the blog of makemassair

As promised in previous posts (namely project: Acedia, the photoshoot & new project: Acedia.) here we have the recording of the début performance of fashion designer Sample Remix’s audiovisual multimedia Acedia show. In collaboration with myself, makemassair, and deadman dj (who did a fantastic job on the sound design, as well as redubbing the live recording with the original audio).

The show was met with a great reception and it really was one of the performances of the whole night. Looking forward to future performance projects with Sample Remix.

All garments designed and produced by Sample Remix. (sampleremix.co.uk)
Video produced by makemassair. (makemassair.co.uk)
Sound design by deadman dj. (deadmandj.net)

Clothing modelled and performed in by
Aiko, Lolita Trash, Miss Harriet, Grace Tebbutt, Biomechanina, Miss Cobweb, Ella DV

Performed at Festival of Sins. (festivalofsins.co.uk)

As mentioned previously, I’ve begun work on the Acedia project. I’ve been commissioned by the fashion designer Sample Remix, working alongside producer and DJ deadman dj (who has done a sterling job on the sound design for the teaser trailer).

The film and performance will be premiered on the 10th October, in Camden. There is a photoshoot in a couple of weeks so I’ll make sure to put up the press release and some of the shots from the photoshoot.

Yuichi Higashionna questions the optical experience in his work. Back in May ‘09 in Tokyo at the Calm and Punk Gallery he exhibited his refract! collection:

this particular show features an installation that is inspired by the idea of ‘the uncanny’. Included in the show will be a new piece in his chandelier series made from florescent lamps as well as an installation made from rubber bands and pieces combining painting and animation

There are some amazing pictures from his exhibition on Designbloom and an interview with Yuichi on the SHIFT site

Did it ever go away? I’m not sure.

Remember about 10 years ago you would go bowling or to a large service station on the Motorway and they had virtual reality machines (they probably still do, shows how long ago I went bowling).

Developed by IDEO Labs as an immersive projection rig which in their own words:

A simple, featherweight headset, a 10ft x 10ft x 10ft white room, and $600,000 worth of projector and computer equipment, combined with the smarts of the folks at Eon Reality, results in one insanely real experience.

Robert Seidel, commissioned by the Nabi Art Centre, developed this immense installation, currently on display at the SKT Tower in Seoul, South Korea. Huge dimensions visualised on several LED screens.

slices of a virtual sculpture, dimension 100 x 125 x 80 meters

In a time of complete virtualisation of knowledge, science and monetary flows the virtual sculpture “vellum” transfers the memory of one specific urban rhythm to another locality.

The video is a documentation and an excerpt of the work.

Links
Vellum at Robert Seidel’s page
COMO Media Platfrom, Seoul
Nabi Art Center, Seoul

Bizarre and odd work from American artist Margot Quan Knight. These pictures show of a weird beauty, similar to that fascination you experience with “Circus Freaks”.Beautiful yet disturbing. Images that require a double take, at which point surrealism comes bounding out.

Beginning with a sequence of photographic images created while a researcher at Fabrica—Benetton’s communications and research centre founded in 1994 to foster young creative talent from all over the world—Margot went on to develop her conceptual photography in bundles of themed images.

She draws inspiration from a rich history of photographic artists who focus on the body and her parents’ medical textbooks. She says, “I begin with objects or bodies or plants and try to give them more life, or a different kind of life. Loneliness, exuberance, and wonder take on physical form.” Her work has been exhibited all over the world and appeared in over 40 international publications. She currently lives and works in Seattle, where she is working on a new series called Procreation.

More information and pictures here, here and here.

Deaf Center + Claudio Sinatti mixedmedia performance
NODE festival, Modena / June 2008

Although short, this is a lovely piece, both audibly and visually. Both elements working in harmony with each other that makes me quite jealous I wasn’t there in person.

Links
NODE Festival / Claudio Sinatti

These guys have consistenly impressed me.

AntiVJ is a visual label initiated by European-based artists whose work is focused on the use of projected light and its influence on our perception.

Clearly stepping away from standard setups & techniques, AntiVJ presents live performances and installations where projection on volume, visual mapping, tracking and augmented reality, stereoscopy and holographic illusion are providing to the audience a senses challenging experience.

AntiVJ teaser featuring recent projects by Aalto, crustea, Emovie and Lego_man:

++++ Le Mans (France), August 2007
3Destruct Louvain la neuve (Belgium), June 2007
Inode Nancy (France), December 2007
Light up Bristol Bristol (UK), December 2007

More details on www.antivj.com
Music by Monolake

04 April 2008 6 to 9.30PM
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG

Featuring:
Hiraki Sawa (Kanazawa, JP)
Black Out Arts (Bristol, UK)
Bruno Tait / Bopa (Cologne, DE / London, UK)
Ne1co (London / Birmingham, UK)
Narrative Lab (London, UK)

As part of the Late at Tate Series of events the audiovisual collective Ne1co present a very special ambient edition of London’s number one audiovisual event, the AV Social.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ll be down the front for this. Probably with a G&T or bottle of beer in my hand.

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