Video Performance -- Immersions -- Lowell MA 02.24.07

["Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)" <emile@foryourhead.com>]

Hi folks,

The first Immersions event of 2007 will occur on Saturday, February 
24 at 8:30 PM. at
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St, Lowell
978 452 8138
  http://www.119gallery.org/

The ensemble for this performance is
Doctor T  -- Video Mixing
Dean Stiglitz  -- Electro Flute
Ramona Herboldsheimer - Hammered Dulcimer
Bob McCloskey -- Reeds and percussion

Suggested donation is $5.


Preceding this event will be an artists reception and gallery talk as 
described below I have;t seen this show yet, but, based on the 
announcement, it  should be quite worthwhile.

At 1:17 PM -0500 2/17/07, Mary Ann Kearns wrote:
>
>"Good Impressions Transformed"
>Prints by Vivian Pratt
>Jan 23- Mar. 17, 2007;
>Reception Saturday February 24th, 5-7pm; *Artists talk, 6 pm.
>
>Part of "Lowell Celebrates Printmaking"
>with the Boston Printmakers Biennial.
>
>Vivian Pratt has worked with computers for many years, and her 
>knowledge of technology influences her work as an artist. She is 
>accomplished in a variety of media including drawing, painting and 
>sculpture, and frequently uses the computer to modify, print and 
>combine her images with other media.
>
>The prints in "Good Impressions Transformed" began with photographs 
>of dying flowers that were layered and altered on the computer. The 
>resulting prints transformed the images of decay into something 
>alive, attesting to abstract the beauty of nature.
>
>While working on the series Pratt captured different views, and 
>using the computer to modify them, produced several transformations 
>of the same object. Unable to choose a single image to best 
>represent the subject, she made the most of her ability to use the 
>computer to create multiple similar but different images.
>
>"The computer, unlike any other artistic medium has opened up a 
>world of opportunity for the manipulation of the image. This allows 
>me to not only transform the object into something alive, but to 
>create several transformations of the image that play against each 
>other, building a richness that is impossible in a single image."
>
>In keeping with the multi-media sensibilities of both the artist and 
>the gallery, two videos are included in the show. Using her own body 
>as the original canvas, Pratt projected the video onto herself, 
>captured this video and modified it on the computer. In so doing, she
>created an abstract dance that draws parallels between nature and 
>her own life.
>
>Vivian Pratt has an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art with a 
>concentration in the Studio for Interrelated Media and is a 
>Post-Baccalaureate graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine 
>Arts, Boston, MA.

-- 
"Once the search is in progress, something will be found"  

-- Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt


                Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer                  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!                    Boris FX
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