Two new releases available May 30th through Microcinema
1. Noise Driven Ambient Audio and Visuals
2. Notes for Those Beginning the Discipline of Architecture
Noise Driven Ambient Audio and Visuals
by YouWorkForThem
Catalog No. MC-529
2006, 51 minutes
DVD, Region: 0 (All Regions)
ISBN: 0977624110
UPC: 880198052896
SRP: $24.95
STREET DATE: MAY 30, 2006
To order/info:
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=529
Synopsis:
Noise Driven Ambient Audio And Visuals is a compilation of experimental
noise/ambient videos created by C505 and music by KNBS. A far cry from music
videos, the pieces are more analogous to experimental / abstract film and
video art. C505's aesthetic shuns the pursuit of 3D digital realism and
sanitized graphic design and instead embraces the layered residue of analog
distortions and glitches. Uniquely, both the sound and video are created
simultaneously by C505 and KNBS yielding a woven relationship that feels
symbiotic instead of driven by one or the other. C505's favored techniques
include, video feedback loops, video flicker induction, CRT distortions
created by magnetic fields and capturing various visual and audio static
from a multitude of analog sources. Over 50 minutes of content, this DVD
also contains guest director's work such as Associates In Science, Lew
Baldwin, Day-Dream, Jonathan Turner and WeWorkForThem.
KNBSC505 (Artists)
KNBS are a cross-country collaboration between New York based world renowned
video artist and musician Yoshi Sodeoka aka C505 (www.c505.com) and Seattle
based noted musician and programmer Sean Rooney (www.ntet.net). They have
been collaborating for more than 10 years on a variety of music and art
projects. Together they create dynamic music and visuals which are sometimes
confrontational and noisy, and sometimes melodic and tuneful. KNBS have
performed worldwide and their work has been featured on numerous CD
compilations, DVDs, web sites and in exhibitions. Their work has been
featured at Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco MoMA,
Turbulence.org, OFFF in Spain, DOTMOV in Japan, Design Edge in Singapore,
The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles and The Sonar Festival in
Spain to name a few.
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Notes for Those Beginning the Discipline of Architecture
Alternate Ending 1: The Glimmering Noise by Michael Meredith
Catalog No. MC-528
2006, 36 minutes + 18 page book
DVD, Region: 0 (All Regions)
ISBN: 0977624102
UPC: 880198052995
SRP: $24.95
Street Date: May 29, 2006
To order/info:
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=528
Synopsis:
Architecture is a discipline plagued by its own insecurities, a curious
mixture of optimism and pessimism, momentary successes and, more commonly,
deep frustrations. In this new 18-page publication, Michael Meredith,
Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, tackles the
problems facing the discipline head-on, interrogating its internal dynamics
and searching for a mode of practice that can survive amid the confusing,
conflicting demands of contemporary culture. Nominally addressed to students
entering the field, "Notes for those beginning the discipline of
architecture" is a scathing take on the profession from one of its emerging
young practitioners, outlining its pitfalls, its excruciating failures, and
- in spite of it all - its undeniable potentials. The accompanying DVD,
"Alternate Ending 1: The Glimmering Noise," is a hilarious and sobering mock
debate (inspired by a morbid fascination with William Buckley, Jr.'s "Firing
Line") that dissects the curious position of the architect amid the fickle,
shifting forces of the 21st century market economy. An insider's unflinching
look at the problems facing current architectural practice, Meredith's work
is of interest to anyone who cares about the potentials of design today.
DVD Directed by David Fenster.
Actors: David Nordstrom and Michael Meredith.
Music for the preview and portions of the music on the dvd by C Peter
Whincop, 2002
Author Information: Michael Meredith
Michael Meredith is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Harvard
University Graduate School of Design. His professional practice engages
interdisciplinary discourses, ranging from art to technology, producing a
spectrum of design work which includes furniture, products, sound,
speculative architecture projects and residences in New York, Ontario,
Texas, and California. Recently he was a finalist for the design of the
Pentagon 9-11 memorial and the PS1/MoMA Young Architects competition. In
1998, he was a winner of the Young Architects Competition at the
Architectural League of New York. His design work has been published in
Architecture, Architectural Record, Casa Brutus, Competitions, McSweeney's,
the New York Times, Oculus and Surface. His writings have appeared in A+U
and Artforum. In 2003 he was a resident at the Atlantic Center for the Arts,
and in 2000 he received a residency at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa,
Texas.
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