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 : 1991 reunion concert and oral history interviews. Master
videotapes now deposited in the Library of
Congress.
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