December 2 & 9
6 pm - midnight
Noema
Kurt Ralske &
Michael J Schumacher
"Noema" is a collaborative work by video artist Kurt Ralske and composer Michael J. Schumacher. The rhythmic basis comes from the articulation in random order of about 2000 disparate sound samples by a number of "players", each with a characteristic algorithm. These in turn trigger the placement and processing of a rapidly shifting video image. An additional, more fixed image provides a persistent counterpoint.
Kurt Ralske
Using technology to research time and the atemporal.
Ku rt Ralske's video installations and performances are created exclusively with his own custom software. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.
Kurtprogrammed and co-designed a 9-channel video installation that is permanently in the lobby of the MoMA in NYC. In 2003, his work received First Prize at the Transmediale International Media Art Festival in Berlin, as a member of the video ensemble 242.pilots. He is also the author/programmer of Auvi, a popular video software environment in use by artists in 22 countries.
Kurt resides in New York City. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in the MFA Computer Art Department.
Biography copied from Kurt Ralke's homepage: http://retnull.com/
Michael J. Schumacher
Michael J. Schumacher
is a composer of electronic sound installations using 2 - 16 speakers, computer-controlled
random structures, of acoustic music realizing advanced formal schemes, of
taped and live music (also improvised) for prepared electric guitar, synthesizer,
etc. He has composed works for piano solo, chamber ensemble, voice, and orchestra.
He studied music at Indiana University and the Juillard School of Music. Born
in Washington, D.C., he has lived in New York City since 1983.
SchumacherŐs works have been presented in the United States, Europe and Asia.
He has presented sound installations at The Kitchen, Experimental Intermedia
and Roulette, at the Queens Museum and PS 1, at the Museum of Contemporary
Art in Lyon and Triskel Intermedia in Cork, at La Monte Young and Marian ZazeelaŐs
Dream House, and at his own sound and intermedia galleries, Studio Five Beekman
and Diapason. He has received grants from NYFA, iEAR, The Foundation for Contemporary
Performance Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer,
and Harvestworks. He has collaborated with the cellist Charles Curtis, guitarist
Donald Miller, with David First, Ben Manley, Stephen Tunney and Tim Barnes,
with dancers and choreographers including Liz Gerring, and with the video
artist Ursula Scherrer. As director of Studio Five Beekman and Diapason Gallery,
he has produced exhibitions by David Behrman, Ron Kuivila, Alvin Lucier, Phill
Niblock, Steve Roden, Marina Rosenfeld, Stephen Vitiello, La Monte Young and
many others. His discography includes five solo CDs, including a double CD
set on the XI label.
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