[Mis]Adventures in Manipulation  part 1 + 2
AUG 19 : Shelley Burgon, Future Archeology, Twistycat, Liz Wendelbo
WHEN: 7pm doors open. Performances start at 8pm sharp   $10. per night.
ESP  TV will be recording performances for broadcast on Time Warner channel 57
 
Two evenings of performances are dedicated to artists who repurpose,
hack or deconstruct tools to produce sound and/or light for time-based
performances. The selected artists have built instrumentation using
various and varied media formats. In a Frankenstonian spirit, these
artists fashion composite instruments, for the purpose of engaging
further into the intangible experience. Expanding out, these events
will be broadcast both on radio and public television.
CURATED BY Victoria Keddie
Liz Wendelbo is an artist based in Brooklyn whose
practices include photography, electronic music and film. Her
filmmaking predicates resistance to cinema as a virtual medium – this
resistance in film is what she refers to as Cold Cinema. It is a
sentiment and a philosophy which places the artist in a position of
resistance. http://lizwendelbo.com/
Twistycat  is Ed Bear and Lea Bertucci.  Together
they perform  Bass Clarinet/Baritone Sax site-specific electroacoustic
performances, limited edition recordings and custom electronics. http://www.twistycat.org/
Future Archaeology is a collaborative of
Brooklyn-based artists exploring the cybernetic nature of ecosystems.
We work on public installations combining light and sound, electronics
and nature, into experiential environments.   http://futurearchaeology.org
Shelley Burgon is best known for her
improvisatorial work using harp and laptop. Burgon’s work utilizes the
acoustic harp as the primal sound source for her computer music. Her
focus is to manifest the computer as an extension of her harp in a way
similar to that of traditional extended harp techniques.
ESP TV  is a Manhattan cable
access program and live taping event which showcases NYC based
performers, video, film and graphic artists in a variety show format
with rotating guest hosts. Formed by Louis V ESP Gallery. http://www.louisvesp.com/ 

This event is part of the Index Festival (August 3-28, 2011)
The Index Festival will transpire in August 2011 in New York City. Our aim is to bring together individuals and groups who cognitively engage
media culture. We welcome the interdisciplinary, shared and
accessible culture we are coming to live in as a result of digital
technology.  Our mission is to focus on projects that blur the
vocabulary of science and art, dissect the media that describes our
culture today, and to disseminate out from the [cultural] institution,
and further into the multi textural international landscape.