Aug 20, 2010 |
Danger Studio
Hey guys!
Thanks to all of you who showed up at the Danger Studio opening! I will try and gather some photos from that soon, and by all means if you took shots that night please let me know. (And by shots I mean photographs, although I think there was some patron or jager circulating..)
Last minute show announcement!!
I will be VJing some new material over at Seaside Tavern tonight (Friday Aug 20th) for a first time collaboration with NYC band, the Baobabs. Come on out and get a beer with us!
Aug 7, 2010 |
Danger Studio
Just finished hanging a wall full of my new poster series – setting up projectors and prepping the studio (aka buying beer & wine) – see you tonight!
Hey guys!
If you are downtown Stamford tomorrow (Thursday night 8/5) for the last Alive at Five series - Drop by the FEZ afterwards and grab a glass of wine with me – I’ll be mixing up some live visuals for their local Thursday night DJ and will be there from 10PM-1AM. No cover.
For those of you who haven’t been, the FEZ is a great little moroccan restaurant & wine bar that recently opened up downtown Stamford across from Barcelona. Personally, any place with wine & dark red walls immediately captures my heart. Quoted as being, ‘Stamford’s best kept secret. A Soho/Greenwich village style lounge in a cool & diverse artist friendly environment’ – They have an impressive selection of vino (try the Malbec.. Mmm!), traditional moroccan dishes, and a stage in the back for local artists and musicians to entertain. Every week they have a different variety of music, DJs, bands, belly dancers, ‘bring your own vinyl’ night and acoustic open mic nights.
I’m excited to say that I’ll be joining the Fez for my second show there since VJing for Mantyhose & DJ Killamonjaro a month ago. This will be a great night out prior to my Studio Opening party, so get ready!! - And definitely stop by Thursday night to say hi.
The summer is in full swing, my blog has been quiet for the last few weeks, and I’ve been struggling to nail down one big opening date for my studio party – HOWEVER, I finally decided to set it in motion and see what happens!
Next weekend I’ll be having an official open studio night, Saturday, August 7th, featuring multi-projector live video mixing, and a poster exhibit displaying my new design series. It is a private party, so please, if you are interested in coming – Email me to RSVP.
If you can’t make the opening party on the 7th, you’ll be happy to know that another date is also potentially in the works for a Kodomo show on Saturday, August 21st. Hope everyone is having an adventurous and creative summer!! See you soon.
After every trip, I am immediately fueled into an active wanderlust, longing to go somewhere else…
I always come up with the most visual ideas when I’m outside my routines and experiencing different cultures, conversations and vibrations of people in other places. Traveling is something I became obsessed with years ago when I first started designing. Having only been back in town for a week, I can happily say that Austin sparked a new light for me. It’s the beginning of spring and the beginning months of my studio. There are good energies all around, exciting shows on the way and hopefully more travel in the near future. New visuals on the way!
Feb 20, 2010 |
Danger Studio
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.
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!!
Burning Man 2007
My little studio is quickly becoming overwhelmed with equipment. I’ve decided this year for my annual trip to Burning Man, that I would take a small amount of my VJ gear out with me, and meet up with the video artists from all over the world, to collaborate for a variety of amazing events and parties.
In order to do this, I’ve had to purchase some used equipment that can live and breathe in the dusty environment and last for many hours. Last night I picked up an Epson Powerlite 76c (only 26 hours on it) with screen for $350! Never underestimate the power of people wanting to get rid of things in their homes. Also brought home a used 13′ Macbook that is perfect for traveling. I need to come up with a plan to keep all of this stuff as dust proof as possible and with only 6 days to go, I’m not quite sure how I’m going to do it all. I am however really stoked to experiment out there. Not looking forward to lugging all this equipment on the plane with me, but there are an amazing amount of VJs that go to this event and I’m excited that this will be the first year that I am joining my peoples!
If you’ll be out there this year, I’ll be camping at 7 & C. Come find me & say hi. I will unplug from my computer universe here from Aug 28th and will be back in the default world September 8th.
