Hello!
To celebrate some good news that I will be posting about in upcoming days, I’ll be giving out my new DANGER PINS at the next few performances. Just come over and say hi!
Isaiah Zagar – In A Dream
Posted by hollydanger on Jan 11, 2010 in Inspiration
In A Dream – Best documentary that I’ve seen in quite some time. Passion and energy. Honest and pure. The life of an exceptional artist, the city he took over, and the relationships he had, that both created & destroyed the world around him. Told by the perspective of his son Jeremiah Zagar. Absolutely moving & beautiful. I love when you can see into the eyes of an artist like this, both the good and the bad. It is such fulfilling inspiration for me.
http://www.vimeo.com/3115082Gerhard Richter
Posted by hollydanger on Jan 10, 2010 in Inspiration
I ran around the Marian Goodman gallery yesterday afternoon excited to absorb some of the most beautiful texture and color that I’ve ever seen. It was the last day of the Gerhard Richter exhibit and I was drawn on impulse to drive down to catch the last hour. While my little camera couldn’t even scratch the surface of collecting all of those beautiful colors & depth, I did my best to take some home with me to share. Here is the result in just a little slide show. Paintings by Richter. Song by Tycho. Make sure you turn HD on when you watch it, and launch it at full screen, for best viewing.
http://www.vimeo.com/8645774City Lights – Nu Media Night – 1/8/10
If any of you are in the CT area on this snowy friday evening, I will be projecting some videos over at the City Lights Gallery in Bridgeport from 6-11pm tonight. Thanks to Liz of Paradox Ink for inviting me!
I picked out 10 of my favorite experimental pieces that I worked on in 2009 and this will be the first time they are landing on gallery walls. I’m sure at some point in the evening I’ll end up free-form VJing a bit too.
City Lights gallery is debuting their first Nu Media show, involving a mixed collection of video art, short films, and animation. Hope to see you!
City Lights Gallery is located at 37 Markle Court Bridgeport, CT 06604 : $5 Entry fee
First Show of the New Year
Kodomo + Danger Monkey town - 1/2/10
Thanks to everyone who made it out on Saturday night! It was another sold out show at Monkey Town and I had so much fun hanging out with all of you. Special thanks to Cutlery for inviting us to play, and special thanks to my brother who made it out to see us for the first time.
Kodomo & I debuted some new material which got a lot of great feedback. Here is an early video version of what I cut up and re-mixed at the show for the new track. The original animation was not created by me, it was black and white, and used for a Raveonettes video.
http://www.vimeo.com/8496271Video clips from our performance are on the way…
Happy New Year!!!
Hope to see you all at the Kodomo + Danger show tomorrow night at Monkey Town! I can’t think of a better way to bring in the new year…
Energy for Energy
http://www.vimeo.com/8325375This is the latest bit of my experimental vj works. The concept based on my mantra, energy for energy. The impact of two elements coming together and creating passion. Creation, exchange & fire. Highly compressed but wanted to share anyway! The song is called “Surfin” by William Orbit. Footage both found & mixed with my own, plus some final cut manipulation.
New Digs
I’m keeping my fingers crossed… I’ll be calling a couple of potential design studio spaces this week to see about taking my biz out of my crooked little apartment and into town. Wish me luck!!
Tycho @ Le Poisson Rouge
Posted by hollydanger on Dec 15, 2009 in Inspiration, Music
TYCHO – Dictaphone’s Lament
It was a truly beautiful experience of dreamy audio and visuals Sunday evening during the Tycho set at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. His set is a stream of ambiance mixed with heart pounding beats, and all consuming visuals that melt into a subtle colorful bliss.
I somehow managed to hold out to see it, despite the set going on last and driving back to CT at 2:30AM, but it was worth the wait as it usually is. Of course, this coming from someone who flew to San Francisco earlier this year to see his set at the Mezzanine.
Throughout the years, Tycho has been one of my strongest inspirations as a designer and as a VJ. I’m always excited to see how he takes his design concepts and brings them to an altered state and performance level. Something I’m constantly striving to do as well. I’d be quite honored one day for the possibility of performing alongside such an amazing talent. Maybe our shows will cross paths in the near future.
Listen to sample tracks of Tycho on tychomusic.com