Wetland Project: Painting with Microphones
Brady Marks and Mark Timmings transform the soundscape of a Saturna Island wetland into pure colour fields.
In Earth Week 2016, Brady Marks travelled to Saturna Island and joined fellow artist Mark Timmings to capture the sounds of the wetland beside his home. With sound engineer Eric Lamontagne, they produced a twenty four hour, five-channel field recording. The artists then worked with programmer Gabrielle Odowichuk to develop an algorithm that metamorphosed sound […]
Live Art Generation
Official website launch for Permanent Deviation
Video shot and edited by Harley Spade Photography by Kendra Archer and Ash Tanasiychuk Text largely pulled from official Permanent Deviation promo documents In March 2014, the official website launch party for Permanent Deviation kicked off at VIVO Media Arts. Permanent Deviation (http://permanentdeviation.com) is an online Processing compiler and simultaneous participatory exhibition space conceived by […]
Hacking the Home: creative electronics @ VIVO Media Arts
Workshop @ VIVO Media Arts that empowers youth by re-imagining their relationship with technology
Words by Alicia McLean Photos by Sheng Ho In 2013, we tap at touchscreens, type out text and download apps. We use electronic systems to maneuver our city by the most efficient route, following plotted pathways. We are given a false sense of accomplishment by adjusting limited settings, while software is sheathed with operable […]
Music For Lamps + Music For Internet + Music For Furniture @ VIVO
VIVO's Latest Video Bar immerses it’s audience in sound, light, and vibration
Words by Celesse McCarthy Photos by Dennis Ha and Elisa Ferrari I’m sitting outside City Centre Motel on Main. VACANCY is illuminated, and across the street, Hot Art Wet City is electrified by voyeurs. I’m drinking cider. I see a woman wearing a uniform sauntering down the sidewalk, whirling her sweater – the sun […]
Interview with Filmmaker Erik Paulsson
VANDOCUMENT's Tara Flynn catches up with Erik during his film retrospective at VIVO Media Arts
Interview, filming, and post production by Tara Flynn Interview with Erik Paulsson, Vancouver filmmaker, as he embarks on his next journey. VANDOCUMENT visits VIVO Media Arts Centre to speak with Erik during a 3 day retrospective & fundraiser. In the interview he touches on his current process of creating a multi-part documentary series, exploring mysticism […]
Destroy Vancouver: Where the Noise Is
words by Celesse McCarthy photographs by Alan Derksen The piano is puckered with fingerprints. The crowd is made up of fellow Jazz Fest musicians and the luminescent public. The purveyors are tamed and titillated. Even as they seat, they are immediately engaged in the space – as a species. Two pages of sheet music adorn […]