Experimental Intermedia, NY as well as the OptoSonic Tea series with Ursula Scherrer at Diapason in NYC. She is one of the founding members of SHARE-Mtl. Eric Letourneau [ www.systememinuit.com ] pratique la création radiophonique depuis les années 1980. Commissaire et initiateur de projets collectifs et interdisciplinaires, il a présenté plus d'une cinquantaine de manoeuvres et de compositions dans une dizaine de pays. Ses pratiques recoupent l'installation, la manoeuvre, la composition musicale et l'écriture. Il a travaillé extensivement les outils de vidéo interactif analogique et différentes techniques de transmission radio et télé. Il fait également partie du trio de performance sonore « mine mine mine » (avec Alexandre Saint-Onge et Magali Babin). Marie-Helene Parant [ www.marieheleneparant.com ] : visual and new media artist based in Montréal. She has been involved with art and technology since the 80’s. Since 2004, she is developping an interactive tool based on body movement called Sketch-in. She will present with Angela Di Lauro the performance EXTASE "en première" for SIGHTandSOUND . She has presented her work of installation and video performance in several international venues, iMAL, Club Transmediale, VidéoFormes, Traverse vidéo, INIAF 809 China, Société des arts technologiques, Experimental Intermedia, ArtSpace Galery, Festival Video art of Casablanca. Marie-Hélène is coordinator and founding member of SHARE MTL, an artistic community that organizes digital happenings since 2005. Angela Di Lauro: artiste multidisciplinaire, Angela Di Lauro a d'abord naviguée dans le milieu de la danse et du theatre mutidimédia. Elle s'intéresse a l'interdisciplinaritée et expérimente depuis plusieurs années la performance dansé lié au son ou a l'image. Jean-Ambroise Vesac est un artiste éclectique des nouveaux-médias. Sa pratique comprend la robotique, la vidéo immersive et la performance audiovisuelle. Son travail mélange la fougue de l'improvisation à la puissance du numérique. Son univers est une explosion de sons saturés à l'intérieur de paysage sonore très concret. Il développe ses propres logiciels de création, ses interfaces interactives de contrôle et ses instruments robotisés. Vesac a travaillé en collaboration avec le Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental, le Vidéographe (PARC), le centre inter-universitaire des arts médiatiques (CIAM), la Société des arts technologiques (SAT), Perte-de-signal, Est-Nord-Est, SKOL, Avatar, Daïmon, le laboratoire de muséologie et d'ingénierie de la culture (LAMIC), le laboratoire de vision 3D de l'Université de Montréal (Vision3D), Tour de bras. Il participe au collective de création Popcore. Chris Jordan [ www.seej.net ] explores the medium of light, movement, and time through the use of technology. His installations have appeared at the Moma, The New Museum, The Whitney, The Museum of Natural History, The Chelsea Museum, Times Square, numerous galleries and clubs; and the incidental spaces in between. The common elements that define Chris’ work include explorations into memory, photography, film, interactivity, and projections. In addition Chris teaches interactive design at Baruch College and NYU; and organizes T-Minus, G33kXmas, rooftop movies, and visualist salons in New York City. Maxime Rioux (Maxime de la Rochefoucauld - [ www.cooptel.qc.ca ] crée des performances/installation dans lesquels les corps, les objets et les instruments de musique sont en interactions systématiques les uns avec les autres, dans une sorte de mise en scène par la vibration des sons. Il travaille présentement sur un système qui lui permet d'animer des instruments acoustiques à l'aide de basses fréquences inaudibles. David Linton [ bicameral.multiply.com ] multi-media artist and media producer active in NYC for close to 30 years. In the mid 90's he became a dedicated advocate of realtime electronic performance with collaborative projects such as SoundLab, UnityGain, & UGTV. His current solo project - the Bicameral Research Sound & Projection System - was initiated in 2004. With the B. R. S. & P. System David aims to make vibrational wave induced perceptual energy states manifest by deploying interconnected measures of electric sound & light in live action with hand manipulated objects in physical (live camera) space. Chika Iijima [ www.imagima.com ] live media artist working in the international VJ and experimental music scene. Her performances vary from minimalist geometric patterns to unique compositions overflowing with a variety of forms and color. She has performed at The Museum of Modern Art, The Hammer Museum, Mutek, The Mapping Festival, Decibel festival, Platform Bohenstrasses, Théâtre Maisonneuve, San Francisco Art Institute, Remix Hotel Miami, Eyebeam, Eyewash as well as many gallery and museum events, festivals and night clubs in the US and Europe. Jim Bell: audio professional and new media artist based in Montreal. He has worked as a sound recordist and in post-production for various short and feature length films. Currently studying Fine Arts at Concordia University, he has exhibited and performed in Australia, Italy, United States and Canada. He has also given workshops in audio field recording at universities and artist centres in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. His work explores correlations between natural and constructed worlds, obsolescence and novelty, control and communication. Eric Filion (Nokami - [ www.nokami.com ] Eric Filion aka vj Nokami, graphic designer is in the visual media and communications environnement. He participates in several visual artistic performances as media designer. Eric was part of the Neoist movement, and collaborates regularly in international artistic visual presentations in Europe (LUX, AVITUK, Arts Electronica), USA (SHARE, AVITRetreat, Center art project), South America (404 festival), Asia (CeC, Mobile road cinema Thailand, Thailand New media Arts) and in Canada (Upgrade, Mutek, Dorkbot, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Momentfactory, SAT, Champs Libre, X Avant new music festival, AD NOISEAM, Nuit Blanche ). Michael Trommer [ www.myspace.com ] Toronto based producer and visual artist who has recorded for such top electronic music labels as Transmat, Wave, Ultra-red, and/OAR, Audiobulb, Truffle, Stasisfield, Interchill, Monocromatica, Serein, Thinner and con-v. He records under his own name, as well as aliases such as 'sans soleil’, ‘minidisco’, 'Hydraulic’, ‘simple machine’ and 'Manitou2'. Expect more installation work Michael in 2009: as well as being featured in art:tech 2009 in Cordoba, Spain and soundLAB VI in Köln, Germany, a piece based on Mies van der Rohe’s Toronto Dominion Centre will be presented at the State Gallery in St. Petersburg, Russia in the autumn. Jubal Brown [ www.jubalbrown.com ] video producer and multi-media artist based in Toronto, Canada who gained notoriety in 1996 when he deliberately vomited in color on paintings at the MOMA in New York and the AGO in Toronto. One of the founding members of the FameFame collective, Jubal was one of the pioneers of Jawa style video editing. Beewoo: produces multimedia works both as a solo artist and as part of collectives such as KIT and Battery Operated. Her work has been presented at a number of festivals, including INVIDEO, Split, and FCMM, as well as in galleries like The Anchorage, New York; Stubnitz, Rostock; and China Millennium Art Museum, Beijing. beewoo is a founding member of the multimedia label C0C0S0L1DC1T1. As technical director at Studio XX, she is dedicated to open source technological arts and is pursuing her research into interactivity with the Interstices group. Cedric Chabuel (Ouananiche - [ www.poissonsmorts.com ] video and audio artist. As a VJ and a musician (Le Marionnettiste), Ouananiche sets himself apart by his narrative, concrete and human side. He blends music and video, remixing old television shows and films in a live setting. Alex Cowan (Agor - [ www.myspace.com ] co-runs and resides at the versatile creative locale called Lab Synthèse, which he and his brother Sebastian, along with some others, opened in 2007. Alex makes videos which are both cute and abrasive. Sharp-toothed animated dreams meet footage from the actual world. The videos featured in SIGHTandSOUND are musically driven; they are manipulated in real-time by a wash of sentimental and loud electronics. AGOR is the name given to all his video and musical projects. Pete O'Hearn [ www.myspace.com ] Toronto-based multimedia artist. Between 2003 and 2006, Pete wrote, produced, designed, edited, and directed over 20 short films, music videos, and commercials. Between April 2006 and July 2007 Pete functioned simultaneously as Art Director of the graphics department at RTV Atlas and Professor of 2D Design at FVU (Faculty of Visual Arts). Nwodtlem [ www.mysapce.com ] Toronto based video music artist and founding member of the brand new A/V DVD Label dropFRAME. Last year a full length DVD and free download got released on web label DTRASH, and the fire was stoked by shows in Montreal, Ottawa, Detroit, Dublin, Brighton, and Camber Sands as well as frequent events in Toronto. Described by Exclaim! Magazine as “micro-cinema meets post-rave mashdown”. Bear Witness: Ottawa-based media artist Ehren Bear Witness Thomas has been producing short experimental video works for over six years. Bear was the recipient of the Golden Cherry Award for Video Artist of the Year 2008. His video “BrokeDickDog” was included in the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography exhibition Stealing the Gaze: Portraits of Aboriginal Artists curated by Andrea Kunard and Steven Loft hosted by the National Gallery of Canada. Bear was commissioned by ImagiNATIVE in partnership with the Goethe Institute and the National Gallery of Canada to produce a video for the Culture Shock screening at the 2008 ImagiNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival. Bear’s video “The story Apanatschi and Her Red Headed Wrestler” was screened at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival. Bear co-founded a Native DJ collective that hosts a monthly event, Electric Pow Wow. Jesse Moon (Meat Parade - [ www.mysapce.com ] founding member of The Meat Parade Collective, Jesse specializes in new media, visual and audio arts. His interventions touch video, photography, music, visual arts, audio performances and much more! Regrouping 23 artists, 17 beeing in the regions of Ottawa and Outaouais (Canada), The goal of the collective is to further experimental creation by promoting and producing the projects that artists in the team undertake. =================== Oboro [ www.oboro.net ] Artengine [ www.artengine.ca ] Videographe [ www.videographe.qc.ca ] and Share MTL [ www.sharemtl.org ] are partner organizations with Eastern Bloc for SIGHTandSOUND. Tickets for this event will be on sale in advance at Eastern Bloc and at the door. $10 per night or $15 for both nights. ----------- Oboro, Artengine, Vidéographe et Share MTL offrent leur soutien au Eastern Bloc pour la réalisation de SONetVUE. Les billets pour cet événement seront en prévente au Eastern Bloc et en vente à la porte. $10 par nuit ou $15 pour les deux nuits. friday may 29th saturday may 30th eastern bloc mtl. 7240 clark @ jean talon |
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