Background
Chinatown Remixed is an annual, art festival in Ottawa’s Chinatown district. For one month each spring, the merchants and restaurants of Chinatown welcome artists’ exhibitions and performances.
Having exhibited lighting installations back in the 2010 and 2009 festivals, Deb and I wanted to try something different from, and more spontaneous than our usual “plan and execute” [...]
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Mountain of Gold @ Chinatown Remixed 2011
Urbana 2011
Intro
Urbana is an annual fundraiser hosted by Dharma Developments where proceeds raised support community programs with the goal of preventing homelessness in Ottawa. This year, URBANA is helping Action Housing / Action-Logement, an Ottawa-based charitable organization that assists low-income individuals and families to find and maintain safe, affordable and [...]
Great Big Smalls VI @ CUBE Gallery
CUBE Gallery’s annual group show, Great Big Smalls VI, opens Thursday eve., Dec. 2, featuring work by a large group of artists from near and afar. I’ll let the official press release tell the story:
Cube Gallery is pleased to announce that our wildly popular Great BIG Smalls Show is back for a sixth year of [...]
Making in NYC
I’m happy to announce that I’m spending an art-focused summer in NYC! Between now and the end of August, I’ll be based out of midtown Manhattan.
It already feels like I have more projects than the time to complete them I’ve secured an “artist in residency” position with NYC Resistor, where I have open [...]
Tweet all about it: Ottawa’s Chinatown goes global
TWITTER ACTIVATED LIGHT BOXES ON DISPLAY AT ORIENTAL CHARM GIFT SHOP [ 653 SOMERSET ST. W., OTTAWA ] FROM MAY 8 – JUNE 8 2010
Ottawa (Ontario) – You won’t want to miss it! Ottawa’s second annual Chinatown Remixed event is happening Saturday, May 8, from 2-5 p.m.
Walk the streets of Somerset West as you take [...]
Light cube prototype
Continuing to turn inspiration into reality, Deb and I unpacked our new table saw, installed the acrylic-capable blade, and got to work cutting and gluing. The result is a prototype for a new series of light boxes/cubes:
Interactive Audio/Visual Installation
Just finished a proof-of-concept video for an interactive audio/visual installation, where the audience become the performers in a room-sized drum machine with blinking lights and sychronized video:
The audio is straight from a drum machine, triggering the video in real time which is done in Processing; this initial draft shows that this is just the tip [...]
Spacing Ottawa launch party
Last week Deb and I performed a dj/vj set (as The Latest Artists) at the Spacing Ottawa launch party at Cube Gallery .
Dawghaus Studios put a video together of the event featuring some of our music, video, and performance — along with Spacing-related content, too, of course
Busy weekend
Still collecting myself from a busy weekend past . . .
On Friday evening, Artengine’s new media Nite Ride exhibition opened, and I got to enjoy the first ride of the night, listening to Tim Hecker’s custom 5.1 channel surround soundtrack to a drive through the Gatineau Hills.
Guerilla mag has a great video from opening night [...]
The Latest Aritsts: Summer Tour ‘09
Deb and I are headed out west from Ottawa all the way to Vancouver for a summer DJ/VJ performance and workshop tour as The Latest Artists!
All the info, dates, and documentation (pics and vids) will be available on our new fan page on Facebook. Check it out and follow along!
Happy summer!