PLAY WITH FIRE FESTIVAL
PLAY WITH FIRE FESTIVAL
November 7, 6 PM start “Play with fire festival”
Photos:
I was there around 6 PM. It was one of nice art correction ever i saw. recommended to see it.
also i’ll do Brain DJVJ in this event.
1:
Brainwave DJVJ : November 15 : 10 PM
at 1717 Troutman Street in Brooklyn, NY
http://www.facebook.com/n/?%2Fevent.php&eid=157804146830&mid=16f9c77G31dbdfdaG46ed5cfG5
2:
Brainwave DJVJ talk : November 17 : 7 PM
at Harvestworks Digitial Media Arts Center in Manhattan.
http://playwithfirefestival.wordpress.com/panelsdemos/
F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E
PLAY WITH FIRE FESTIVAL
Email: playwithfirefestival@gmail.com
Web: http://www.playwithfirefestival.wordpress.com
Celebrating the breadth and depth of video possibilities through art. A plethora of live video
editors, electronic and interactive artists, video and installation artists who use the moving
image outside the “box”. Coming from as far as Italy, Switzerland and Germany these artists
showcase their work with the video community in New York City.
For two weeks and in two different locations the festival hosts an array of projects. Projects
include, Katja Loher’s video planets, a 3/4 ton “ice-stallation” by Raphael DiLuzio, a
demonstration by Berlin based Modul8 software representative and performer, Ilan Katin and a
night of performance featuring video artist and collaborator, Alison Childs, the Spanish
AV(Audio/Video) perfomer, *Rafaël*. Please join us for these exciting, free events.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
ART EXHIBITION
The art space located at 1717 Troutman Street in Brooklyn, NY will exhibit Play With Fire
installations and performances from November 7-15, 2009 alongside the exhibition, Black
Thursday Halloween City!!!Black Friday Fireworks Stand (BTHCBFFS). The event collectively
spans five loft spaces and hosts over 70 artists in the newly renovated commercial building on
the Bushwick-Ridgewood border. Opening receptions will occur on November 7 from 4PM-
8PM, and alongside the BETAspaces, Arts in Bushwick event on Sunday November 8, from
12PM-6PM.
VIDEO PERFORMANCES
Capping off the week, the 1717 Troutman location will be transformed into a one night only
performance! The event will run from 4PM-12AM on November 15, 2009.Performances range
from interactive installations to an explosion of visuals set to music. Reimagining the role of
performer and audience and always using video, this event will showcase the progressive use of
video for performance and push the boundaries of space and collaboration.
PANELS/DEMOS
From November 15-21, 2009 all Play With Fire events will take place at Harvestworks Digitial
Media Arts Center in Manhattan.
ABOUT HARVESTWORKS: Founded in 1977, Harvestworks offers an environment where
artists can make work inspired and achieved by electronic media. Harvestworks helps the
community at large to understand, assimilate, and make creative use of new and evolving
technologies. Harvestworks creates a context for the appreciation of new work, advances both
the art community and the public's agenda for the use of technology in art; and brings together
innovative practitioners from all branches of the arts by fostering collaborations across
electronic media. http://www.harvestworks.org
Sunday’s two hour demonstration of Modul8, the industry standard live-video editing software,
will begin the series, followed by a week of artist talks considering space, collaboration and the
interdisciplinary tendencies of video. The festival will end with a final demonstration on
Saturday November 21, 2009 at 6 PM, of “Toy’s Opera”, a miniature opera/multimedia
performance written for and incorporating small moving toys by collaborative: Adam Kendall
(video; software programming), Yoni Niv (physical computing; sound) and Elad Shniderman
(sound).
FESTIVAL DETAILS
ART EXHIBITION
w/Black Thursday Halloween City!!!Black Friday Fireworks Stand
Nov 7-15, 2009, 1717 Troutman St., Brooklyn, NY, 2nd Floor
Opening reception 11/7/09 4pm-8pm
BETA Spaces 11/8/09 12-7pm
Hours 12-4PM daily
PERFORMANCE NIGHT/Closing Party 11/15/09 4pm-12am
Featuring: Kerry Downey, Ilan Katin, *Rafaël*, Masahiro Kahata, Nick Lesley, Alison
Childs, Near East Family, vjset by Kinotek and LanVideosource
Directions: L train to Jefferson stop, north 3 blocks on Troutman St.
PANELS/DEMOS
HARVESTWORKS DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS CENTER
596 Broadway #602
New York City (at Houston St)
Subway: F/V Broadway/Lafayette, 6 Bleecker, W/R Prince
Sunday November 15, 2009 2PM-4PM Demonstration: Modul8 with Ilan Katin
Monday November 16, 2009 @7PM Panel Discussion: Video Performance with Ilan Katin,
*Rafaël*, Mary Ann Benedetto (outpt) and Paris Treantafeles
Tuesday November 17, 2009@7PM Artist Talk:Visualizing Brainwaves with KINOTEK
and Masahiro Kahata
Wednesday November 18, 2009@7PM Artist Panel: Space, Collaboration and the
Intimate Interworkings Producing Audio and Video with Alison Childs, Nick Lesley and
members of “Toy’s Opera”.
Friday November 20, 2009@7PM Artist Talk: Video Sculpture, Video Painting with
Katja Loher, Jeremy Rotsztain and Gabriel Barcia-Colombo
Saturday November 21, 2009@6PM Demonstration: Toy’s Opera by Adam Kendall,
Yoni Niv and Elad Schniderman
ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo
http://www.gabebc.com/ Adam Kendall, Yoni Niv, Elad Schniderman
Mary Ann Benedetto http://www.hellbender.org/
http://www.outpt.net Nick Lesley
Ryan V Brennan http://www.nicklesley.com/
http://www.ryanvbrennan.com/ Katja Loher
Kinotek http://www.katjaloher.com
http://www.kinotek.org Damian Marhulets
Alison Childs http://www.displaced-meanings.com
http://alisonchilds.com/ Near East Family
Raphael DiLuzio http://www.neareastfamily.org/
http://www.raphaeldiluzio.com *Rafaël*
Kerry Downey http://www.leafar.be
http://kerrydowney.com Jeremy Rotsztain
Masahiro Kahata http://www.mantissa.ca
http://psychiclab.net Paris Treantafeles
Ilan Katin http://www.parisgraphics.com
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