CANTICUM INTERR_PTUS PRESENTS DISTENDED INTERR_PTUS (CURATED BY DAVID LINTON) distENDed interr_ptus (DI)realtime sound and image performance FEATURING 11:00 pmPLAN 23 (sound) & Chris Jordan (image)http://plan23.nethttp://seej.net 10:00 pmREG BLOOR (guitar)https://www.facebook.com/RegBloorOfficial/http://regbloor.com/ 9:15 pmGEOFF GERSH (guitar) & CHRISTOF KNOCHE (bass clarinet) 8:30 pmTHE BUNKER: Jess Rowland, Meg Schedel & Sofy Yuditskaya (sound)with special guest Ria Rajan’s (image) 8PM […]
Category Archives: Art
Words on Steam
Working with Bob Holman, Sahar Muradi and Steve Zeitlin — we had an impromptu poetry event on steam at 63rd St. and Park Avenue in Manhattan. The PoeMobile’s last ride, with readings by: Kewulay Kamara, Nikhil Melnechuk, Annie Lanzillotto, Ké Kamara, Bob Holman, Steve Zeitlin, Sahar Muradi CAMERA/SOUND/EDITING Gretta Wilson Jake Rosenberg This was an…
Candela
I helped create this installation for Andrew Ratcliff in Long Island City, Queens. This is year round permanent installation, turning on at sunset. Read more at Candela.nyc (photo by: Beyti Barbaros)
Plan 23 at Knockdown Center, for Creative Tech Week
Projecting with Sofy and Zarah for Plan 23, at the Knockdown Center.
PEN Festival – Vigil for Truth, with City Lore
Projecting protest signs from recent demonstrations, onto white signs in front of Cooper Union. Bob Holman officiating, with poetry by Ani Difranco and Bob Holman. Pen America with City Lore outside Cooper Union from Chris Jay on Vimeo. Photos by Enki Andrews
Optosonic Tea at Pioneer Works
I created an installation for the 10 year anniversary of Optosonic Tea, at Pioneer Works in Red Hook. opto 10 time hd from Chris Jay on Vimeo. Photo Gallery (flickr)
Ab Uno Pluribus March 2017
Projections refracted off of eight separate mirrors were improvised on with three musicians for this regular audio video series. March 2017 session – 3/25/2017 – 7 PM EST – $10 Saturday @ The Three Jewels NYC 61 4th Ave, 3rd floor (btw E9th St. & E10th St.) New York, NY 10003 RANJIT BHATNAGAR [self-made instruments] RICHARD […]
Record Release – A Passage of Concrete
Ezekiel Honig’s new record, “A Passage of Concrete” release party, including Thomas Holdebrand and Borne. Joshue Ott and I contribute the lumens. 6pm – 9pm Gibney Dance Center, 280 Broadway 53A Chambers, Ground floor studio FB invite
Fat Friday Benefit
Sofy Yuditskaya and I rocked the projections for this annual benefit supporting activist legal defense lawyer Wylie Stecklow. This took place in the Lower East Side at Angel Orensanz. Fatfriday Benefit 2017 from Chris Jay on Vimeo. Photo by Stephen Olker
Visible Music at La Sala
I’ll be contributing to this event, VISIBLE MUSIC, an evening of video/audio collaborations at the old Monkeytown space in Williamsburg, now called La Sala. • Sean Smith: If you remember Subtonic, you remember the great minimal techno group, Socks & Sandals. Sean’s back in NYC and will be doing a solo set of bleeps and beats […]
Performances at Laundry King in Livingston Manor
Zarah K (Lady Firefly) and myself provided projection accompaniment for an evening at the arts space, “Laundry King”, in Livingston Manor, NY. NFS – http://nfsband.tumblr.com/ Matt Werden – Pedal Steel Zarah Cabañas – Drums, Vocals GUESTS WvS – Synths, Drones Dok Gregory – Effects, moods http://acres.space/houseguest/ Plan 23 – http://plan23.net/
Laundry King Gallery Show, Livingston Manor
Live projections for an evening of music at Livingston Manor, NY. NFS joins House Guest and Plan 23 to bring experimental electronic music to the Laundry King on Saturday, August 27. Plan 23 delivers sonic explorations into uncharted spaces. Encompassing a sonic spectrum from dark-ambient to noise, drone to electronic they are redefining psychedelic music […]
History and Future of Protein event projections
Studio Industries produced this event, where we time-travelled through the past, into the future of protein during an 8 course meal. My role was to create the projections surrounding the attendees, giving the impression of the different periods. Future Market Dinner Series
Ω▽OHMSLICE
Projecting with Ω▽OSLICE at Soundance space in Williamsburg 281 North 7th Street (buzzer 7) Williamsburg, Brooklyn Beer and wine! Also on the bill is The Dream Lovers with slides by Dan Efram, Vanessa Paige (dance), and more.
Psychedelic Immersion Theater
Part of CREATIVE TECH WEEK – FRI, May 6th, 9pm – 2am Brainwaves modulate live sound & video in real-time. As part of Creative Tech Week New York’s sonic explorations group PLAN 23 presents: “PSYCHEDELIC IMMERSION THEATER” – an extended, immersive, audio-visual experience. During the performance electrode sensors will measure the musicians’ brainwaves in real-time, […]
Ohmslice at La MaMa
Playing with Ohmslice at La MaMa, 8pm doors, 9pm show. Tickets $10
Reflections at Cadence 23
Interactive installation at Cadence 23, a warehouse space in Queens. This is a reflecting pool of waves across a triangle screen, where visitors are welcome to interact with the water, creating patterns of light and movement. The installation is part of the group art/performance month titled “Cadence 23”. Facebook info Cadence 23 is a convergence […]
Synthesis RGB
a celebration of music, movement, and visual art Short set with Socks & Sandals at this event. Remember Monkeytown? Their space was the best venue in town for projection art, and losing it was a real NYC-breaks-your-hearts moment. But it’s back! Cantina Royal, the restaurant serving executive chef Julio MM’s unique interpretations of Mexican cuisine, […]
Timelapse Workshop at the LES Ecology Center (Gowanus warehouse)
I lead a workshop on recording a timelapse with the Canon Powershot point and shoot. The Gowanus E-waste Warehouse gave out Canon Powershots to everyone that attended. 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the Gowanus Warehouse 469 President St Brooklyn, NY 11215 FREE
Dreamcrusher SEWER RATS BK Ω▽ Ohmslice Speak Onion Godxss Dr Iver Seej
THURSDAY MARCH 17TH BLACKRAT BRINGS a FREE SHOW of LIVE :: ANALOG :: DIGITAL :: WORDS :: NOISE :: BEATS :: AUDIO featuring: SEEJ kinetic installation projections DREAMCRUSHER genderqueer, thrash, xvx, visceral, vomit SEWER RATS BK gabberjazz animetal tekrøk – duo set Ω▽ OHMSLICE Bradford Reed (percussion via modular synthesizer) & Jane LeCroy (vocals) SPEAK […]
Fat Friday Benefit Projections
Sofy Yuditskaya and I projected at the Angel Orensans foundation. Sofy wanted to trace the architecture, so we mapped the altar facade in the space to great effect.
You are so Lucky New Years Eve in Yonkers
I returned to Alder Manor in Yonkers with a crew of dear friends to illuminate and power this amazing property for the You Are So Lucky New Years celebration. 1500 people wandered through two buildings and acres of garden, all thematically illuminated by our small group, including Jeanne Angel, Sam Zimmerman, Glen (Spec) Duncan, Sofy […]
You are so Luck Halloween in Yonkers
I created and installed lighting for the You Are So Lucky halloween event at Alder Manor in Yonkers, with the help of many friends including Nina(T-bone), Jeannie Angel, and Sam Zimmerman. Photos in Gothamist by Todd Seelie
“ab uno pluribus” projections
Projection accompaniment with three musicians at this cozy event, including David Linton, Jeanann Dara, and Wolfgang von Struermer. NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR! The October session of this monthly audio-visual event will present electro-acoustic live sound by Jeanann Dara [viola + effects], David Linton [analogue electronics], WvS [digital synthesis + iOS devices] and live visuals […]
Plan 23
Projection accompaniment with dear friends Plan 23 at the Brooklyn Wildlife Festival.
Projecting on trees
For the Figment Alpha event at Ramblewood this year, I set up a tent with two projectors and computer. As people walked by, they would enter a phrase or question onto a tree trunk.
New Years Eve – Court of the Snow Queen
This was for the Gemini & Scorpio New Years Eve party, where I provided the video backdrop for the evening.
Incidental Words
Jon Sands and Chris Jordan have brought together a group of artists, collaborating on creating an evening of animated mixed media poetry performance for Boston’s first Nuit Blanch, Illuminus. The project, titled, “Incidental Words”, is a roving performance of poetry by three of the East Coasts most relevant spoken word artists: Jon Sands, José Olivarez, […]
The Best of Words on Walls
This was our final Words on Walls event, which I was a part of for over two years. The program involved leading workshops with youth poets, projection mapping their words to site-specific walls through the city; then performing the poetry in time with the projections. This was our “best of” celebration, wrapping up this amazingly […]
The Light from Below
THE LIGHT FROM BELOW is a site-specific interactive light and sound environment in the cavernous Fort Jay munition magazines addresses our collective culpability in fueling the military industrial complex. The works present phases of a cannon’s ‘life-cycle’ – sale, manufacturing, deployment, firing, and consequence. Visitors interacting with elements are exposed to the corporeality of war […]
Tower Epoch at STEAM
The installation, Tower Epoch, part of the STEAM (Stem+Arts=Steam) exhibit at ArtsWestchester, is on view from May 20 – August 16, 2014. Artist Reception: May 10, 2-4pm. This exhibition explores the intersections of science, technology, engineering, math and creativity. Inspired by the STEM to STEAM dialogue in education, this exhibition presents artists using the interdisciplinary […]
Tower Epoch
I have a light sculpture in this group show at Central Booking on Ludlow, opening Feb. 6 2014. The piece, titled, “Tower Epoch”, is composed of timelapse footage projected, reflected, off mirrors. The footage was captured in 2013 from the Queens Plaza Clock Tower. I’ll also be on a panel discussion Art & Science Panel: […]
Momentum
This is a new site specific installation that captures the movement of a swing and creates an immersive visual experience. Momentum amplifies the sense of weightlessness experienced at the apex of change. This was part of the Monitor Digital festival in Guadalajara, Mexico. This whole project is a collaboration between many people, without who’s support […]
Glory Road
Showing September 18 – 21, 2013 12 – 1:30pm & 4 – 6pm (20-minute performances) Grace Plaza 1114 Avenue of the Americas (at 43rd Street) An Arts Brookfield Commission The Nerve Tank, a world-class theater innovator, brings the woeful myth of Sisyphus to the Grace Building Plaza. Sisyphus, a daring and clever king who outwitted […]
Silo Swing
Revitalizing a disused pair of silos in Flint Michigan, Silo Swing encourages visitors to take a ride on the seven-story kinetic light installation. The installation incorporates reflective wind-catching materials that create a light display on the two large silos both during the daytime and at night. This interplay of scale and weight, through light and […]
The Museum of the Transition from the Unreal to the Real
Written, conceived, and directed by Liron Dan, Kelvin Daly, and the Ensemble Movement: Fibi Jane, Jacqueline Ha, Craig Whitehouse, Madi McKay, Emily Rubin, Noa Lembersky, Liron Dan Music: Zemi 17, Dok Gregory, Shamos Dan, Kelvin Daly Real time Light Sculpture by Chris Jordan At THE HIVE, 20 Cook St., Brooklyn, (thehivenyc.com) near the JMZ at […]
Locost Queue
The installation projects silhouettes of people photographed in Queens, in a queue, moving across the four faces of the clock tower. The rate of movement correlates to the population growth for the city of New York. A light flashes in the tower at the approximate rate of species extinction on the planet. Ie: its estimated […]
BucketCraft
BucketCraft is an installation on Governors Island, part of the FIGMENT Season Long Sculpture Park. The installation is located at the south end of the Parade Ground. A camera affixed atop a 14′ pole records the movement and construction of buckets and people within its frame. Through the course of the summer, the buckets will […]
AVWAVE part 2
Two evenings of audio video performances at The Firehouse Space, curated by Chris Jordan AVWave The Firehouse Space May 18th, 8pm $10 246 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 http://www.thefirehousespace.org This is the second night of the two part series I’m organizing, bringing amazing artists in diverse media together. Justin Riley Sima VisualhornHonking + The War […]
AVWAVE part 1
Two evenings of audio video performances at The Firehouse Space, curated by Chris Jordan AVWave (part 1) The Firehouse Space May 11th, 8pm $10 246 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Link + Merche Blasco Josh Ott + Ezekiel Honig Dok Gregory, Masha Gitin, Jeremy Slater