In just a few days I’ll be boarding a plane to Austin, TX to join the SXSW festivities. I’ll be VJing at this event on Congress called House by Southwest on St. Patricks day!! Very much looking forward to all of SXSW, meeting up with some DJs, and especially sitting in on the Michel Gondry film panels!
Last minute show announcement!
I’m VJing for my brother’s band tonight. It’s a special birthday bash for the singer!
8PM-2AM
Friday night was spent running around town and picking the right shade of red to adorn the wall that will be behind my desk at the new Danger Studio. After much deliberation and speculation under different light sources, I went with Behr’s “Cherry Tart”. It is the most perfectly dangerous red that I could have found! It’s dark and bold, and has hints of burnt lava orange. Spicy and delicious… I’m in love!
I was very lucky to have such great friends join me, drop in, hang out and help paint, during my first night building up the space. Special thanks to, Jeff Schram, Liz Squillace, Mike Lupinacci, and Chris Harrington. You guys rock!! It made for a very memorable unofficial opening night for me.
This week the second coat goes on, and over the weekend the furniture will be moved in! I’ll be organizing a studio warming party sometime soon once we get it all together. Gotta start building the bar! (Essential to any good design studio in my opinion.)
It’s been quiet over the last few days, as the city has been under blankets of ice & snow.
Two quick pieces of news!
I’m excited to announce that I will be getting my very own studio space dedicated to all of my Danger visuals work!! I was waiting to blog about this until I had some photos to go along, but they will have to wait until after I’ve signed the lease and retrieved my keys. I will be setting up shop at the Loft Artists building in Stamford in just a few days! More on that to come.
I’ve also just bought a gold pass to the SXSW festival in Austin which starts in a month. I’ll be bringing my VJ equipment along for the ride and see what events might let me hop in. If anyone knows of any opportunities, please send me an email or leave a comment here.
Photo by Mary Woods
Photo by me
Thanks to all who came out to the “Chocolate & I” gallery show last Monday in NY!! I had so much fun meeting everyone, tasting truffles, and sipping their chocolate margaritas. Mmm. Music, visuals & chocolate are some of my favorite indulgences.
This was the first show of mine where I was able to incorporate both of my projectors at once, split the VGA signals and mirror the images across the beautiful gallery wall. I usually don’t have the luxury of having so much space and freedom, but this felt absolutely wonderful to break free of the singular image and experiment with some new ideas.
To think, just over a year ago I didn’t even own any of the equipment to be able to perform like I can now. I had always wanted to, but it seemed overwhelming. It’s quite an investment: laptops, mixers, projectors, cables, stands & adapters. Now after a year of experimentation, and slowly accumulating a studios worth of equipment, I can’t imagine my life without performing. I’m inspired in new directions from each and every show.
If anyone reading this photographed the night I would love to see your collection!! Feel free to send me an email, or post them here.
Video soon to come!
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!
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/3115082I 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/8645774
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
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.
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