The following video recordings are distributed by ImprovArt.com
WRAPTURE, is a
28:00 program
containing a series of five new works including the title
piece, a
rhapsodic indulgence combining the constant drift of the ocean
surf with
performances by Paul Bley (piano, Kurzweil synthesizer), Vanessa
Bley (dance)
and Carol Goss (director, camera and mix). The
program also contains: "O.K.", a short venture into the
separation of the senses with
digital imaging by Carol Goss and audio synthesis by Eugene
Martynec; "RELATIONS", a play between body and
light, with camera and digital
imaging by Carol Goss, movement by Esais Johnson, and music by
Rainer Wiens; "RELATIVITY", a complex spin on the
distractions of summer, Goss,
Johnson and Martynec, and "OUT
of CONTROL" with musicians Jaco Pastorious, Pat
Metheny, Bruce Ditmas and Paul
Bley.2000 Color
NTSC Stereo 28:00
VANESSA'S DANCE, this collaboration between
video/computer artists Carol Goss and Walter Wright was
performed at the 1997 Not Still Art
Festival. It features Vanessa Bley, dancing for the camera
and the
live electronic music of Eugene Martynec on MidiAx software on
the Atari.
1997. Color. Stereo. 7:00
KAIROS , explores the symbolism of images and
their
relationship to the collective unconscious. The work of
numerous musicians
and dancers is contained in the program. 1998.
Color. Stereo. 40:00
SHADOW KNOWS, a performance piece done in
collaboration
with video artist Walter Wright: dancer, Vanessa Goss-Bley; and
electronic
musician, Eugene Martynec. The performance is improvised
and contains
much synthesized and digitized imagery and
abstraction.
1996. Color. Stereo. 5:00
ANIMATION, a triptych of pieces which all use
electronic motion imaging in different
ways. "RE-TURN" is a painting
animated on a computer paint program; "DON'T WALK" is
an altered state trip through New York City at night, and "S-SONSTRUCT"
is an animation done on the computer with cell techniques to
the music of Zappa's Mother's of Invention's Don
Preston. 1996. Color.
Stereo. 15:00
JACO,
contains video
abstractions based on many different sources of imagery,
utilizing several
different techniques, from in-camera to computer
animation. The sound
track is of Jaco Pastorious, Pat Metheny, Paul Bley and Bruce
Ditmas. 1974-1999.
Color. Stereo. 50:00
PAUL BLEY: SOLO PIANO,
produced and shot at the Festival International de Jazz de
Montreal. 1993. Color.
Stereo. 60:00
PAUL BLEY: RECORDING SESSION, was shot behind
the scenes, in the sound booth and on the recording stage of
this Soulnote Records session
for the CD "CHAOS" with Paul Bley, Tony Oxley and Furio Di
Castri. The
conversation is candid. The tape presents discussions of
music, how
improvisers work while recording, and career
advice. 1993.
Color. Stereo. 50:00
GIUFFRE/BLEY/SWALLOW, was recorded live at
Sweet Basil
in Greenwich Village. The camera work is intimate and
catches every solo. This is one of the last performances
of the famous Jimmy Giuffre 3 which first recorded in 1961 and
made jazz history with "free jazz".
1992. Color. Stereo. 1:00
KUNDALINI,
three movements of abstract reductionist feedback which create
moving mandalas and are accompanied
by the music of Perry Robinson, Nana Vasconcelos and Badal
Roy.
1981. Color. Stereo. 50:00
NEON,
originally shot
on film, this program has imagery of the neon light district of
Shinjuku
in Tokyo in 1976. The neon is all animated and the shots
were transferred to video and computer edited practically before
there were computers (on quad
2" machines!). The music is an unreleased electric quartet
of Paul
Bley's.
1976
Color. Stereo. 28:00
JAZZ AT THE GREAT
AMERICAN MUSIC
HALL, this performance video was done
live in front of
the audience at San Francisco's famous performance space.
Goss took
turns with Skip Sweeney on Bill Hearn's Video Lab synthesizer,
the results
were projected on a large screen for the audience. The
music performances
were by Jimmy Giuffre, Lee Konitz, Paul Bley and Bill
Connors. A record
has been released on Improvising Artists from this
performance. 1978.
Color. Stereo. 40:00
LIVE AT THE PUBLIC THEATRE, contains
performances by
musicians Perry Robinson, Badal Roy and Paul Bley.
Recorded in
performance in NYC. 1978. Color.
Stereo.
REEDS N' VIBES, was recorded in real time with Dan
Sandeen's
video synthesizer at a recording session of flutist Marion
Brown and
vibist Gunther Hampell. 1978.
Color. Stereo.
50:00
SUN RA & FRIENDS,
is a live performance video done in collaboration with Walter
Wright at Axis-in-Soho, NYC in 1977 with Sun Ra, John Gilmore
and members of Ra's Arkestra. The video is synthesized
with David Jones colorizer. 1977. Color.
Stereo. 50:00
SUN RA - SOLO PIANO,
was made at the same session as the "Sun Ra & Friends"
tape. 1977. Color. Stereo. 45:00
CALCUTTA,
with Paul
Bley and Glen Moore, bassist from the first new age band,
Oregon, perform
live at Axis-in-Soho, NYC with live video synthesis by Walter
Wright and
Carol Goss. 1977. Color. Stereo.
45:00
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS,
produced and directed at the Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, New
York University 1975.
LASCAUX, is a series of abstract video pieces
made with
early video synthesis tools at the Experimental Television
Center in Binghamton, NY. All pieces are accompanied by
free jazz. 1974-77. Color.
Stereo. 20:00
TOPOGRAPHY, is
a triptych of abstractions each exploring different techniques,
palettes and rhythms. The music contains released and
unreleased tracks of electric and acoustic music from Paul
Bley. This tape was first exhibited in the Everson Museum
of Art's "NEW WORK IN ABSTRACT VIDEO IMAGERY" show in 1976,
which subsequently
toured the U.S. 1974-75. Color.
Stereo.
15:00