My latest video work, Six Moments Of Clarity, will be shown at the 2011 Video Art And Experimental Film Festival at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York, NY on December 8th and 9th. The festival is curated by Videoart.net, an international network for video art and experimental films. I’ll post more info as I get it, but here’s a bit of info about the festival:
The 2011 Video Art & Experimental Film Festival will take place December 8th – December 9th, 2011, at the prestigious Tribeca Cinemas. The Festival strives to showcase the artwork of today’s most groundbreaking video artists and filmmakers from around the world and bring their work to sophisticated New York City audiences. In addition to the screening, the event will feature a panel discussion lead by distinguished academics and industry professionals, followed by a gourmet food and wine reception with the artists and panelists at the elegant Tribeca Cinema bar. Videoart.net Artistic Director Dan Fine says, “The Festival aims to shed new light on the video art genre and is an important step to democratize the relationship between artists, curators, institutions, and the public worldwide.”
My new video piece, Six Moments Of Clarity, is officially complete. What started as a simple realtime experiment with light morphed into a more complex 2 minute video-audio composition containing only one manipulated 5 second clip. Currently it’s being exhibited at VideoArt.net. Use headphones if you can!
Check it here:
I just received news that my video works will be exhibited on the European-based cable/satellite/internet television channel, Art Television, which televises video and new media-based art in Europe and in parts of Asia and Africa. Currently Cityscape #1 is featured in their trailer for the channel. You can watch it HERE. I’ll have more news about specific episodes when I get them.
Here’s a description about the channel’s concept that’s featured on their website:
Art Television is a new form of artwork, a modular media construction, an innovative concept in visual arts, a total work of art.
Oart.tv platform is an international art association enabling artists to participate in its medias, events and program, to express themselves fully and to become and remain known to professionals and a large audience worldwide, enabling all its members to be involved in art life and in the international contemporary art scene.
O Art is the determinant for television projects Art Television, Art Channel, Art TV – it is a global media artwork and an innovative concept in visual arts: Television as Art. Art TV was founded in 1991 in Belgrade, as the regional terrestrial channel in the Serbian language specialized in culture. After twelve years of experience, one of the three founders, Editor in Chief and artist Milan Atanaskovic, decided to establish Art Channel, the international satellite TV entirely dedicated to contemporary art and the phenomenon of new video art, internet and new technologies in art. Paris based Art Channel was broadcasting via satellites and other TV networks in Europe, part of Asia and Africa from the beginning of 2005. In 2010 the new development phase began and Art Television was created, using internet as the worldwide broadcasting ground.
Feel free to read the rest of the description HERE.
I’m currently featured in the latest Chicago Teachable Moments section at Examiner.com. The interview was conducted by my colleague and fellow teaching-artst Dan Godston.
Mikey Peterson is a Chicago-based video-audio artist and singer-songwriter. He creates experimental video art that focuses on rhythm, sound, and organic abstraction having shown work nationally and internationally at festivals such as the Video Art And Experimental Film Festival at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City, at the Performance Intermedia and DokumentART Festivals in Szczecin, Poland, at the From Chicago to Lahore: Connecting Edge exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center, Zero Filme in Lisbon and Braga, Portugal and at the Short Sighted film exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum. His video work has also been exhibited on the European-based satellite television channel, Art Television and the New York-based website, Videoart.net. Peterson also records and performs as a solo musician, crafting sparse yet melodic songs with his band The Trust featuring Tom Stukel on drums and Alex Rodriguez on bass. Additionally, he composes electronic-based experimental pop music under the moniker EM Danger, and as The Duende Bros has partnered with poet Eric Elshtain to develop an inimitable form of musical dance poetry.