1. 06. 2012What a Nice Time We Had Here
In the eleventh Video Evening KOLEKTIVA presents audiovisual performance by New York based artsits Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely. The project is composed of a live/interactive video projection and electric violin. Their performance for Video Evening #11 is part of the European Tour (Berlin, Brno, Budapest, Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb). The performance duration is 45 minutes.
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Video večer / Video Evening #11
Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely: What a Nice Time We Had Here
Monday, 4. 6. 2012 at 8 pm
Photon Gallery
Trg prekomorskih brigad 1, Ljubljana
Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely: What a Nice Time We Had Here
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About the project
“The only thing I am afraid of is that we will someday just go home and then we will meet once a year, drinking beer, and nostalgically remembering what a nice time we had here. Promise ourselves that this will not be the case.”
(Slavoj Žižek, NYC 2011)
What a Nice Time We Had Here is a collaboration between video artist Alex Nathanson and violinist and composer Dylan Neely. The projections are based in computer programs Nathanson writes in Max/MSP/Jitter to take sensor data from the live performance to control video play and animation. Neely’s improvisational style is influenced by Eastern European Roma folk music, punk, and minimalism. The project explores nostalgia, dreams, and the desire for meaningful social and political action, taking Zizek’s above quote as a starting point for exploring footage captured the morning of October 15th at Occupy Wall St. in New York City.
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About the artists
“They perform (exclusively) with visual effects guru Grey Matter [Alex Nathanson], who stood out on his own for beautiful video installation that made the perfect backdrop for the night.”
(bushwickdaily.com)
Alex Nathanson is a video artist, photographer, and curator based in New York. He is a member of the curatorial collective Pulp Legend and, along with Dylan Neely, founded The Bat Barn, a performance space in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His work has been shown at PS122 Gallery (NYC), 25CPW (NYC), and the School of the International Center of Photography (NYC). His live video projects have been presented in collaboration with the bands Man Forever, Vernous, and John Snyder at numerous art spaces in New York City. Most recently, he has has been awarded a residency for time based art at the Institute for Electronic Arts.
http://alexnathanson.com
Dylan Neely is a composer/violinist based in New York City. He is currently a participant composer in the New York Youth Symphony’s Making Score program, with an upcoming performance at Symphony Space (NYC) and reading by the American Composers’ Orchestra. Past honors include a Fulbright Fellowship to Belgrade, Serbia, and multiple scholarships and awards from Bard College at Simon’s Rock, where he graduated with his B.A. magna cum laude at the age of nineteen. Additional studies at the Belgrade Faculty of Music and Juilliard. He attended the 2011 highSCORE festival in Pavia, Italy, where his string quartet Balkan was premiered by Quartetto Indaco. His teachers have included Tatjana Milošević Mijanović, Larry Wallach, and Conrad Cummings.
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Production: Kolektiva Institute
Co-production: Photon Gallery, Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely
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Photon Gallery
Centre for Contemporary Photography of Central and South East Europe
Trg prekomorskih brigad 1, 1000 Ljubljana
t: +386 (0)59 977 907
www.photon.si
Opening time: Mon.-Fri.: 12am – 6pm
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More information
Excerpt from the performance at Video večer / Video Evening #11 on June 4, 2012
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Video from the performance at Brooklyn Fireproof East on April 7, 2012
Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely: Kako lepo smo se imeli tukaj
Na enajstem Video večeru gostimo avdiovizualni performas ameriških umetnikov Alexa Nathansona in Dylana Neelya. V živo bosta nastopila s prepletom interaktivne videoprojekcije in igranja na električno violino. Nastop je del evropske turneje, v okviru katere nastopata v Berlinu, Brnu, Budimpešti, na Dunaju, v Ljubljani in Zagrebu. Performans traja 45 minut.
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Video večer / Video Evening #11
Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely: Kako lepo smo se imeli tukaj
Ponedeljek, 4. 6. 2012, ob 20.00
Galerija Photon
Trg prekomorskih brigad 1, Ljubljana
Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely: What a Nice Time We Had Here
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O projektu
“Edina stvar, ki se je bojim, je, da bomo nekega dne vsi šli domov in potem se bomo vsako leto dobili na pivu in se nostalgično spominjali, kako lepo smo se imeli tukaj. Obljubimo si, da se to ne bo zgodilo.”
(Slavoj Žižek, New York, 2011)
Kako lepo smo se imeli tukaj je skupni projekt videasta Alexa Nathansona in glasbenika ter skladatelja Dylana Neelya. Projekcije so narejene s pomočjo računalniškega programa, ki ga je napisal Nathanson na platformi Max/MSP/Jitter. Program kontrolira predvajanje videa in animacije s podatki, ki jih s pomočjo senzorja v živo zajema iz performansa. V Neelyevem improvizacijskem slogu zasledimo vplive vzhodnoevropske romske glasbe, punka in minimalizma. Projekt raziskuje nostalgijo, sanje in željo po družbeni in politični akciji. Žižkov citat služi kot izhodiščna točka za raziskovanje videomateriala, ki je bil posnet 15. oktobra 2011 zjutraj na dogodku Occupy Wall Street v New Yorku.
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O umetnikih
Alex Nathanson je newyorški videast, fotograf in kurator. Diplomiral je iz fotografije in političnih znanosti na Bard College, Simon’s Rock. Je član kuratorskega kolektiva Pulp Legend. Skupaj z Dylanom Neelyem je ustanovil The Bat Barn, prostor za performans v Great Barringtonu, Massachusetts. Razstavljal je v več newyorški galerijah in s svojimi videoprojekti v živo nastopal z različnimi glasbeniki v New Yorku. Je prejemnik rezidence za časovno umetnost (time based arts) na Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, New York.
http://alexnathanson.com
Dylan Neely je newyorški violinist in skladatelj. Leta 2010 je pri devetnajstih z odliko diplomiral na Bard College, Simon’s Rock. Je prejemnik Fullbrightove štipendije za raziskovalno pot v Beograd v letih 2010-2011.
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Produkcija: Zavod Kolektiva
Koprodukcija: Galerija Photon, Alex Nathanson & Dylan Neely
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Galerija Photon
Center za sodobno fotografijo Srednje in Jugovzhodne Evrope
Trg prekomorskih brigad 1, Ljubljana
t: +386 59 977 907
www.photon.si
Odprto: pon.-pet.: 12.00-18.00
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