Went to see a Unity Gain performance at the Spiegeltent, the elaborate temporary structure now living at the South Street Seaport. Unity Gain is a sort of electronic jam session of audio & video artists, mostly using computers. Great layout of the space – big vertical screen on top of a round table, all the musicians (12 of them) sitting around the table, with the video team (a whole bunch) at a table to the side. The format of the night was a sort of tag team, where pairs of musicians and video artists would take turns performing. Two ITPers performing: Zach Taylor, and Luke DuBois, creator of Jitter.
While it was all interesting, a particular highlight was the duet by Bubblyfish and Glomag, played entirely on four Nintendo Gameboys. Really cool high energy music, and lots of “expression” by the musicians!
It occurs to me that in the 6 weeks or so that I’ve been in New York, I’ve been to three such audio/video electronic art jams. The Warper party, Share DJ and Unity Gain events all featured multiple artists, audio & video integration and free format. My favorite kind of art!
[…] I went to see the premiere of “8 Bit” at the MoMA. It’s a movie about videogame art, starting from the early days of computing and arcade games. I was particularly pleased to see artists such as Bodenstandig 2000, Bubblyfish and Glomag in the film, especially since I’d seen some of them perform recently! […]