Grrrridwave (2006, 60 MB, 4:26 min.)
Collaborative installation between EXYZT and Boris Edelstein
of team Modul8 as part of the METAVILLA project
at the Architectural Biennale in Venice 2006.
Category Archives: documentary arts
Mark Napier at [DAM]Berlin Gallery
Venus 2.0 (2009, 8 MB, 30 sec.)
[DAM]Berlin Gallery will exhibit new software works by artist
Mark Napier from 5th of December 2009 to 27th of January 2010.
‘Text Rain’ by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv
Text Rain (1999, 12 MB, 2:34 min.)
‘Text Rain’ is an interactive installation in which participants
lift and play with falling letters in real time. The falling letters
form lines of a poem about bodies and language.
By Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv.
Zimoun – 216 prepared dc-motors / filler wire 1.0mm
216 prepared dc-motors / filler wire 1.0mm (2009, 10 MB, 36 sec.)
by Swiss artist Zimoun.
Zimoun – Organic and Mechanical installations
Woodworms I (2009, 8 MB, 26 sec.)
Wind & Styrofoam I (2009, 10 MB, 29 sec.)
A couple of installations by Swiss artist Zimoun.
Woodworms I is a sound installation based on live sounds
of woodworms. In Wind & Styrofoam I, 5 stations generate
unpredictable movements of Styrofoam balls.
Poems for Pictopia
Poems for Pictopia(2009, 83.5 MB, 8:00 min)
Deft & winsome documentary from Gabriel Shalom
(whose own very deft work DVblog regulars will
have come across before) and Patrizia Kommerell
featuring goings-on and personalities from this year’s
Pictoplasma in Berlin.
video_dumbo 2009
Unknown Court TV (2009, 13 MB, 3:16 min)
by Eileen Maxson.
DU3L@ G4NRYU 15L4ND (2009, 14 MB, 2:30 min)
by Jon Rafman.
Works from the magnificent video_dumbo 2009,
A weekend long screening of new contemporary video art, video installations and more.
From Sep.25 – Sep.27 In Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.
Frames Per Second – Exhibition in Salon Projektionist – Vienna
Frames Per Second (2008, 27 MB, 3:26 min)
Video and photo installation by VJs Bopa and Bruno Tait.
The exhibition is based on the idea of using video and slide projectors to
capture a random moment in time from animations on photographic paper,
foregoing the simple system ‘screen shot’ and projecting light onto ILFORD
photo print paper.
Private Screening
Charlene Rule – Private Screening (2009, 10.9MB, 1:38)
Lovely view from Scratch TV.
Bruce Conkle
Bruce Conkle (2009, 243MB, 5:32 min)
A very deftly made & absorbing documentary directed by Robert D’Esposito &
shot by Kevin Forrest about the excellent Portland, OR based artist Bruce Conkle.
It’s a bit of a download but worth it both as a nifty bit of filmmaking
(and everything is good – listen to that crystal clear sound!)
but also because Bruce’s work is great.
There’s a big fat HD version on the Vimeo link above ..
We’re leaving you with something chunky to contemplate
as we’re going to take a summer break now.
We’ll be back on September 14th (unless anything so
wonderful & time limited appears we just have to put our
Daiquiris down, shuffle into the house & post it…)
Have a good summer!
Light Attack – Studio Daniel Sauter
Light Attack (2004, 17MB, 4:55 min.)
‘uses a custom mobile projection setup installed in a car
to project an animated virtual character onto the cityscape.
Short pre-recorded video loops are arranged into seamless motion
patterns by the computer software, allowing interaction with the
architecture and passers-by in real-time.’
More from Studio Daniel Sauter.
Bj
Processing
Flight Patterns (2005, 22.9MB, 1:48 min.)
A String (2005, 43.5.9MB, 3:49 min.)
Documentation of two projects using the open source processing language.
A String was made by E.J.Gone for a performance at the National Theater
of Korea & Flight Patterns involves flight pattern visualizations from FAA
data parsed and plotted in ‘Processing’ by Aaron Koblin.
Fascinating & austerely beautiful.
Cut Piece – Yoko Ono
Cut Piece (1965, 36.5MB, 9 min)
‘Ono had first done the performance in 1964, in Japan,
and again at Carnegie Hall, in New York, in 1965.
Ono sat motionless on the stage after inviting the audience
to come up and cut away her clothing, covering her breasts
at the moment of unbosoming.’
from Bedazzled .
More Strangeness from Joan Healy
Beautiful Katamari Royal Rainbow (2008, 17MB 5:08 min)
Mad as a box of badgers but also very smart & winning, Joan Healy is a one-off.
We’ve featured her before, here’re some new vids of her work.
Even more here…
Marianne Moore – The Fish
The Fish (date unknown, 754KB, 1:12 min)
The Fish
wade
through black jade.
Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps
adjusting the ash-heaps;
opening and shutting itself like
an
injured fan.
The barnacles which encrust the side
of the wave, cannot hide
there for the submerged shafts of the
sun,
split like spun
glass, move themselves with spotlight swiftness
into the crevices
Claudia Hart: 2005-2008 3-D Animated Installations
Claudia Hart Animated Installations (2005-2008, 39MB, 8:19 min.)
“Claudia Hart creates sublime landscape gardens that often contain
expressive and sensual female bodies that are meant to interject
emotional subjectivity into what is typically the overly-determined
Cartesian world of digital design. This video compilation includes
excepts from recent 3-D animated installations.”
from bitforms gallery NY.
Incident at Festival Pocket Films
Incident (2009, 44MB, 1:27 min)
DVblog’s Michael Szpakowski won the Jury Prize at the
Pocket Films Festival at the Forum des Images in Paris
last weekend for this short dream-documentary.
Webchat with Andy – Oliver Laric
Webchat with Andy (2007, 31MB, 13:46 min.)
A conversation with Andy Warhol, contacted through a psychic with
mediumistic abilities via webchat. Sunday, September 2, 2007
Interview commissioned by Blend Magazine/Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
by Oliver Laric.
Breathing in B Flat
Breathing in B Flat (2007, 41MB, 5:31 min.)
Breathing in B Flat – a documentation of a live performance by Curt Cloninger.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: 1993-2007 Compilation
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Compilation (1993-2007, 172MB, 26 min.)
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is known for creating large-scale interactive
installations in public spaces. His
Pussy Weevil – Marina Zurkow and Julian Bleeker
Pussy Weevil (2003, 4.5MB, 1 min.)
Pussy Weevil is a screen-based 2D animated
character, that responds to the viewer
Smile Project by Jason Van Anden
Smile Project (2003 ongoing, 12MB, 7:14 min.)
Neil and Iona are sculptures that dynamically interrelate
with each other and their audience, expressing themselves with
body language, facial expressions and strangely compelling sounds.
Jason Van Anden and The Smile Project.
3 Poems from August Kleinzahler
3 Poems (2008, 21.3MB, 6:05 min)
Extracted from a longer video recorded at the Unversity of Chicago
last year.
To my shame I knew nothing of Kleinzahler’s work until I read about him
in the Guardian a couple of weeks ago.
To my great surprise ‘Before Dawn on Bluff Road’ ( from the Guardian article)
had me blubbing like a baby.
Anyway – see what you think to the three here.
Skull Project – Paul Wirhun
A video from my blog “My Year in Art”
documenting my interactions with artists and their work.
Paul Wirhun speaks about his work The Skull Project.
By Mica Scalin.
John Mayer – In Repair – One Song, One Day
In Repair – One Song, One Day (2005, 119MB, 18:42 min.)
John Mayer interview and studio footage, wherein he explains the writing
process in the studio of the song In Repair from the album Continuum.
With Steve Jordan and Charlie Hunter.
Jennifer Steinkamp – Documentation from 1993-2008
Documentation from 1993-2008 (2008, 220MB, 35:12 min.)
This video is kind of long but worth every penny of it.
Best of the show, Daisy Bell (2008) at the end of the reel.
From the impressive and beautiful Jennifer Steinkamp.
Soft Cinema – Interview with Lev Manovich
lev_interview_1 (2003, 2MB, 2:12 min.)
lev_interview_2 (2003, 2MB, 2:08 min.)
lev_interview_3 (2003, 2.5MB, 2:14 min.)
lev_interview_4 (2003, 2.7MB, 1:45 min.)
A 4 part interview on Soft Cinema with Lev Manovich –
the Mecca of new media arts.
DEAF 03, Rotterdam.
Also: “On Database Driven Movies”.
Winds Across the Inner Sea – John F. Simon
threshold (2007, 4.4MB, 2:56 min.)
This body of work by John F. Simon was shown in September 2007
in a solo show at the Gering & Lopez Gallery in New York City.
Playing between instinct and idea, this series of large-scale compositions
combine laser cut Formica and LCD screens with endlessly changing software.
Each composition merges the physicality of the material world with the fluid
inner world of code. The LCD screen functions simultaneously as a visual element
of the surface and a window into the system’s evolution.
Movies with Grandma Joy
Movies with Grandma Joy (2008, 27.3MB, 5:39)
“Grandma is serious about going to the movies.
She hates to miss the previews and she watches all of the credits.”
From the absolutely charming vlog,
Movies with Grandma Joy
Voice by Cinzia Cremona
A performance to camera taken to its extreme with the power of digital editing,
Voice ignites a conflict between an object of desire and its uncomfortable voice.
Refusing to be passive, this female collapses the psychoanalytic good breast and
bad breast into a paradoxical creature that defies expectations. It is a witness to the
complexities of subjectivity and relationships – and of being in the world.
by Cinzia Cremona.
Regardless by Cinzia Cremona
Regardless (2007, 14MB, 3:37 min.)
A woman calls you from inside a monitor and asks you to touch her.
Yes, you. This call is for you. A presence in a box requests contact in
a game of vulnerability, seduction and power. It is a call for contact now,
but it is also a call to reflect on relationships, strength and weakness,
ethics. How do you respond to vulnerability? What do you offer?
What do you ask for? What do you take?
by Cinzia Cremona.
Farheen HaQ – (un)covering
(un)covering (2002, excerpt, 13MB, 2:39 min.)
“Using 6 metres of fabric, the artist engages the viewer in a highly
personal act, playing on notions of the gaze. The artist maintains
a strong gaze of her own looking beyond the audience.
The performance becomes a drawing as the fabric becomes a line
that fills the space.”
Excerpt from a 5 min. single channel video loop by Farheen HaQ.
Cinzia Cremona – Solo Show
Solo Show (2006, 25MB, 6:22 min.)
Solo Show takes the viewer on a short trip in a complicit game of art making.
The image overlaps the body of the viewer with that of the artist. As the frame
moves from place to place, formats and titles are recalled in an attempt to
uncover the dynamics of making meaning by calling things art.
by Cinzia Cremona.
Two Vlogs from Jerry Lentz
"Dreams That Money Can Buy" at Tate Modern
In the Turbine Hall in 2006 and Realityfilm presented
a ‘psychoanalytical, cinematic cabaret’ with live music by
The Real Tuesday Weld providing a new original score for the
film
Eugene Mirman – Comedy Shorts
Mr. Robot (2004, 2.8MB, 2:31 min.)
Scotch and Soda (2005, 4.4MB, 2:10 min.)
Eugene Mirman is a comedian, writer, and film maker based in
New York City. Eugene has appeared on several TV shows, including
Late Night With Conan O
Juanjo Fern
Sine Nights (2004, 3.1MB, 1:08 min)
Deconstruccion Natural #1 (2003, 7.9MB, 1:39 min)
Two nicely contrasting bits of work, both evidencing
a well developed visual sensibility from Barcleona based
artist & VJ Juanjo Fern
Homographies by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Homographies (2006, 33MB, 8 min.)
HOMOGRAPHIES is an interactive installation featuring 144 robotic fluorescent
light fixtures controlled by 7 computerized surveillance systems. As people
walk under the piece, the light tubes rotate to create labyrinthine patterns of
light that are
Reach – Prangstrg
Reach – A Lecture Musical (2005, 15.3MB, 3 min.)
This video gives me chills, it is simply hilarious.
Performing a musical number to such a captive
and unsuspecting audience is wicked.
Takes a lot of guts to pull a stunt like this.
Prangstgr
By Mica Scalin.
Red Shoe Delivery Service
Red Shoe Delivery Service (2006, 18.6.5MB, 3:10 min)
Red Shoe Delivery Service is a group of artists who take
up residence in various cities & go around in a vehicle
offering people rides & um.. while people are in the vehicle
they get to look at art & uh
Light Criticism – the Anti-Advertising Agency
Light Criticism (2007, 14MB, 2:21 min.)
Light Criticism is a project by Steve Lambert (the Anti-Advertising Agency)
with Graffiti Research Lab.
From Eyebeam R&D Open Lab.
Iconic Synesthesia
Listeners by Brantley Jones
Listeners 1 (2009, 6.7MB, 0:23)
Listeners 2 (2009, 10.5MB, 0:29)
Listeners 3 (2009, 16.2MB, 0:46)
Three lovely short remixes from Athens, Georgia
artist Brantley Jones.
My Funny Valentine Again
My Funny Valentine (2006, 15.1MB, 2:55 min)
Video by Michael Szpakowski.
The singer is his daughter, Anna Szpakowska.
(Michael playing the piano).
..once again a happy Valentine’s Day to all from us at DVblog.org
‘Easy Listening’ – Marisa Olson
Easy Listening (2005, 4.2MB, 1:56 min.)
At once a performance and performance-documentation, this video
grew out of the admission that much of Marisa Olson
Ingredient X – Tales of Mere Existence
The Times I Have Smoked Pot (2005, 1.3 MB, 1:50 min.)
Horny (2005, 1.9MB, 1:21 min.)
A guy named Lev makes these great videos from his comics.
From Ingredient X Productions.
By Mica.
Robert Todd – NEST
Robert Todd – NEST (2008, 33.2MB, 4:36)
More from the brilliant, always poignant Robert Todd.
The NEST is a place of resting, but for the restless spirit,
it is a moving island. Here we find silence, if not solace.
This film is both the third in a series and the first of a
trilogy. To understand how it fits within Todd’s vision,
you should go watch more on his site. It will take your
breath away.
A Series of Practical Performances In The Wilderness (3)
moose and atv (2005, 2MB, 46 sec.)
springwater finale (2005, 6.5MB, 2:27 min.)
Final two pieces, chapters 7 & 8, from
Under Scan by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Under Scan (2005, 31MB, 9:51 min.)
“Under Scan” is a public art installation based on self-representation.
Thousands of “video-portraits” taken in Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton
and Nottingham are projected onto the ground; at first, the portraits are not
visible because the space is flooded by white light coming from a high-powered
projector. As people walk around the area, their shadows are cast on the ground,
revealing the video-portraits in short sequences.
By Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
Bram Crevits and Pall Thayer on Obama
Pall Thayer – Inaugurationanimation (2009, 300MB, 49:56)
As far as I know, none of us at DVblog have become
infected with Obamania. Doesn’t mean we don’t
appreciate the fine art of the remix or dig hope.
First, from Bram Crevits of Cinamatics,
Obama’s Berlin speech, composed entirely of video shot
on cell phones. Remember when the gaze was
given to us by the TV news? Now we give it back.
Second, from Pall Thayer, a silent
animation piece of the entire inauguration.
Free to download and remix as you like. We like.
Both of these pieces surprise and amaze me by the
amount of work they must have taken to compile.
Painstaking, no? Unless these gentlemen know
something I do not, these are labor-intensive pieces
in their own respective ways. Lovely and timely.
My Name Is Oona – Gunvor Nelson
Gunvor Nelson – My Name Is Oona (1969, 26.9MB, 9:12)
Historic piece from the Swedish filmmaker about her daughter.
Typical of Gunvor’s work, this film addresses themes about
nature, childhood, and maintains an ethereal quality.
Excellent early piece from a uniquely talented woman.
ICP Orchestra Play Monk
Criss Cross (2003, 95MB, 7:42 min.)
The extraordinary ICP orchestra put Monk’s Criss Cross
through its paces.
All good, but just wait for the Misha Mengelberg piano solo.
Piano players everywhere: weep. Everyone else just relish.
Bliss.
Hair Shoes Love and Honesty
Mike Mills – Hair Shoes Love and Honesty (2004, 13.8MB, 2:57)
From the inimitable Mike Mills.
moiMovies – Marisa Olson
moiMovies, compilation #1 (2005, 5MB, 2:19 min.)
Consisting of short video juxtapositions of old images of
the artist andrecordings of her voice, Mo
Jonathan Schipper – Opposition
Opposition (2005, 4.5MB, 1 min.)
Interactive kinetic sculpture from Jonathan Schipper performed at Pierogi gallery in 2005.
“Two participants are taken from the audience and buckled into the saddles on either
end of the machine. The participants are then lifted into the air. Both participants are provided
hand controllers that allow them to control the movement of the saddles, which are on
pneumatically powered gimbals, and the central rotation of the machine. Some movements
are shared and some affect only one or the other of the two participants. The function of each
input button on the controllers is changed by a computer on a regular basis so that the
participants can not gain full control of the machine. A rock and roll band is playing electric
instruments near by. The amplification for the band is turned on by the machine while the
machine is in the air. The band members (Outside Man) wear helmets that isolate the band,
who can not hear anything other than their own sounds. After a few minutes the participants
are brought back to the ground and released from the machine. The band is turned off and
the machine is ready for the next cycle.”
A holiday wish from Carl Weaver
A holiday wish – Carl Weaver (2005, 2.3MB, 0:43)
Carl Weaver is a renaissance man – photographer,
writer, doer of many things. He also has a dry humor
and delivery most of us would kill for. In 2005, he
called to wish his friend Dwayne a merry Christmas.
We similarly extend holiday greetings and well wishes
to you, from everyone here at DVblog.
KontraKontrolle – by Roel Wouters and Luna Maurer
KontraKontrolle (2003, 8MB, 3:13 min.)
Performance during the Visual Power Show, Paradiso Amsterdam, October 2003
by Poly-Xelor (collaboration between Roel Wouters and Luna Maurer).
“KontraKontrolle is a performance concept where we literally stepped into the
computer-screen. By placing ourselves as icons (via bluescreen technique) on
top of the presenters screen we could interact live with the presenter’s actions.”
Curt Cloninger – Pop Mantra #3
Pop Mantra #3 (2008, 103MB, 9:53 min.)
The third in a series of performances where Curt Cloninger continuously
performs a short excerpt from a single pop song for several hours,
blindfolded.
At OTO in Brooklyn, New York.
Excerpt: “tonight / wait, now” from The Ramones song “I Just Wanna Have Something To Do”
Duration: 6 Hours
Media: Electric Guitar, Voice, Black Felt Blindfold, Black Converse All Stars, Time
Read more here.
Sally – by Roel Wouters and Luna Maurer
Sally is a project by Poly-Xelor (collaboration between Roel Wouters
and Luna Maurer). Sally is a movie for the project ‘Grote kunst voor kleine mensen‘
and has been be presentend at cinekid 2005, @ the Stedelijk museum.
The movie shows marbles in a room. The gravitation of the room is variable
therefore the marbles will dance over the floor, walls and ceiling.