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07 June 2005 by nathaniel

improv

::::: and after the digital soiree at wits about Joshua Goldberg’s own work (15h00 – 17h00, Digital Convent – watch this space for more info) :::::

joshua goldberg and joao orrechia at the drill hall
joshua goldberg and joao orrechia at the drill hall

improv
improvisatory performance

improv abstract animator Joshua Goldberg (NYC)
&
live electro-acoustic musician joˆ£o orrechia (Berlin / JHB)

meet for the first time at the Drill Hall this Friday
2 projections, 2 guitars, lots of equipment

cash bar

in celebration of the one-year anniversary of the renovated drill hall.
sponsored by and in collaboration with:
The Joubert Park Project
Art&Technology, Johannesburg (http://atjoburg.net)
WSOA Digital Arts
US Consular General

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Logistical assistance in contemporary art and exhibitions
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03 June 2005 by nathaniel

the live visualist cometh

joshua goldberg (left); photo credit melissa ulto
joshua goldberg (left) performing in NYC; photo credit melissa ulto

Me bring Joshy!!!!

So, this guy is bloody brilliant. I know I’m supposed to be some kind of authority on new media technologies in South Africa (or whatever), especially live video and interactive tech, but this guy taught me a lot of what I know, and in the few hours I spent with him today, I learned a whole lot more (and more to come!!!!). We did grad school together in NYC, and now he’s making stuff happen for a few weeks here in Jozi and CT.

Here’s what we planned for him:

tonight is rhythm_01, a first test of Vjing and interactivity in joburg over at carfax – mostly student work, but he might do a short guest set
this coming week, Joshua is at wits, teaching, lecturing, sharing, critting
Friday 10 June, 15hoo, talk about his stuff and VJ and interactive video culture, burning man, open source… Digital Soiree, Digital Convent, Wits
Friday 10 June, 19h30, live, outdoor performance with local electro-acoustic musician Joao Orecchia (Berlin / NYC / JHB), Drill Hall
Saturday 11 June, 10h00 – 13h00, free VJ workshop at the Bag Factory (we’re giving software away, too!)
Saturday 11 June, 20h00 til late, huge VJ party with Joshua headlining, and deep house music

away at kruger for few days….

Friday 17 June, 11h00 – 13h00, presentation of a donated, site-specific, artwork using his own software/technology. Johannesburg Art Gallery

He is also one of the most generaous spirits I have ever met, and will share knowledge, resources and whatever else he has at his disposal with you (probably including embarassing stories about me).
Come and be amazed. I am.

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01 June 2005 by nathaniel

Rhythm_01 – VJ event + experimental interactive elements

…reblogged from christo on Art & Techonology, Johannesburg (AT.joburg)…

Kicking off this Friday (3 June) is Rhythm_o1, the first of several events inspired by the visit of New York VJ, digital artist and theatre designer, Josh Goldberg.
josh goldberg
VJ Josh Goldberg at the annual Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

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Josh Goldberg, a top New York City VJ is the first digital artist in residence at Wits Digital Arts this June. Organised by Wits Digital Arts together with AT.joburg, his visit is designed to expose Johannesburg artists and musicians to a new kind of video artist, the VJ, who mixes live visuals and effects together with music. Josh will be hosting various workshops as well as a cutting-edge live performance at Carfax on the 11 June and a presentation of a site-specific work at the Johannesburg Art Gallery on the 17th.

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Carfax: conceptual by nature in downtown Johannesburg. Scene from the 2004 group exhibition, Cube.

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With the rapidly growing popularity and increasing visibility of VJs, an exciting variety of visual styles have emerged from around the world, ranging from conceptual work which overlaps with contemporary art to hardcore psychosis-inducing trance. Like a DJ mixes audio, VJs mix imagery with sound using multiple sources of media to project them on to large-scale screens at parties, at events and in clubs.

underworld in performance with vj/design group, tomato
The group Underworld in performance with British vj/design collective, Tomato.

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VJ Jay from the Brooklyn, USA group, Trigger Motion.

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Rhythm_01 will be an opportunity to participate in a music, visuals and dance event at Carfax, in Newtown, Johannesburg. A bunch of the top local VJs (christo_d and matr-x with guests) will be blasting images in sync with the left-field house beats supplied by DJs Glenn, Pierre, and Greg. This combination has happened before, but the totally new ingredient to the mix will be the Max/MSP patches developed by the Interactive MA students from Wits Digital Arts, under the leadership of lecturer, Nathaniel Stern.

Wits Digital Arts Interactive MA class of 2005
The 2005 Wits Interactive Media Design class – Nic (mentor); Mitch; Mac (with the cap); Tegan; Onica; Mayav, & Nicky – checking out the venue for Rhythm_01 . . . the sidebar at Carfax, Newtown.

The whole system will run on two lightning fast Apple PowerMac G5s, sponsored by Apple IMC Southern Africa….

Um, like. am not sure where carfax website is, but found one here and one here

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