Amy Alexander Artist in Residence Work (Part 1)

Wrapping up my time as Artist-in-Residence here. Thanks to everybody at iota for having me – I had a lot of fun and hopefully didn’t wake the neighbors too much 🙂 … Anyway, I got initial research done on a few projects and ideas, so I’ll be posting video samples over the coming weeks. The first is something I”m calling PIGS (Percussive Image Gestural System).

PIGS is planned as a framework for visual performance based on percussion gestures (but not sounds) “ and non-rectilinear forms. I grew up performing music, and still play drums now and then. In doing visual performances, I’ve found myself instinctively performing it as though I were playing a visual percussion instrument. Although I tend to approach sound/visual pairings with skepticism, in this case, we’re not really using sound, just borrowing from a particular sound-based practice.

Anyway, here’s a very first video. The system is very rough “ content and processing are in a very basic stage, and there’s lots of latency right now. The percussion audio is just there for illustrative purposes “ PIGS is intended to produce visuals only. You can read more about PIGS on the YouTube page: