THE LAB @ Media Lounge
www.medialoungenyc.org
"ALBERT HWANG:
The Market value of Monkeys and Robots"
Fri, March 13, 2009
6:00 - 10:00 PM
FREE
PERFORMANCE STARTS AT 8:00 PM
+ digital media workshops with Room 404 Media on Wednedsday and Thursday
THE LAB @ Media Lounge
The Lab is a series of free workshops and exhibitions organized by Room 404. Learn the tools, tricks, and techniques that put the power of digital technology in your hands.
As always with Media Lounge: Everything is free, just bring your laptop for the workshop.-
Don't have a laptop? We'll see what we can do.
FRIDAY: ALBERT HWANG
"The Market Value of Monkeys and Robots"-
6:00pm Opening Reception
Albert Hwang (Phedhex) will be workshopping his latest work, "The Market Value of Monkeys and Robots". This performance will feature a mixture of urban dance styles - liquid, digitz, and popping - laid on top of custom designed sound and projections. This workshop will also mark the public debut of a projection technique that creates virtual people on stage.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY-
Photoshop Intensive with Avery Macarthy.-
6:00-8:00-
Editing Techniques with Kate Freer-
8:00 -10:00
THURSDAY-
Open Source for Artists with Dave Tennent-
6:00-8:00-
So You Wanna Be a VJ...-
8:00 - 10:00
FRIDAY-
Media Lounge's Featured Artist-
Albert Hwang-
6:00pm Opening Reception-
WEDNESDAY 03.11
Photoshop Intensive with Avery McCarthy-
6:00-8:00
Whether you're touching up pix from your latest performance or creating visual mash-ups from late night image searches, Adobe Photoshop is an essential tool. Join Avery McCarthy as he details basic photo-editing techniques that every artist needs to know.
Want to see what this program can do for you? Ever wondered what the Internet actually looks like? Check out Avery's latest project, The Theory of Everything
Editing Techniques with Kate Freer-
8:00 -10:00
A crash-course with award-winning filmmaker Kate Freer in the industry�s most popular video editing programs: Final Cut Pro. After two hours you'll walk away with so many editing tricks you'll be submitting your drunken home videos to the Oscars.
Inspector Gadget Remix
THURSDAY 03.12
THURSDAY 03.12
Open Source for Artists with Dave Tennent-
6:00-8:00
Stop downloading those virus-ridden copies of proprietary software and follow the light of Open Source. Whether you're looking for a new operating system or a 3D content creation suite there's an open-source answer for almost anything. Take a tour with Dave of some of the internet�s most powerful free software.
So You Wanna Be a VJ...-
8:00 - 10:00
We're not talking about the guy or girl who's introducing videos on MTV (let's face it they haven't played any music for a long time). We're talking about the VJ who's mixing that sick animation that just happens to match the beat. Join us as we take you through the basics of live-video mixing. Bring your own clips or steal some ours.
We will be teaching techniques
ABOUT GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE
182 AVENUE C NEW YORK, NY 10009
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GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
Grace Exhibition Space follows the We Have a Voice Collectives Code of Conduct to Promote Safe(r) Workplaces in the Performing Arts For more information and resources, visit: www.wehavevoice.org
