Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
since my phone has nothing interesting to say...
my brother Andy bought a g3 ibook a few months ago to 'teach himself mac.' needless to say, the g3 isnt the best machine to learn on since its pre-intel and really cant run 80-90% of any contemporary programs - isnt it fun to say contemporary when i am referencing things made only 5 years ago? no. its not. slow down.
ive been wanting to move my main machine down to the basement for recording purposes; the cassette four track i have is toast and i always hated mixing down so far removed from the space i created in. andy doesnt have the time with two kids and an outdated machine to learn programs in order to teach others how to use them for the cheap so i grabbed it (paid him for it) and its on its way. now ive done plenty of research on how to get a solid multitracked signal into really shitty computers, so aside from the mac i will have to purchase (or find in some box somewhere) a simple little mixer and interface. basically i will be doing future recordings direct to the machine while working with two tracks. its classic. its a challenge. its kinda easy. its recording 101. im not a whole band, so i wont have to worry too much about mic placement and the such in a group setting, but i am excited to see what i can do with a solid drum track and all of the ephemeral crap i have collected over the years. building and building and layering and layering.
the last run of any self recording ive done was my ipod plugged directly into my computer, making some fantastically delayed, overdriven, oscillating single tones. its not enough. thats too easy. too minimal for anyone to take seriously, no matter how well the textures translate from low to hi-fi.
ive got to find host for the songs or i'll just start releasing digi-eps until someone tells me to stop. i really really hope that person isnt my wife.
in less creative news i cant bring myself to ruin good paper until i get a good idea. the sketch books are getting dusty and i havent seen anything remotely interesting lately. i need to see some dance, some theater, some action. i want to get back into the figure but who wants to sit and have me make them look ugly? no one. ten years ago this wouldnt have been a problem. i guess thats why some art school kids stay at university for umpteen years: the chicks, maaaaan. whatev.
thin fevers has a new ep out - dont worry, you cant hear the cymbals:
album name
(live) on the Scene
there was an interview that went with it - just us clowning on ourselves and talking about sandwiches. thank god that isnt around. it would have ruined our reputation.
rooms is about to rule the world with a proper press push for our full length. dont seem surprised if you see a crappy write up somewhere. music journalists, and i say this because i knew some in my day and theyre dicks, some music journalists are dicks. they read the one sheet, the copy and paste, they get to track 3 and say they know the sound. thats lazy and not good for music. plus, it makes them dicks.
enough about dicks. i have to practice the ebow now.
ive been wanting to move my main machine down to the basement for recording purposes; the cassette four track i have is toast and i always hated mixing down so far removed from the space i created in. andy doesnt have the time with two kids and an outdated machine to learn programs in order to teach others how to use them for the cheap so i grabbed it (paid him for it) and its on its way. now ive done plenty of research on how to get a solid multitracked signal into really shitty computers, so aside from the mac i will have to purchase (or find in some box somewhere) a simple little mixer and interface. basically i will be doing future recordings direct to the machine while working with two tracks. its classic. its a challenge. its kinda easy. its recording 101. im not a whole band, so i wont have to worry too much about mic placement and the such in a group setting, but i am excited to see what i can do with a solid drum track and all of the ephemeral crap i have collected over the years. building and building and layering and layering.
the last run of any self recording ive done was my ipod plugged directly into my computer, making some fantastically delayed, overdriven, oscillating single tones. its not enough. thats too easy. too minimal for anyone to take seriously, no matter how well the textures translate from low to hi-fi.
ive got to find host for the songs or i'll just start releasing digi-eps until someone tells me to stop. i really really hope that person isnt my wife.
in less creative news i cant bring myself to ruin good paper until i get a good idea. the sketch books are getting dusty and i havent seen anything remotely interesting lately. i need to see some dance, some theater, some action. i want to get back into the figure but who wants to sit and have me make them look ugly? no one. ten years ago this wouldnt have been a problem. i guess thats why some art school kids stay at university for umpteen years: the chicks, maaaaan. whatev.
thin fevers has a new ep out - dont worry, you cant hear the cymbals:
album name
(live) on the Scene
there was an interview that went with it - just us clowning on ourselves and talking about sandwiches. thank god that isnt around. it would have ruined our reputation.
rooms is about to rule the world with a proper press push for our full length. dont seem surprised if you see a crappy write up somewhere. music journalists, and i say this because i knew some in my day and theyre dicks, some music journalists are dicks. they read the one sheet, the copy and paste, they get to track 3 and say they know the sound. thats lazy and not good for music. plus, it makes them dicks.
enough about dicks. i have to practice the ebow now.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
challenge for a civilized society (1999)
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Challenge For A Civilized Society - 1999
5"x7"
collograph on ink jet print
done in early '99 as i was trying to get collographs on top of other printed materials. the mix of intaglio and offset press (looking) printing processes really got my blood flowing. then i graduated a month later. this little piece is enough to make me want to PAY for press time. ideas anyone?
Friday, December 11, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
found work
i honestly cant remember when i would have done these, but lets say in the last two years.
titles are as written on the pieces, but to clarify, hgtv really just stands for home and garden television, a channel that for some reason i was all about until i realized their shows are about ten minutes long with a bajilion commercials. also, my want to punch dick cheney in the face is very 2007 or 2008.
dig.
titles are as written on the pieces, but to clarify, hgtv really just stands for home and garden television, a channel that for some reason i was all about until i realized their shows are about ten minutes long with a bajilion commercials. also, my want to punch dick cheney in the face is very 2007 or 2008.
dig.
Friday, December 04, 2009
old picture
i saw that i had this picture taped to the back of my desk. mustve been there for a couple of years.
its treatment on source material for a painting i did as a senior at herron. the professor gave me a D in the class because of attendance because he was never looking for me even though i was there 95% of the time.
the picture also started a relationship with a now dear friend that i wish i would hang out with more often but, well, we all know how we find and lose people in time.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Thunder Perfect Mind long form description
On Friday, December 4, the music and multi-media performing arts group BASILICA will present "Thunder Perfect Mind: An Exploration of Sound, Light, and Consciousness" at the Murphy Art Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. This vast, interactive multi-media production will include performances and installations by over 20 musicians and artists.
Thunder Perfect Mind will be presented in Suite 2 of the Murphy Art Center, the 5000-square-foot location formerly occupied by Dolphin Papers. The space will be filled with a vast installation of wood, metal, and fabric architecture that will serve as the environment for the lights, sounds, performances, and interactions that comprise Thunder Perfect Mind.
Thunder Perfect Mind focuses on themes of post-dualistic transcendence of the inherited dichotomies between consciousness and non-consciousness, order and chaos, past and future, reality and the ideal, the known and the unknown; and the establishment of a dynamic, harmonic equilibrium between these supposed binary oppositions. The dissolution of these apparent dichotomies will be realized through the spatial and temporal juxtapositions of the performances and other components of this production. This process will be presented in a manner seeking to engage both the material and the spiritual; the mind and the body; the senses as well as the emotions and the intellect.
Thunder Perfect Mind takes its name from a poem of the same title that was discovered among the Gnostic manuscripts found in a sealed clay vessel at Nag Hammadi in southern Egypt in 1945. This production will include the recitation of an interpretation of this ancient text by poet and performance artist Chelsea Parkkila. The recitation of this treatment will continue throughout the entire duration of the evening.
The musicians of BASILICA will provide thundering concretions of consciousness through the performance of compositions by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, Indianapolis native Charlie Olvera, and BASILICA's own Joe Molinaro. The precision and exuberance of these performances will create points of intense focus of psychological and physical intent amid the more nebulous chain of events that will fill the evening.
Thunder Perfect Mind will also feature the premiere of Matthew Andert's Optical Theremin Choir, a system of nearly 20 interactive electronic instruments. Like traditional theremins, these custom-designed-and-built instruments are activated by movement and proximity but instead of being sensitive to electromagnetic fields, these instruments are activated by light and visual motion.
The evening will also include the premiere of a new composition by Joe Molinaro which provides a depiction of the ideas presented in the compelling and controversial book “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by psychologist Julian Jaynes. Molinaro's "Breakdowns of the Bicameral Mind" explores Jaynes's notion of the emergence of human consciousness from the mythological dependencies of the archaic human mind into the modern perceptual and cognitive state of awareness that we now recognize as "consciousness." The composition features primal rhythms and hypnotic repetition and improvisation that will work in conjunction with the Optical Theremin Choir to produce unforgettable sculptures of sound, light, and video interactivity that will fill the entire space inhabited by Thunder Perfect Mind.
The entrances and exits of Thunder Perfect Mind will feature the Unified Fields interactive video display by IUPUI Music and Arts Technology faculty member Jordan Munson. Thunder Perfect Mind will also feature the premiere of Munson’s new audio-video interactivity system that transforms musical and environmental sound into video motion.
Prof. Andrew Bucksbarg will present his social cinema work PASS CAMERA, which will engage the audience in live audio and video reflections and interactivity, and Prof. Margaret Dolinsky's Celestial Reflections will provide breathtaking displays of digital art that will evolve throughout the course of the evening.
Additional music and video interactive improvisations will be held throughout the remainder of the evening.
Thunder Perfect Mind will be held from 8:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Friday, December 4 at the Murphy Art Center at 1043 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46203. Thunder Perfect Mind is presented in conjunction with the Big Car Gallery and is part of the IDADA First Friday Art Tour which is held in downtown Indianapolis every month. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome to attend. Audience participation will be welcomed and encouraged!
Thunder Perfect Mind will be presented in Suite 2 of the Murphy Art Center, the 5000-square-foot location formerly occupied by Dolphin Papers. The space will be filled with a vast installation of wood, metal, and fabric architecture that will serve as the environment for the lights, sounds, performances, and interactions that comprise Thunder Perfect Mind.
Thunder Perfect Mind focuses on themes of post-dualistic transcendence of the inherited dichotomies between consciousness and non-consciousness, order and chaos, past and future, reality and the ideal, the known and the unknown; and the establishment of a dynamic, harmonic equilibrium between these supposed binary oppositions. The dissolution of these apparent dichotomies will be realized through the spatial and temporal juxtapositions of the performances and other components of this production. This process will be presented in a manner seeking to engage both the material and the spiritual; the mind and the body; the senses as well as the emotions and the intellect.
Thunder Perfect Mind takes its name from a poem of the same title that was discovered among the Gnostic manuscripts found in a sealed clay vessel at Nag Hammadi in southern Egypt in 1945. This production will include the recitation of an interpretation of this ancient text by poet and performance artist Chelsea Parkkila. The recitation of this treatment will continue throughout the entire duration of the evening.
The musicians of BASILICA will provide thundering concretions of consciousness through the performance of compositions by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, Indianapolis native Charlie Olvera, and BASILICA's own Joe Molinaro. The precision and exuberance of these performances will create points of intense focus of psychological and physical intent amid the more nebulous chain of events that will fill the evening.
Thunder Perfect Mind will also feature the premiere of Matthew Andert's Optical Theremin Choir, a system of nearly 20 interactive electronic instruments. Like traditional theremins, these custom-designed-and-built instruments are activated by movement and proximity but instead of being sensitive to electromagnetic fields, these instruments are activated by light and visual motion.
The evening will also include the premiere of a new composition by Joe Molinaro which provides a depiction of the ideas presented in the compelling and controversial book “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by psychologist Julian Jaynes. Molinaro's "Breakdowns of the Bicameral Mind" explores Jaynes's notion of the emergence of human consciousness from the mythological dependencies of the archaic human mind into the modern perceptual and cognitive state of awareness that we now recognize as "consciousness." The composition features primal rhythms and hypnotic repetition and improvisation that will work in conjunction with the Optical Theremin Choir to produce unforgettable sculptures of sound, light, and video interactivity that will fill the entire space inhabited by Thunder Perfect Mind.
The entrances and exits of Thunder Perfect Mind will feature the Unified Fields interactive video display by IUPUI Music and Arts Technology faculty member Jordan Munson. Thunder Perfect Mind will also feature the premiere of Munson’s new audio-video interactivity system that transforms musical and environmental sound into video motion.
Prof. Andrew Bucksbarg will present his social cinema work PASS CAMERA, which will engage the audience in live audio and video reflections and interactivity, and Prof. Margaret Dolinsky's Celestial Reflections will provide breathtaking displays of digital art that will evolve throughout the course of the evening.
Additional music and video interactive improvisations will be held throughout the remainder of the evening.
Thunder Perfect Mind will be held from 8:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Friday, December 4 at the Murphy Art Center at 1043 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46203. Thunder Perfect Mind is presented in conjunction with the Big Car Gallery and is part of the IDADA First Friday Art Tour which is held in downtown Indianapolis every month. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome to attend. Audience participation will be welcomed and encouraged!
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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really, you already know about me.
- mbnjmntrb
- indianapolis, United States
- progressive big headed shy person with a big mouth and ideas that from time to time manifest themselves into visual or audible pieces.