[size= medium][Mis]Adventures in Manipulation  part 2[/size]
 [size= small]AUG 20: Byron Westbrook, Maria Chavez, MV Carbon, Bruce McClure[/size]
[size= small]Where: Millenium Film Workshop 66 E 4th St (between Bowery and Second Ave)[/size]
[size= small]When: 7pm doors open. Performances start at 8pm sharp   $10. per night.[/size]
[size= small]ESP  TV will be recording performances for broadcast on Time Warner channel 57[/size]
[size= small]Two evenings of performances are dedicated to artists who repurpose,[/size]
[size= small]hack or deconstruct tools to produce sound and/or light for time-based[/size]
[size= small]performances. The selected artists have built instrumentation using[/size]
[size= small]various and varied media formats. In a Frankenstonian spirit, these[/size]
[size= small]artists fashion composite instruments, for the purpose of engaging[/size]
[size= small]further into the intangible experience. Expanding out, these events[/size]
[size= small]will be broadcast both on radio and public television.[/size]
[size= small]CURATED BY Victoria Keddie[/size]
[size= small]Byron Westbrook is an artist working with the[/size]
[size= small]dynamic quality of physical space using multi-channel sound, images,[/size]
[size= small]and objects. His audio/video performances are oftenunder the name[/size]
[size= small]CORRIDORS. His work involves the distribution of processed instrumental[/size]
[size= small]and environmental recordings through a multi-channel environment. His[/size]
[size= small]installation-based work explores unique and participatory listening[/size]
[size= small]formats utilizing common technology.  http://www.byronwestbrook.com[/size]
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[size= small]Maria Chavez, Born in Peru, avant-turntablist Maria[/size]
[size= small]Chavez currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Chavez’s work is[/size]
[size= small]focused on short solo electro-acoustic sound pieces using a collection[/size]
[size= small]of new and broken needles that she calls “pencils of sound” and a[/size]
[size= small]selection of records, which provide the palette. Many of her live sound[/size]
[size= small]installations have focused on the paradox of time and the present[/size]
[size= small]moment, with many influences stemming from improvisation in[/size]
[size= small]contemporary art.  http://www.mariachavez.org[/size]
[size= small]MV Carbon is a Brooklyn-based musician and artist.[/size]
[size= small]Her work frequently involves tape machines, voice, cello, analog[/size]
[size= small]synthesizers, field recordings, along with hand-built electronics. She[/size]
[size= small]has recently been developing and performing new works which utilize[/size]
[size= small]physical computing and sensor-controlled synthesis. http://mvcarbon.wordpress.com/[/size]
[size= small]Bruce McClure  lives in Brooklyn, New York. McClure[/size]
[size= small]works with sound and film technologies such as experimentation with[/size]
[size= small]spinning discs and the xenon flash technology developed by Harold[/size]
[size= small]Edgerton in the 1930s. McClure is best known for his groundbreaking[/size]
[size= small]multi-projector performances that interrogate the very substance of[/size]
[size= small]film and its mechanical supports. His work has featured in film[/size]
[size= small]festivals and art institutions, including the last two biennials at the[/size]
[size= small]Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.[/size]
[size= small]ESP TV  is a Manhattan cable[/size]
[size= small]access program and live taping event which showcases NYC based[/size]
[size= small]performers, video, film and graphic artists in a variety show format[/size]
[size= small]with rotating guest hosts. Formed by Louis V ESP Gallery. http://www.louisvesp.com/[/size] 

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.