Event Date and Time:
September 30, 2005
6:30pm - 8pm
Location:
ITP
721 Broadway, 4th Floor
VJing is a type of performance that combines the visual possibilities of video art and filmmaking with the improvisational pleasures of jazz and free style DJing. 'Jockeying' is a behavior, role, and activity that facilitate a radically new kind of post-cinematic experience. This experience can only be articulated in relation to traditional film syntax. In doing some, the similarities and differences between this new type of cinema and the older one flesh out new possibilities for producers of the moving image, the audience, and the spaces in which cinema can not only be seen, but happen as events. Live visuals now accompany DJs, bands, raves, and dance recitals, and are starting to take center stage in art galleries as main attractions on their own. Until recently, only deep-pocketed artists could participate, but with prices dropping dramatically on the major components, anyone with an imagination, a laptop, a DV cam and a projector, can join in. Welcome to the revolution.
Doron Altaratz: Bio
Doron Altaratz is a new-media artist living and working in New York City. Born and raised in Israel, he holds a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design (Israel) and a Masters degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. His artwork has been shown in galleries in New York as well as in Europe; The Chelsea Art Museum, NYC , Synchronicity Place - Fine Art Gallery (NYC), Exground Filmfest (Germany), The New York Film & Video Festival (NYC), and Ascola Art & Design Gallery (Israel), to name a few. Doron's work has been broadcasted in several productions in the US and abroad, including Unitygain, on Manhattan Cable, and the Eye Wash DVD. Doron Altaratz is the producer and curator of the Compact Impact Night events. His artwork has been reviewed by Live Magazine and Tank TV, amongst other publications.
