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8 Bit – the movie

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!

Cory […]

Unity Gain at the Spiegel Tent

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 […]

Matthew Herbert @ Irving Plaza

I went to see Matthew Herbert at Irving Plaza, great show. Opening act was Skye, lead singer for Morcheeba.

Herbert is an interesting sampler-based performer, always very original. For Wednesday’s show, he was performing with a jazz ensemble, letting them get up to speed and then seamlessly joining in with his sampler magic.

His stage […]

Warper party @ Delancey

Went to the Warper party at the Delancey bar.

Nice scene, with VJs, laptop musicians and an interactive installation, the Octa-masher by Moldover. It reminded me of some events at Super-Deluxe in Tokyo, lots of experimentation and interaction. The VJs had all their gear set up in the upstairs bar – two computers, video mixer, […]

Brainbusters party

My last big outdoor party in Japan: Californication, organized by Brainbusters. The venue was amazing: a mountaintop shrine in Chichibu, Saitama. Experienced some magic moments, admiring the illuminated shrine, the teahouse lit by candles, fascinating artwork and a stunning sunrise over the mountains.

Difficult to imagine an event like this at a religious monument anywhere […]