Not to reduce artists to the equipment they use but the above images give an idea of the different approaches Jon Williams and I will be taking when we play Wednesday night.
I am especially intrigued by the tabla drum sequencer in Jon's rack (the white plastic box).
Update: Jon's video work is more software based (an elaborate patch for real time performance) whereas mine will mostly consist of shoving DVDs into a player.
I will be playing some of my music live (through a PA at any rate) on Wednesday, April 15 (tax day), with videos of animated GIFs.
It's at 9:00 pm, at Goodbye Blue Monday, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY.
I'm excited to be on the bill with the other musicians. Jon Williams and Poisson D'Avril (Christopher Weingarten) will also be playing in the electronic part of the evening. Our set is followed by an acoustic set by Kaylyn Marie.
The myspace page for Goodbye Blue Monday is here, with streaming video and such, but the calendar on the front page isn't loading correctly and appears to have someone else playing on the 15th. If you click through (and log in to MySpace) you see the correct calendar here.
The online flyer by Jon Williams is here (large file but great--let it load!).
The info is:
Poisson D'Avril
ex-Parts and Labor, local rock writer nuisance, @1000TimesYesTom Moody (♬)
art, music, Nasty Nets surf club memberJon Williams
crazy visuals (Excepter, etc.)Goodbye Blue Monday!
Tax Day, 15 April 2009, 9pm; $FREE
1087 Broadway (2 blocks from the Kosciusko St. stop on the J train)
Brooklyn, NY 11221
(718) 453-6343
I hope to see you Wednesday!
Update: gear pics
1-Bit Drawings (html page with 14 monochrome bitmap drawings)
All posted previously except the one above. Have been wanting to see them on a single page without all the blog paraphernalia around them. All are original except the "galvanized chess piece" by Driessens & Verstappen I drew from an image on Vvork.
Drawn in Microsoft Paintbrush (a late 80s/early 90s program once part of the Windows office suite) using the monochrome pallette. HTML design was done using Seamonkey Composer. The page has been validated by html validators, at least.
tie dye molotov cocktail with purple-blue-grey soft drink bleeding into fuse fabric
watercolorish rendering of climbing wall in landscape
collapsed pink-grey grid in gallery corner made of fabric and foam
photo of anti-coal protesters
concentric rings of biomorphic colored plastic (?) on gallery wall with stonehenge reference in title
white plastic sheet with impression of combination lock numbers, supposedly from Hong Kong building to contain spread of SARS
cut plexiglas mobile with nested circles and squares
capital letters and forward slashes on gallery-wall-sized grid form sentences and palindromes about war, revolt, etc
allover painting or digital abstraction of swirly marbling effects in hot orange, pink, and green
capital letters A - Z in white neon wrap two gallery walls
wall installation of paintings (?) that look like web graphics - gradient triangles, cartoon explosion, etc.
target's eye views of woman shooting rifle - a hit trips the shutter in carnival photobooth camera - photos span many years
dozens of narrow spotlight beams spray out from piano as seated musician plays
flags of fictional nations (grid of 18)
flags of fictional nations (animated GIF slide show)
illustration of proposed monument: cracked facade of retail storefront with flatscreen TVs, speakers in window
eleven mirrors, two pink things on floor of baroque church
installation with shelving, stackable containers, video monitors, pleasing color combinations (but not too tasteful)
abstract painting with large splashes at top tapering down into dense overlapping drip-networks
faux marble column ashtray with crushed out cigarette butts
post re: three years of vvork and tweet re: one year of vvork twitter
photo of oval mirror (supposedly), hung facing wall
photo of video camera filming cardboard box on top of bucket
collage: sun temple sacrificial altar, modified skylight in Loggia’s dome at Tate St Ives, Extreme Proxigean Spring Tide, etc
large conference table with splatter-painting top surrounded by chairs with modernist plaid webbing
visual pun: computer keyboard with small cemetery gravestones in lieu of keys
oil painting of ocean waves & clouds with raster-like lines of written text defining lights and darks
video still of ocean with small buoy or large boat on horizon
installation reworks traditional rice cultivation technique from SE Asia in "overly complexified, industrial, laboratory style way"
Experimental interactive environment builds internal representation of its occupants through network of autonomous but communicative sensors
modern and rustic jungle stilt houses described as "self-sustaining environment emerging from the artistic community"
artist brushes and combs hair and face while repeating the words "art must be beautiful" (YouTube)
1992 cloth banner re: English language dominance in art world
photo of rooftop flags with decreasing legibility: olive branches, UK flag with face, blue/red/orange pattern
flatscreen monitor with animated lens flares sweeping across it
oath of the horatii with overlaid translucent rectangle
books as art (again) - stacked and arranged in spectrum according to paper color and apparently collapsing
photo of river raft made of trash from previous exhibition
self-describing text in white picture frame with "turbo" sticker in description and also in frame
photo closeup of smiling mouth distorted by lens or water
graphite rubbing of manhole cover with birds, flowers
white stuccoed space with toolkit and lifesized cardboard cutout of Snoop Dogg
"Attenuated Motion" [mp3 removed]
This is sort of Ableton without Ableton or turntablism without turntablism. Six parts were written independently then multitracked and crossfaded. The only thing in common was the bpm--miraculously they were all in tune. This is more about the slippages between tracks--would like to do another mix where parts are in tighter sync, with some drum parts added and possibly more bass. All done with Reaktor and Cubase. The vibe is "dark '80s."
