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Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center presents:
30th ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT Performance: Now, Then & ¥
THURSDAY OCTOBER 16th, 2008, 8PM
GALAPAGOS ART SPACE
16 Main Street, DUMBO, BROOKLYN, at the corner of Water Street
Subway: F York Street, A/C High Street, 2/3 Clark Street
For more information: www.harvestworks.org/2008benefit
About the 30th Anniversary Benefit Performance: Now, Then & ¥
Harvestworks - a New York City non-profit arts organization providing artists with resources in digital and interactive technology will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a performance and benefit on Thursday, October 16th at the new Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO.
“After 30 years of promoting artists and their work, the anniversary benefit’s goal is to have the many artists who have been affiliated with Harvestworks gather to celebrate the past and the future of this unique organization. The “next phase” for Harvestworks and its artists is always unfolding and the benefit invites everyone to take a moment to celebrate where we've come from and where we're going.” - Amanda Remus …Vice-Chair , Harvestworks 2008 Benefit Committee
Performances by:
The Notekillers with special guest Shelley Hirsch: The Notekillers is a band that was created in 1976 in Philadelphia by guitarist David First, drummer Barry Halkin and bassist Stephen Bilenky, influenced by free jazz, minimalism, reggae, punk and psychedelic. Shelley Hirsch is "an unorthodox, extraordinary fusion of vocalist, composer, and performance artist" (Anne LeBaron) whose work encompasses story telling pieces, staged performances, compositions, improvisations, collaborations, installations, and radio plays, which have been presented on 5 continents.
Fair Use Trio - Comprised of Matty Ostrowski, Zach Layton and Luke Dubois, the trio provide a live interactive soundtrack to the frenetic and arresting time-compressed hollywood films which are manipulated and layered in real-time by Luke Dubois. Zach Layton is a composer, curator, improviser and new media artist based in Brooklyn with an interest in biofeedback, generative algorithms, experimental culture and architecture. R. Luke DuBois is a composer, performer, video artist, and programmer. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Columbia University and teaches at Columbia's Computer Music Center. He is a co-author of the program Jitter. A New York City native, Matthew Ostrowski is a composer, performer, and installation artist working primarily with electronics and sound. He has played with everyone from John Zorn and David Behrman to a trio of Elvis impersonators.
Glomag featuring ChiKA: Glomag is a Brooklyn based band part of the 8-bit community. This video gamed influenced branch of electronic music, has developed a flourishing international live scene and is one of the first new genres of music to use the Internet to its fullest advantage. CHiKA is a live computer visuals artist working within New York’s expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Her videos implement geometric minimalist patterns and original graphics in unique, repetitive combinations. She is a member of the SHARE community, a weekly multimedia open jam.
Pamela Z : A composer/performer who makes solo works combining a wide range of vocal techniques with electronic processing, sampled sounds, and The BodySynth™ gesture controller. She has also composed scores for dance, film, and new music chamber ensembles.
Benton-C Bainbridge and Bobby Previte: Dialed In - A live audiovisual performance and a collection of music movies by drummer/composer Bobby Previte and VJ Benton-C Bainbridge. Each using obsolete and forgotten technology scavenged from the tech dump, Benton-C warps video into strange shapes not seen since Electric Company, while Previte whips sonic fragments into powerful songs.
Ned Sublette…Harvestworks Benefit Master of Ceremonies An American composer, musician, record producer and musicologist. As a performer, Sublette is probably best known for fusing country-western and afro-Carribean styles including salsa, cumbia and rumba. During the 1980s, he led the Ned Sublette Band, which played country with Cuban stylings.
About the video program
The 30th Anniversary video montage is a compilation of works by artists who have participated in the Harvestworks programs. Featured artists include: Charlie Ahearn, Jo Andres, Ericka Beckman, Rene Beekman, Zoe Beloff, Caterina Borelli, Bill Buchen, Phyllis Bulkin-Lehrer, Josely Carvalho, Shu Lea Cheang, Abigail Child, Jem Cohen, Justine Cooper, Blondell Cummings, Peter d'Agostino, Toni Dove, Michael Dwass, Angie Eng, Tirtza Even, Joshua Fried, Shalom Gorewitz, Alexander Hahn, Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe, Dick Higgins, Kathy High, Ken Jacobs, Amy Jenkins, EBN: Brian Kane, Joshua Pearson, Gardner Post, George Lewis / Marina Rosenfeld, Laura Parnes, R.I.P. Hayman, Jonathon Rosen, Pamela Z. Curated by Kathy Brew and Clara Jo.
To purchase tickets via credit card, please go to www.harvestworks.org/2008benefit.
If you would like to purchase tickets with either cash or check or would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to Harvestworks, please contact Amanda Remus at amandaremus@mac.com.
About Galapagos Art Space - www.galapagosartspace.com
In DUMBO, Galapagos Art Space will be able to present the theater, dance, performance art, music, cinema, lectures / literary events, and the non profit fundraising that they believe is their core mission and the most important contribution they can make to their community and they will create New York City’s first LEED certified ‘green’ cultural venue.
About Harvestworks - www.harvestworks.org
Harvestworks is a nonprofit Digital Media Arts Center that provides resources for artists to learn digital tools and exhibit experimental work created with digital technologies. Our programs are made possible with funds from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Materials for the Arts, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, the Jerome Foundation, mediaThefoundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, The New York State Music Fund, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, The Argosy Foundation, The Carnegie Corporation, The NY Community Trust, The Andy Warhol Foundation and the Friends of Harvestworks.
