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.
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-CONSTRUCT"
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 DiCastri. 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
A GIRL BAND OF WWII, videographer in
Racine, Wisconsin : reunion concert and
oral history interviews. 1991.
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