On
May 26th, 2006, I had the pleasure to introduce
the work of VJzoo (Kat Black and Jasper Cook) to
our New York audience at EyeWash.
They
brought music by Western Australian artists and
their video performance was witty, intelligent,
and highly original while often relying on existing
archival media which had been treated with modern
technical processes and juxtaposed into a clever
non-narrative.
VJzoo
showed their experience and professionalism through
their ease of set-up and excellent presentation.
I am proud to have had their work at EyeWash and
would happily invite them again.
Joshua
Goldberg is a dedicated abstractionist, designing
and performing on frameworks for improvisatory animation
using laptops in club and party situations. He wants your
palms to sweat, your pores to open, your pupils to dilate.
He is a time junkie, in a destructive fashion, exploring
the mutability of time through computers, and investigate
the shattering of temporal flow. Teaming up with electronic
musician Todd Polenberg aka Habitrail. This duo’s
audio visual synergy is featured on the EyeWash 2 DVD.
Experience them live, then take them home…
Kate
Brehm has a diverse background in the media and performing
arts. She worked on staff at the NYU Center for Advanced
Technology, instructed workshops internationally exploring
performing with technology, designs hardware set-up for
live performance, installation, soundscapes and video
content; and is artistic director of imnotlost, producing
cabaret evenings of puppets and variety, art exhibits,
multi-media performance events, bizarre theatrics, and
critical thinking. This night she presents her Movement
with Screens performance installation.
Raphael
DiLuzio returns to EyeWash, mixing visuals to the
sounds of classical musicians Arts
in Motion. This Professor of New Media at the University
of Maine is not just sitting on his scholastic laurels,
he is out there making the work work, striving to find
a balance between the new media of today and its place
with the classic arts; his collaboration with the Philadelphia
ensemble is no exception. There is even rumor of a collaborating
dancer to round out the set, merging music, visual and
dance.
Jasper
Cook (bunniboi) and Kat Black (kattyb) are the VJzoo crew.
They live in Perth, Western Australia, the most remote
capital city on the planet, so you have to make your own
fun there. Their visual style ranges from retro to abstract
to rough and edgy, and use a lot of archival movies, grungy
hand-held industrial-looking footage and scratch and flare
type effects. Currently on an international tour through
Europe and Asia, they round out the continents by making
a special stop in NYC for a show at EyeWash. Zoo, thanks
for coming all this way and making us sooo internacionale!
EyeWash
events feature live-mix video performances by VJs and
Video Artists who manipulate video in real time. The Eye
Wash series is a relaxed and social atmosphere where you
can enjoy live-mixed video, meet VJs and video artists,
and see the latest in live video performance and collaborations
in mixed media while dining on Monkeytown's excellent
fare.
NyscaEyeWash is presented by Forward Motion Theater, Inc.
a 501(c)3 non-profit organization since 2001, and is made
possible with public funds from the New York State Council
on the Arts, a State agency.
