Optics 0:0 at Roulette

  • Location:
    Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217

This November 2-4 at Roulette: the inaugural Optics 0:0 multimedia festival directed by Victoria Keddie looks into the modalities of creation, production, and performance involving video-based technologies.

Wednesday, November 2: Parallax View @ 8pm
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A look at artists exploring ways of seeing and new worlds through video based technologies. An investigation of imagined and real spaces, VR, rendering architecture, and objects both real and fantastical.
Featuring: Sara Ludy, Jeremy Couillard, Peter Burr, Takeshi Murata, Elena Romenkova, Sabrina Ratté, Roger Tellier Craig, Georgia, Brenna Murphy

Thursday, November 3: TV EYE
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A focus on artists using the medium of broadcast in their work. An exploration of the variables that make up the televisual as well as the shifting visual language present within the medium. Considerations include: Audience/ live audience involvement, studio set, framing the video, serials, and timing.
Featuring: Scott Kiernan, Xeno and Oaklander, Michael Robinson, Jennifer Juniper Stratford,Erica Magrey, Alex Bag, Tom Rubnitz featuring Ann Magnusson, Richard Serra

Friday, November 4: Encoder / Decoder
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Exploring creative and systematic investigation of the signal as medium. Through works in both sound and vision, the program focuses on the use of algorithm, sonic to visual translation, and rule-based structures. A program of live performances place process foremost in the compositions.
Featuring: Damon Zucconi, Sydney Shen, Laurel Schwulst, Rose Kallal, Kenny Curwood, Ben Vida, Jeff DeGolier

Installations by Data Garden with Camilla Padgitt-Coles, MV Carbon
Special nightly videos by Brenna Murphy and LoVid Hinkis-Lapidus

$20/15 Online
$25/20 Doors
$50 Three-Night Festival Pass

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