iota News 2007-08
New DVD Release from iota: Stephanie Maxwell, Animated Works (1984-2007) – Audio-visual roller-coaster ride
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iota is proud to announce its latest release in the Kinetica Video Library series: Stephanie Maxwell, Animated Works (1984-2007) This collection of short films is a testament to the artist’s ingenuity. Experimental music scores by collaborators such as Allan Schindler and Greg Wilder, in tandem with Maxwell’s propulsive vision, make for truly exhilarating viewing. |
Six Axioms – Visual Music by Randy Jones
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Six Axioms is an intricate work created using Max/MSP/Jitter. Working from the awe-inspiring experience of scientific discovery, Jones explores the overwhelming breadth and variety of the universe, based on the mathematical axiom. Six basic motives are mixed and matched to create this elegant visual music world.
DVD: 33min |
Sabinium (2007) by Harvey Goldman – Music by Ken Ueno
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From the Artist’s Website:
Sabinium is a short abstract animation loosely based on an early Roman mythological tale: the historical legend of the founding of Rome by Romulus and his followers. DVD: 9min |
Paul Glabicki – Four films (1978-85) – Precision and perception
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These early films by animator Paul Glabicki are unique examples of artistic exactitude. Glabicki immerses us in an analysis and breakdown of the world that surrounds us, deconstructing our understanding of form and motion. His 2D works display a meticulousness rarely seen in hand-drawn animation.
DVD: 54min |
Three by Sara Petty – Short animations by Sara Petty
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In three films we get a glimpse of the early works of 2D animator, Sara Petty. At times playful, at times introspective, Petty’s images are rich in texture as well as aesthetics. These works are beautiful motion studies that flow with quiet ease and grace that has not faded with age. Included are: Furies, Picture Window, and Shadrac
DVD: 9min |
Films by Ying Tan – Five works from 1998 to 1999
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Ying Tan is an artist and professor at the University of Oregon whose visual computer artworks have been extensively screened worldwide. Frequently collaborating with composer Jeffrey Stolet, Tan’s films are elegant both in design and spirit. This collection includes: Elements in Transformation nos. 1 & 2, Un Albor, Mi Vida, and A Swarm of Angry Bees.
DVD: 13min |
NLoops – Diverting and delightful
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NLoops is an early work by computer animation artist Vibeke Sorensen, with music by Rand Steiger. In this joyful work Sorensen creates parallel spaces containing cycling shapes and patterns. Their dynamic movement turns happily in perfect harmony with the looping music to produce an elated counterpoint between eye and ear.
DVD: 7min |
color + modulation – Rob Tyler demonstrates the power of simplicity
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This work is hand painted desktop computer enhanced 16mm film, consisting of simple shapes with modulating concentric colors. With a thoroughly moody musical soundtrack provided by Marc Fisher & Matthew Jones, Brad Ketchen, and Solar Marquardt, the fluctuation of these images can be compared to the hypnotic motion of clay on a potter’s wheel.
From Rob Tyler’s website: “Color + Modulation is an alluring collection of eight 16mm films that have been painstakingly hand painted frame-by-frame and digitally manipulated on a desktop computer ““ creating an optically smooth ambient experience. Described as both visually stunning and atmospherically beautiful, Color + Modulation transforms a television or video screen into an abstract canvas full of playful motion and smooth explosions of color and shape.” DVD: 60 min |
In the Key of Blue – A collection of visual music shorts by Nancy Herman
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Varying styles of music, ranging from Classical to Jazz to somewhere in between, serve as the backdrop to six short works. For In the Key of Blue Nancy Herman creates a geometric landscape which constantly shifts its designs and colors to evolve with these different musical pieces.
DVD: 20min |
SIGNALDRIFT: a day under the city – A collage of image and electronic sound
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Overlapping images of degraded film and video mixed with a distressing music score creating an overall environment of unease.
Excerpt from the DVD materials: “A collaboration between video artist Brandon Bauer and electronic musician Franz Bucholtz, A DAY UNDER THE CITY is the result of digital versus analog fighting for space within a dense structure of sight and sounds.” DVD: 60min |