GO FIGMENT timelapse
Timelapse of the Summer Long sculpture park, where I had an installation up.
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Let Us Make Cake
I was one of 40 artists in this group video looped on the New Museum during the Festival of Ideas.Timelapse of one loop of the compiled movie (includes poetry piece from Bowery Poetry Club)
Chrono Beam
[media id=27] Chrono-Beam is a time-based installation, engaging the realms of memory and space to remap participants’ images onto a public wall in the form of a queue. Participants are recorded and added to the queue of projected people, forming a video-line of people that moves over time. Chrono-Beam converts the sidewalk from a mere…
RedBlueGreen at WestFest dance festival
I’m thrilled to be working with Flexicurve dance company, creating a projection component for six dancers utilizing camera, computer, and a very large piece of black scrim, as part of the WestFest Dance Festival. “RedBlueGreen” involves recording and delaying movement over time, projected to appear, “floating” on the dancers, set to the track, “Videotape” by…
One Step Beyond with Glowing Pictures
Back to the Rose Center with the Glowing Pictures crew.
NYU with Lars Graugaard
8:00 pm at Frederick Lowe Theater, 35 W. 4th St. Playing the players. I’ll be triggering musicians with beams of light. The musicians won’t be actually playing, but their motions and fretting with their instruments recorded and used as variables for the audio which Lars will be composing live. projector tomusicians tocamera and mics tocomputer…
OptoSonic Tea with Bradford Reed
Live sets by: – Alex Carpenter (live visuals and sound) with James Ross (live sound)– Chris Jordan (live visuals) with Bradford Reed (live sound) Invited respondent/moderator: – Andrea Monti Suggested donation:$ 7 Diapason882 Third Avenue, between 32nd and 33rd Streets, 10th floorBROOKLYN (Sunset Park)(718) 499-5070directions: D, N or R train to 36th Street in Brooklyn…
Time’s Up Valentine’s Dance Party
Happy 2011! For this benefit, I used 4 mirrors, one projector; Peter Shapiro fed video to one quadrant, which was then delayed by a few frames in a cascade to the other three mirror-quadrants. [media id=23] Peter Shapiro shot some video of the evening Video of burlesque black light projections Link to ride and after…
FPV Box truck slot car bike race – LHNM
A group of friends and I created a stationary-bike slot-car racing game, in a box truck, with cameras on the cars showing side by side racing. People involved include Enki, Monica Haim, Ben Violence, Sean McIntyre, and Jason Eppink. Special thanks to Yoni Niv, Alex, Chris, and Pedal Power Pete for loaning us a track.…
A-Spline at Bring to Light
Projection mapping on the last warehouse standing from the 2006 10 alarm fire in Greenpoint. The installation, titled A-Spline, uses 24,000 lumens to bring the shell of a building to life with light and color. Part of the Bring to Light event, the first “Nuit Blanch” in NYC. 7pm – 12am, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Special thanks…
“You play it — then it plays you” at The Tank
I’ll be creating a visual instrument and playing it at The Tank with Use the Other Door, regular Share folks who make soundscapes. 7:30pm $7 http://www.thetanknyc.org about Use Other Door Use Other Door is Veranika Hryn and Dzmitry Zhykh an experimental-electricity duo from Belarus. “You can never step in the same river twice….. but at…
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The Temple of Infinite Light
Temple of Infinite Light (TOIL) TOIL is an installation using very simple materials that create a dynamic environment of light beams. TOIL was created for The Forbidden City – Stranded III, in Brooklyn, organized by Winkel and Balktick. Special thanks to Eric Drasin, Yukiko, Sean McIntyre, and Reid Bingham for toiling on TOIL. Couldn’t have…
Cue-10
“Cue-10” is part of the one year anniversary party/benefit for DEVOTION gallery and 319 Scholes performance and gallery space: two wonderful galleries in Brooklyn NY. “Cue-10” uses found-objects and digital projection to create a sculpture that blurs the line of projection and object through geometry. The installation uses ceramic reflective micro beads that reinforce the…
Time Bandits AV night
An evening of extraordinary audio visual performances the secret order of the slippery spiral presents:“TIME BANDITS – another evening of extraordinaryaudio visual performances” – foci + loci (Chris Burke & Tamara Yadao)— 000000Swan (Black Swan)— Richard Garet—-Bicameral Research Sound & Projection System—–Fair Use Duo (Luke Dubois & Matthew Ostrowski)——Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski duet; with…
Alien Acres Summer Camp
Alien Acres Summer Camp, with 180 people attending this year. The photos and video below represent many many people’s creative work. I was focusing on outdoor projections, including fog and large screens. Jeanne, Sam, Zarah, Sima, Jeremy, and Lukas were also doing projections you see below. The big fire was Jen Upchurch’s FIGMENT temple from…
Chinatown rooftop show
a summer salon with performances by ATTN: LITTLE BLACK EGG ANTI:CLOCKWISE visual installation by Cj (I’ll be projecting recent documentation of Glacier National Park) 149 East Broadway #4F (F to East Broadway) 8:00 PM Rooftop, weather permitting Music begins promptly at 8 Event photos by Enki
Opto V
Opto V, part of FIGMENT’s sculpture park, is an interactive optical environment on Governors Island. The installation will be accessible from early June through October 2010, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. The installation is made of vinyl and mesh material, mounted on a frame that creates optical interference from the sun. Numerous optical building blocks encourage participants…
Qu Yuan Goes West
“Qu Yuan Goes West” (Chris Jordan, 2010) is an interactive light installation, allowing multiple participants to control light and movement using the iPhone’s interface. The installation utilizes computer, projector, mirrors, and motors. “Qu Yuan Goes West” examines the US/Chinese relationship; and how individual identity and capital (yuan) are transferred between nations. The title refers to…
DROID at New School
New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Spring 2010 Jazz Presents series continues with New School Drum Sets! DROID, featuring Amir Ziv Thursday, April 8, 2010 8:00 p.m. 55 West 13th Street, floor 5 The Performance Space New School Jazz faculty member and alumnus Amir Ziv leads DROID in concert. The ensemble features Amir Ziv…
Basement Bhangra 13th Bday
SOB’s. Sitting in for Paul Clay. DJ Rekha and Eddie Stats Doors at 7:00pm. Free mojitos from 7-8. $13 with flyer from website, $16 without FREE Dance Lesson at 9pm (NOT TO BE MISSED!) SOBs, 204 Varick Street, Subway: 1 to Houston St. Info: (212) 252-2392
Bollywood Disco at SOBs
I’m sitting in for Paul Clay (FICTIVE) tonight for dj Rekha’s Bollywood Disco dance party at SOB’s. Let me know if you want to attend, I’ve got a few comps. Otherwise, its $10. Doors are 11pm, but things won’t really get going until after midnight. Retro film classic eclectic disco grooves DJ Rekha and Rajstar…
AMNH with Glowing Pictures
Back at the AMNH with Glowing Pictures. A geodesic mirror ball, and other moving mirror effects, were used through the night. [media id=10]
Synapsis
Synapsis is part of a small group show at the LEO KUELBS Collection gallery opening Friday. The show is titled POP: Crackle & Snap. SynapsisChris Jordan, 2010Projector, mirror, metal, concrete. Synapsis connects the physicality of neurons and the pharmaceutical drug industry through an interactive immersive light installation. POP: Crackle & Snap Video and Light Installations…
3d VU at Unsound
3d VU installation, part of the Unsound festival. Audio reactive video installation in the back room of Public Assembly in Williamsburg. Friday and Saturday evening. More info at:http://beyondbooking.com/http://unsound.pl/en
DROID
Another installment of this continually evolving collaboration with the amazing DROID crew. Doors 8pm SETS 9:30PM & 11PM; $15 email for RSVP I’ll be throwing down with my favorite fusion freaks at the DROID factory in the Lower East Side. Amir Ziv Jordan McLean Adam Holzman Shahzad Ismaily – bass
{R}ake at Monkeytown
{R}ake is a performance series of alternative and collaborative electro-acoustic music and video. Performances range from pure improvisation to more structured pieces, with video-artists and musicians working together in exploratory ways. Monkey Town is closing on January 24. Their curatorial mission and immersive 4-wall video setup made Monkey Town an important advocate of video in…
Ghost Chandelier
Working with the Rockwell Group, I designed, “Ghost Chandelier” for the 12 floors of the Ames Hotel in Boston. This optical illusion, called a “Pepper’s Ghost“, and gives the impression that a chandelier is floating in the elevator lobby; as seen reflected in a mirror. This is achieved by ensconcing a physical chandelier inside the…
Engadget with Bubblyfish
Bubblyfish (Haeyoung) and I did a very short performance for the 10th anniversary and final show of 2009 of Engadget. More info
Overtone feat Thema with Big Bully, Lenny De La Posso at Sputnik
10pm – 4am at SPUTNIK (262 Taaffe Place Brooklyn) $10 / $5 with rsvp: overtonenyc@gmail.com Fine Diving and Subliminal Broadcast have joined forces to bring a new monthly party to our friends in Brooklyn. After scouting locations in the area we chose Sputnik which is an underused location that has a great sound system, a…
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The Last Masquerade (DANGER)
Lighting for the Gamelatron, rear silhouette camera/projection installation, and refracted mirror projections for the DANGER party’s Halloween party in Bushwick. Read more
Pitchfork benefit for Showpaper as part of CMJ hosted by ToddP (phew!)
Ok. That’s these meta days we live in. And yes, I’m sure my contribution to this will be lost in the noise. But, I’ll be bringing a bit of light to this benefit for the all ages newspaper Showpaper. Organized by ToddP and Pitchfork. As part of CMJ. Info below: THE PITCHFORK BENEFIT FOR SHOWPAPER…
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DROID loft performance, LES
Doors: 8:30pm Sets: 9:30pm & 11pm $15 Live projections with a group of musicians in the Lower East Side. I’ve been collaborating and evolving my work with this group for three years now; so expect a very sophisticated, synchronized set, mixed with a handful of protocinema elements. Jordan McLean – trumpt & electronics Adam Holzman…
OSB with Glowing Pictures
The museum party season is upon us once again, back at the Rose Center for One Step Beyond with Glowing Pictures (Benton-C Bainbridge and Owen Bush). Music by Amanda Blank, Devlin and Darko. “The One Step Beyond party is back at the American Museum of Natural History, and we’re more than psyched about it. Presented…
New Island Festival with FIGMENT
Governor’s Island is going out with a bang this season, staying open until 11pm Thursday through Sunday; with FIGMENT contributing a full line up of artists, installations, and dj’s on Saturday from 11AM – 11PM. [media id=1] I’ve thrown myself into the fray with numerous installations, including a 3d stage (thanks Noise), with 3d glasses…
Fab Faux plays REVOLVER
Projections for The Fab Faux, at The Beacon. These guys recreate The Beatles sound with amazing detail and accuracy. I’ll be creating a visual accompaniment that draws from the visual history of the band, while bringing it to the modern day. Timelapse of the entire day (40 megs)
Six Days West
Sept. 10 until Nov. 8 (reception Sept. 17) The time art piece, “Six Days West” is in a group show titled, “Natural Histories” at a new gallery in Dumbo, Central Booking. Curated by Maddy Rosenberg, Central Booking is a new gallery focusing on book arts and mixed-media. Six Days West is a week condensed to…
Temple of Ephemeral Light Creatures on the Island of the Gamelatron
Presented at STRANDED! Organized by Winkel & Balktick. With Zemi’s Gamelatron providing the soundscape. (Photo courtesy Eric Brown)
Bollywood Disco
Free before 11pm; $10 after. Sitting in for Paul Clay, I’ll be jammin’ the bollywood video at this monthly party on Essex Street, hosted by Dj. Rekha. Read more
Marc Yankus Photography
Here’s the fruits of the HTML lessons I’ve given Marc Yankus, a photographer friend. Mark has a very specific vision, so I’ve been helping develop that through this website. Â Visit site
Frog King and Butterflies Camp
The Frog King and The Butterflies (organized by Zemi 17, Doc, Jason BK, and tons of others). [media id=13]