the show went super well last night! it was at a diy space in greenpoint, on the top floor of an industrial building. the people who ran the space were nice and gave us tamales. also the people organizing and working the show were friends and fellow artists and nice people. a bunch of our friends came and there was plenty of time to hang out and chat on the roof while we waited for the sun to go down enough for the projections to look good.
our set went pretty well, though andrei said they had a technical hiccup, i don't think anyone could tell. i used my same setup with my modular video synth, resolume, and custom mapped controllers that i have used for the past few shows i've done, but it's quite a versatile system so i found some fun new things i could do with it. our friend jonathan kindly managed our camera during the set so that we could get a full length video of the set, though it doesn't really do justice to the actual thing.
i watched MSHR's set while laying down on one of the pads right up front by the projection screen, which was excellent. i often wish i could watch performances while lying down, but usually the venue does not provide that option. needless to say, their performance was amazing. they had a series of short vignettes where each one had a 3D scene and an audio patch with linked parameters, so the video and sound would change together. they were using blender to render real-time visuals, which i didn't even know was possible (apparently there is a plugin for this). all of the scenes had complex, abstract imagery, and created a unique space to explore. some were also quite funny and cartoonish, especially with the sound effects. i probably would not have driven all the way to the city to attend this performance if i hadn't been playing as well, so i feel extra glad that i had the opportunity to catch it.
we drove back home to new haven the same night, and got back around 2am, but we still woke up at the same time as usual, which is probably a good thing for maintaining our sleep schedules. the day after a show, for me, is ideally a very lazy day. i did some cleaning and coding, and then we went to the thrift store and the eastern european grocery store. i got a bunch of clothes that i am OK with getting paint on for my new job. the thrift store did not have a dressing room (ugh) so i stood in a less popular section of the store and tried everything on over my clothes. which actually worked out fine because i like my clothing to be quite loose and comfy.
