Tag: Video
Laurie Anderson does Network Performance
by admin on Jun.18, 2013, under Integrated Media, Network Performance, Open Source, Play the Moment, Technology
Laurie Anderson’s new show is a network performance with Ai Wei Wei. Video from the premiere at the Luminato Festival in Toronto.
They are using Skype to connect the live Toronto performers with Ai Wei Wei in Beijing.
Network performance is a growing area and Play the Moment is on the leading edge!
I was inspired to start working with network performance by Pauline Oliveros and Chris Chafe. Chris Chafe calls these Telematic performances and has developed a software at CCRMA Lab, Stanford, that works really well. For the techies who read this blog — using Red Hat Linux OS — a communications port can be opened.
In 2010, I visited San Francisco to learn this software, and I was able to open ports on two computers and communicate using the software. This system works really well, but both sides of the performance must have the ability to operate sophisticated technology. That is why my efforts to successfully produce a network performance were not realized until I started using Waterwheel in 2012. My first solo show, Flow Time, led to the development of work for the group, Play the Moment.
It was my vision to have a combined live and networked performance that was realized with the recent Mini Maker Faire show. This was the first time one of the group members was live, playing with the networked stage on a projected screen. Now, I am seeking more of these performance opportunities so internet viewers can join concert goers to enjoy live, improvised media performances.
Now network performance is going mainstream with this show by Laurie Anderson — as mainstream as experimental performance art ever gets — but soon, I believe this will become a widely recognized genre of performance.
Stay tuned to this site to learn about the next Play the Moment performance or follow us on Facebook.
VIX Vimeo Videos
by admin on Aug.20, 2011, under Concerts, Events, Fallen Angel, Films, Fine Imagery, Media, Projects, Rise Up Fallen Angel, Video
This summer has been very eventful for me and some of the work that I have been doing is now posted on Vimeo!
Videos include my newest work: Kensington Mystery Man
Kensington Mystery Man from victoria gibson on Vimeo.
There is a film clip of the title sequence for Rise Up, Fallen Angel
Rise Up, Fallen Angel — Opening title sequence from victoria gibson on Vimeo.
Lisle Ellis said this one of his favourite visual parts of the show! That is quite a compliment considering the quality of art from the contributors around the world and Lisle’s dedication to his own visual art. This clip is really a display of my work in the visual and audio realms. I will be creating a documentary video of the event and my projection artist collaborator, Christina deRoos has posted a clip to her Vimeo account here.
Rise Up Fallen Angel from Christina deRoos on Vimeo.
The final public clip is a documentary of the work I did at EMPAC in 2010 — it is a work-in-progress showing of my Integrated Media Arts piece, Bandwidth. The video was edited by Julia Alsarraf, a colleague who also participated in the Media Lab at EMPAC.
Bandwidth at EMPAC 2010 from victoria gibson on Vimeo.
The EMPAC experience was very important to me in many ways, but meeting the other artists was a great inspiration. I am still collaborating with one of my other colleagues, Suzon Fuks, an Australian artist. She is launching her Waterwheel project on August 22nd! I have contributed some of my water video and will be uploading more photos and other material to the collection. If you would like to be part of my crew in the “Tap” section, please contact me. I would like to be a more involved participant in the project.
A New Beginning: A Playground
by admin on Jun.24, 2009, under Concerts, Events, Media, Projects, Technology, Video
I was very honoured to be asked to produce the film that was shown as the visual component of this concert in the Walter Phillips Gallery, located in the Banff Centre for the Arts.
Pauline Oliveros explained the concept and gave me freedom to develop the 20 minute film using the photos provided and my own digital artworks. Ms. Oliveros was inspired by President Obama’s speech in Cairo and the Codepink efforts to encourage peace by building three playgrounds in Gaza. I obtained permission to use photos from the Codepink Flikr stream, with attribution, from:
Jean Stevens
National Media Coordinator
CODEPINK Women for Peace
The Codepink projects are very worthy and I was proud to be able to support them and be associated with an initiative that is intended to bring people together to work for peace. In addition to the photos of children and playground construction in Gaza, we used photos of American children playing in a playground provided by Ione. She explained at the concert that she thought it was nice for them to play together. Ione was inspirational in the production of this film as she helped me to gain a more precise understanding of the concept of the musical work.
Many people complimented me on my work after the show and it will remain one of the highlights of my time in Banff. I did document the performance on video and the audio was recorded by the Banff Centre technicians, led by John DS Adams. At some point, I hope that my film, “A New Beginning: A Playground” will be shown during future concerts when Pauline and Ione perform this piece. When the audio is mixed, there are plans to produce a DVD with the soundtrack of the concert. When it is complete, it will be available from the Deep Listening Institute site.
Tech Notes: All photographs and digital artworks were prepared in open source software, The Gimp. The film was created using Final Cut Studio on a Macintosh workstation owned by the Banff Centre.
Going to Banff
by admin on Jun.02, 2009, under Projects, Video
My trip to Banff is now confirmed. I will be riding my trusty Yamaha FJ 1200 to Banff to meet with Pauline Oliveros and Ione to document their residency. My goals include completely documenting the current residency with audio/video/still images and to work on the material that was recorded at the Fort Worden Cistern and the Seattle concert to produce streaming promotional material.
View Vancouver to Banff – June 4-5, 2009 in a larger map
Tech Notes: The facility at Banff does not have a Blu-ray DVD burner, so I am considering purchasing one so I can author a completed DVD. I am going to try to Google map my trip as it happens – I have embedded the code from Google, but I hope to power this through a wordpress plug-in. Thanks to the plug-in maker, “MapPress makes it easy to insert Google Maps in WordPress posts and pages. By Chris Richardson.”
Subscription Options:
Leave the Oil in the Ground News Feed
#sustainable #ferry
mercurynews.com
The first-in-the-nation technology will be put to work to begin carrying commuters across the San Francisco Bay beginning in early 2020.#climateemergency Our major cities will only have the tops of buildings above seawater
Arctic melt goes into overdrive, disrupting the Northern Hemisphere's weather and ecosystems
axios.com
The Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of the rest of the world.#nopipelines Another attempt to off load a stranded asset - buyer beware! #endofOil
straight.com
"There are good reasons why Kinder Morgan chose to walk away from this project and you should carefully consider them before investing your Nation’s money," wrote the president and secretary-treasurer in an open letter.#climatechange #climateemergency
"Oil giant Mobil sought to make tax-exempt donations to leading universities, civic groups and arts programmes to promote the company’s interests and undermine environmental regulation, according to internal documents from the early 1990s obtained by the Guardian.
The documents come to light as ExxonMobil, formed when Mobil merged with Exxon in 1999, is now facing investigations by multiple state attorneys general over claims it failed to communicate known climate crisis-related risks to investors and the public.
The foundation wrote that its grants for not-for-profits could help Mobil fight environmental regulation, fund scientists whose work had been “favorably received by the industry” and prepare Mobil to defend itself against lawsuits following oil spills and industrial accidents."
The news gets more disturbing about fossil fuel corporations' knowledge of the influence of human use of their products increasing climate change. It is alarming that the industry’s tax free donations to not-for-profits successfully convinced the nonprofits and universities to support lax regulation and basically industry propaganda about its products' safety. PS - Every time you see an ad about how wonderful natural gas, oil or coal are, please contact the program and network running the ad and voice your dissent.#climateemergency #climatechange #flooding
Canadians for Political Accountability, Social Justice, a Green Future
WHEN WILL 'THE GREAT COASTAL DROWNING' BEGIN?
Pedersen ice core samples have demonstrated that the Arctic in past millennia has had abrupt climate change (from extensive ice coverage to virtually none) in as little as TWO years!
If the Greenland Ice Sheet melted, scientists estimate that sea level would rise about 6 meters (20 feet). If the Antarctic Ice Sheet melted, sea level would rise by about 60 meters (200 feet).
