Today’s large scale projections, whether they are the massive projection mapping projects onto entire buildings (or in some cases multiple buildings) has evolved from a number of projections beginning with the shadows cast by campfires by early humankind. These were the beginnings of using technology (in this case a campfire) …
ONE Night, many months. by Michael J. Masucci All still photography by Lauren Sanchez (classic 1981 work by Ron Hays on balloon, and Rebecca Allen’s 1989 ‘Steady State’ , on library wall) EZTV’s three-month long retrospective series, sponsored by USC’s ONE Archives & Museum, ended in an outdoor park on …
Two events about the historification of Computer Art Developing a serious academically rigorous discourse, concerning the evolution of digital art, from its original elite origins to today’s ubiquitous world-culture was a focus of two consecutive evenings in Los Angeles in early 2014. As part of USC One Archive’s three-month long …
I recently found out that on March 1st, 2014, Patrick Wall had died. I had not seen Patrick in many years, and like so many others I have known, had lost touch with him over time. Patrick, along with Janet Bridgers, co-founded Earth Alert!, an Emmy-winning group of enviornmental activists …
Since Nicola Tesla developed the notion of alternating current, arguably more cultural change has occurred worldwide, than in all of our collective human saga. In examples ranging first from electric lighting, to radio, to television, to personal computing and now onto the proliferation of non-location based networked communities, homo sapiens has now entered a world where …
Just wanted to follow-up on a post I did awhile ago about the monumental sculpture by Paul Conrad “Chain Reaction”. In a 6 to 1 decsion on Feb 24, 2014, the Santa Monica City Council approved a measure to save and restore the artwork, which had been deemed unsafe. Large …
Time/Space Flies ONE Night: EZTV, SIGGRAPH and Digital Art in West Hollywood, of which the Fly-By project is a part, has been moved from April 12 to May 31st. It has also moved from the outdoor parking lot that is was originally to be staged in, to a much larger, …
FORCE OF NATURE- the life of Zina Bethune For the past two years, the middle of February has been a time of emotional depression for EZTV’s Kate Johnson and me. It was at this time of the year, that a true force of nature was senselessly taken from us. Her …
Shot in the Dark (above, still image from “Rage to Know” a 2005 live collaboration between Donna Sternberg, Kate Johnson and Michael J. Masucci) Last week, the In the Dark project submitted its proposal to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s LACMA Lab grant program. For the application, I …
“Blue Eyes”- Kenneth Hughes’ First Film There has never been a time, in all of recorded history, when art and technolgy were not intertwined. Each inform the other, and both are really an extended continum of the creative process. Sometimes technology suggests new forms of art based practice. Kenneth Hughes …
Fly-By takes off I am so please that artist/thinker/netizen (and Practice Based Re/search founder) Vanessa Blaylock has joined our project “In the Dark”. She will be collaborating with the principal artists: choreographer Donna Sternberg, media artist Kate Johnson and I, in the first section to be staged, called “Fly-By”. Composer …
“Just a Juggalo” – ICP sues the FBI I admit that I know absolutely nothing about the music of Insane Clown Posse (ICP). I’ve seen them profiled several times in recent years, on mainstream News outlets (i.e. CNN), but never paid much attention. My own preconceptions have ruled my decisions …
A mini-review and statement of appreciation: Michael Kearns is an acclaimed actor, writer, and director. He is also an activist and has for decades lived openly as an HIV+ survivor. And Michael Kearns is an American hero. Hero is a term I rarely use, as I really don’t know …
EZTV: a somewhat short history (in two parts) Intro: Vanessa suggested that Kate Johnson and I give an introduction to EZTV’s history and some links to the EZTV Museum, an online archive about an arts space and accompanying several distinct, and as yet, under-represented arts movements. I worked on building out …
Paul Conrad‘s monumental anti-war sculpture CHAIN REACTION, is slated for demolition soon. A figurative work, depicting an atomic bomb’s mushroom cloud, and made out of massive chain links, it has stood proudly in front of Santa Monica’s City Hall for decades. Like many, I had come to take for granted its forboding …
Please allow me to introduce myself…. • view all posts by Michael Masucci Hello all, Vanessa has asked yet another reasonable request from us all, and it seems only proper to oblige her. She requested from us, the simple, yet seemingly daunting task of not simply lurking, or even simply …
The Stanford MOOC on Practice Based Research has required us this week, to tell our co-student ‘evaluators’, how we would want our projects to be evelauted. Just prior to our team leader Vanessa suggested we all submit short statements, I had written this long, over-written statement, in my typical over-wordy …
In way of introduction: ( this essay is part of my participation in Blueberry Blintz, a cohort of six individuals all taking the Stanford University MOOC : Practice Based Research in the Arts) The online meeting I had today with my co-Blueberries was in many ways, the most helpful and informative exercise I’ve had …
I want to thank Vanessa for starting this off-shoot of the NoveEd class that we are all part of. I really think that this can accelerate and advance the collaborative and creative possibilities that are inherent in an online class, and continue long-past the class’s end.
