Normally I hate “Vote for me” posts, but this is a special case. We are working with SXSW to bring them to Chicago for the Motion Graphics Festival and to bring Chicago to SXSW. By voting for the User Interface in Motion panel you will help us to do this!
Voting will close at 11:59 pm Central Standard Time on Friday, August 29. Panel organizers will be notified as to whether their idea was accepted (or not) beginning in mid-October.
Well, I've made it to Philly - we're packing up the vehicles now to head out to the Gaian Mind Summer Festival - I'm very excited to be attending and playing this year - my set is ready to go and I look forward to playing for a whole new group of folks. Everybody that I've met here so far seem very friendly - it's going to be a good fest, I can feel it!
Also, my new album entitled Terraforming just came out on Psymbolic--sounds - give it a listen and let me know what you think!
Looks like I'm playing the Gaian Mind festival this year! Stay tuned for more details!
Psymbolic presents: Re:vivify
A Weekly Social featuring a constantly evolving curation of live audio and visual artists. The Butterfly Social offers an array of conscious tonics and cocktails all set in an eco-friendly environment. Come take part in the experience.
The Re:vivify launch taking place Wednesday April 2nd will be showcasing a special live performance by KiloWatts who'll be flying in from Philadelphia specifically for this event. VJ Mason Dixon will synch video to KiloWatts music live. John Sacelli will be providing angeLynx readings and Zac Franzoni will be painting live. The night will begin with a premier high res screening of microtakeover, an A/V art piece that was recently picked to be showcased throughout the month of March 2008 at Lumen Eclipse's video art kiosk in Harvard Square.
Wednesday Weekly starting April 2nd :: 9p-2a :: 21+
Butterfly Social Club
722 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60610
Grand blue line stop
RSVP :: Event Info :: Music :: Art
www.Psymbolic.com
Today, I signed up for RPM challenge 2008, which is to create an album's worth of content (10 songs and/or 35 min of material), starting February 1st until the end of the month. My goal is to only use found sounds (processed or raw) - cutting up and re-sequencing is ok. Everybody wish me luck, this sounds like fun and a good way to get some use out of my PCM-D50 field recorder and to make some interesting instruments / effects on my kyma and max/msp :^)
The Great Mundane to perform live at The Motion Graphics Festival.
The Motion Graphics Festival presents an Unparalleled
Installation & Realtime Art Showcase in Wickerpark
Saturday Jan 19th, 9pm - 2am
at Society for the Arts, 1112 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL
A transforming synaesthesia of sound | visuals | interactive | social integrated into an unparalleled media+art event in Chicago's Wicker Park. MGFest08 begins a tradition of full-scale environmental design, bringing together a massive range of creative talents to inspire, awe, and activate your mind. From 360-degree VR pods to an underground cavern of sound, come see this diverse assembly of media+art visions. The night includes electronic music created live using realtime audio equipment (Live PAs) and visual cutups created live using realtime video equipment (VJs).
Featured artists include: Respondr/M1 Interactive, Eric Medine (Los Angles), Sean Capone (New York), VRmage, MF Chicago, Michael Una, Video Janitors, Galina, Shudder, Tesia Kosmalski, Kim Alpert, Sharon Lomasney, Chris Collins and more...
Featured Musical Artists include:
Gift Culture / The Great Mundane / Dominic Johnson / Luke Stokes
Check out www.mgFest.com for the most current festival information.
A full week of buzzing digital media creation will be showcased starting Tuesday, January 15th through Monday, January 21st 2008, at several venues downtown Chicago.
MGFest 08 features two world-premier theater screenings, multiple post-production studio tours, audio/visual art exhibits, a/v performances, six days of motion design / sound design / and motion programming classes.
( Design | Sound | Code ) .: in motion
Gift Culture to perform live at The Motion Graphics Festival.
The Motion Graphics Festival presents an Unparalleled
Installation & Realtime Art Showcase in Wickerpark
Saturday Jan 19th, 9pm - 2am
at Society for the Arts, 1112 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL
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Sunday Jan 20th, 9pm - 2am
Realtime Showcase Concert at Darkroom
2210 West Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL (between Damen and Western)
A transforming synaesthesia of sound | visuals | interactive | social integrated into an unparalleled media+art event in Chicago's Wicker Park. MGFest08 begins a tradition of full-scale environmental design, bringing together a massive range of creative talents to inspire, awe, and activate your mind. From 360-degree VR pods to an underground cavern of sound, come see this diverse assembly of media+art visions. The night includes electronic music created live using realtime audio equipment (Live PAs) and visual cutups created live using realtime video equipment (VJs).
Featured artists include: Respondr/M1 Interactive, Eric Medine (Los Angles), Sean Capone (New York), VRmage, MF Chicago, Michael Una, Video Janitors, Galina, Shudder, Tesia Kosmalski, Kim Alpert, Sharon Lomasney, Chris Collins and more...
Saturday Featured Musical Artists include:
Gift Culture / The Great Mundane / Dominic Johnson / Luke Stokes
Sunday Features Fifteen minute rotating performances by Gift Culture, Waveplant, Merkaba, Creative Chaos, Eric Medine, Protman, Lokua, Garo, Slava, the Machinist, Glenn Eric Gennings, and more.
+ a featured performance by: Stoptime 341
Check out www.mgFest.com for the most current festival information.
A full week of buzzing digital media creation will be showcased starting Tuesday, January 15th through Monday, January 21st 2008, at several venues downtown Chicago.
MGFest 08 features two world-premier theater screenings, multiple post-production studio tours, audio/visual art exhibits, a/v performances, six days of motion design / sound design / and motion programming classes.
( Design | Sound | Code ) .: in motion
A full week of buzzing digital media creation will be showcased starting Tuesday, January 15th through Monday, January 21st 2008, at several venues downtown Chicago.
Check out mgFest.com for the most current festival information.
MGFest 08 features two world-premier theater screenings, multiple post-production studio tours, audio/visual art exhibits, a/v performances, six days of motion design / sound design / and motion programming classes.
These events celebrate creative minds and bright ideas within the emerging media landscape. Whether your a hard-core geek, a dedicated composer, a designer, film-maker, artist, engineer, programmer, educator, aficionado, prosumer, hobbyist, or just someone who likes being close to the creative community, mgFest is for you. The festival has become a destination for creative professionals from all over the Midwest and the nation by attracting the meshwork of companies and individuals that surround creative motion-picture design.
Socialize at one or all of the night events while experiencing multimedia art, video and sound in synch. Watch some of the past years most creative shorts or travel thru alternate dimensions in video art. Come mingle with local art directors and advertising executives, or discuss the technical operations of a professional edit bay and graphics shop with seasoned veterans of the industry. Listen to panels on the newest advancements in delivery technology affecting every media professional. Attend cutting edge classes of your choice within the realms of motion design, sound design and programming. Awaken your creativity at the Imagination College.
( Design | Sound | Code ) .: in motion --> www.mgFest.com
Dalai Lama in chicago...
yesterday the dalai lama visited chicago.
i didnt really know what to expect. i wanted to buy tickets but it had sold out to some 100,000 people quite quickly...regardless i knew it would be an interesting experience. aside from the thousands of people seated in the park, there was an equal if not greater number of people scattered about outside the park, just there to feel what it was like to be there. some trying to listen to what he had to say, and some just trying to be still. i had never seen the city so calm. within the sphere that was created from this congregation an aura of complete stillness had taken over. i could not hear the traffic, i could not feel the city around me. there were some 200,000 people together at once, and every one of them was content, quiet, and attentive.
i couldnt hear most of what he was saying...but on the 200 foot led screen on the other side of the park, i could see him laughing and sharing insight...with 200,000 people. it was as if he was speaking to one person... which i suppose is the ideal of Buddhism to begin with. i looked around me and people of all shapes, sizes, colors, and backgrounds gathered in awe to witness something they couldnt really explain. they didnt really know what was happening but they wanted to be a part of it...to catch a glimpse of not just a person, or religious figurehead, but of what kind of words and energy were being iterated and exchanged.
and to top it all off, some wonderful friends had the pleasure of performing for dalai lama on stage. i am so happy for them and honored to know them... not just because they played music for the dalai lama, but because they were there. at that moment, for that reason, for those people. time and space working together to clear the air for those who care.
thank you.
i felt great. later that evening i played a show at subterranean and i think it was one of my best sets to date. it just felt right. and it was loud. i could have blown their system...but i decided to be nice. :)
and so it goes...
Chicago was a blast - got to meet Sunny and Vince from Aes Dana and Ultimae records. The Earthdance party was wonderful - the location was about 2 miles south of Chicago, outdoors. The weather ranged from about 78 degrees down to the mid 50s at night. The people were amazingly friendly, as always. The party started out with Psytrance on the big stage and downtempo on the little stage, but then it switched, so it was sooooo nice to hear (and play) downtempo on a big system. I had a few technical glitches with my set at the festival; I think my mac needs to spend some time in the shop because the trackpad is dying on it. Zay and his lady friend came out to Earthdance, so it was great getting caught back up with him and hearing all about his recent adventures.
My set at F212 in Chicago on Wednesday went much better. Who knew that so many people were gift culture fans in Chicago? Sometimes at home, it can get discouraging to keep going because there's not much of an electronic music scene here in Dallas to speak of. It was very refreshing and inspiring to have so many people sincerely express their support in Chicago for what I'm trying to do musically. I was asked by one of the organizers of the Entheon Village BM camp to come to BM next year and play on their soundsystem, possibly with Sound Tribe System 9, who I totally am digging at the moment!
One of Troy and Julee's friends, Mason, approached me about doing videos for all the gift culture tracks. He's the head of the Motion Graphics society of Chicago and teaches at the Chicago Art Institute so I'm looking forward to seeing how this all comes out.
Sunny and Vince from France were really wonderful people and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with them. Since Sunny spent time in England and Australia, she spoke with this wonderful combination of a French, English, and Australian accent. Her English was really good - Vince's english was fair, but it was good when we were talking about music or gear - I guess that it's true about music being a universal language. They were both very positive, friendly people with very kind hearts and wonderful music.
Most of all, with any trip to Chicago, I'm most thankful for the awesome people that I meet, both old friends and new. So to Troy, Julee, Mike L., Liz, her wonderful new man (congrats to the both of you), Vince, Sunny, Damon, Igor, Matt, Mason, Eric, Koko, and all the other great people that I met on the trip, thanks again from the bottom of my heart.
Now, I have to get ready for a set down in Austin in October. It's a mad rush getting everything together for my show in Germany in November but I'm looking forward to it. I just got my itinerary yesterday, so it's all becoming much more real to me :^)
