http://www.paulamitai.com Paul Amitai Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:35:55 +0000 http://www.paulamitai.com en http://paulamitai.com/Old-World http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/Old-World Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:35:55 +0000 Paul Amitai 2779027 OLD WORLD Role: concept, videography, audio recording, editing, and installation design A three-channel video installation in which the pastoral landscape acts as the stage set for historical reenactment, collective memory, and vicarious projection into the past. Video documentation from “Old World Wisconsin”, an outdoor museum of rural history, is combined with appropriated film footage of human/animal interactions within the “frontier” landscape. The savage wild is tamed by civilized culture, only to be remembered as an idyllic past. Commissioned and exhibited as part of a fellowship exhibition at the Institute of Visual Art, Milwaukee, WI (2004). http://paulamitai.com/X-Lab http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/X-Lab Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:22:30 +0000 Paul Amitai 2778993 X-LAB Role: concept, curation, installation design An open lab environment and program series at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center designed for sharing the practice of the resident artists and technologists through "public prototyping". As a physical realization of the organization's open source approach to creative research and production, X-Lab offered opportunities for deep public engagement through workshops and presentations, as well as informal daily interaction with the artists working on site. {image 18}<img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/counterkitchen_o.jpeg" width="670" height="440" width_o="1000" height_o="657" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/counterkitchen_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393671" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/counterkitchen02_o.jpeg" width="670" height="541" width_o="1000" height_o="808" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/counterkitchen02_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393675" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/aaron-meyers_o.jpeg" width="670" height="449" width_o="1024" height_o="687" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/aaron-meyers_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393667" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/3frames_o.jpeg" width="670" height="479" width_o="1000" height_o="716" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/3frames_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393664" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/hackathon01_o.jpeg" width="670" height="449" width_o="1024" height_o="687" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/hackathon01_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393690" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/powerplant-workshop_o.jpeg" width="670" height="449" width_o="1024" height_o="687" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/powerplant-workshop_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393699" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/salon01_o.jpeg" width="670" height="449" width_o="1024" height_o="687" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/salon01_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393703" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/shrine_o.jpeg" width="670" height="888" width_o="754" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/shrine_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393712" border="0" align="left"/>{image 16}<img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/ted03_o.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778993/ted03_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393715" border="0" align="left"/>{image 17} http://paulamitai.com/Re-Group http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/Re-Group Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:15:16 +0000 Paul Amitai 2779000 RE:GROUP – BEYOND MODELS OF CONSENSUS Role: concept, curation, installation design, project management An exhibition curated and organized by Eyebeam, Not An Alternative, and Upgrade! NY that examined models of participation and participation as a model in art and activism. Exhibition design by Paul Amitai and Not An Alternative. Re:Group featured work by thirteen artists, designers, hackers, activists, and collectives exploring both the potential and limitations of participation, networked collaboration, and distributed labor. The exhibition represented a diverse range of critically and socially engaged work that rethinks the institutional practices within urban planning, civil engineering, transportation, industrial design and production, relief work, and the news media. <img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/regroup_brochure_cover_o.png" width="501" height="613" width_o="501" height_o="613" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/regroup_brochure_cover_o_o.png" data-mid="14393546" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/entrance_o.jpeg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/entrance_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393548" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/stage_o.jpeg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/stage_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393552" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/stage02_o.jpeg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/stage02_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393556" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/whiteglove_o.jpeg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/whiteglove_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393559" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/makerbot_o.jpeg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/makerbot_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393590" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/yesmen_o.jpeg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/yesmen_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393565" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/lambert_o.jpeg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/lambert_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393562" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/infinitely02_o.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/infinitely02_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393567" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/workshop03_o.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/workshop03_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393575" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/workshop04_o.jpeg" width="670" height="893" width_o="768" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/workshop04_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393596" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/panel03_o.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2779000/panel03_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="14393594" border="0" align="left"/> http://paulamitai.com/MIXER http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/MIXER Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:57:41 +0000 Paul Amitai 2778711 MIXER Role: concept, curation, installation design, project management, graphic design, visual identity and branding, video editing A quarterly event series (2007-11) showcasing audiovisual performance and interactive art at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York. MIXER featured live performances by video artists, musicians, VJs and DJs, as well as innovative new interactive artwork by Eyebeam residents and international artists that require audience participation and encourage creative play. Each MIXER was organized around a theme – from a mythical New York underground to the World's Fair to the Olympics. <img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/mixer_logo2_final_o.png" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/mixer_logo2_final_o_o.png" data-mid="14102421" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/past-futures_flyer_o.png" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/past-futures_flyer_o_o.png" data-mid="14102977" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/main-space_past-futures01_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/main-space_past-futures01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103028" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/sun-ra_past-futures01_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/sun-ra_past-futures01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103055" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/thunderhorse_past-futures01_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/thunderhorse_past-futures01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103107" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/jimison_past-futures01_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/jimison_past-futures01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103129" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/mixer_olympiad_card_eblast_1b_o.png" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/mixer_olympiad_card_eblast_1b_o_o.png" data-mid="14103224" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/flag_olympiad01_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/flag_olympiad01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103257" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/shredmasters_olympiad01_o.jpg" width="640" height="479" width_o="640" height_o="479" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/shredmasters_olympiad01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103301" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/medals_olympiad01_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/medals_olympiad01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103441" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/stage_expo_o.jpg" width="640" height="479" width_o="640" height_o="479" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/stage_expo_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103508" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/dam-funk01_o.jpg" width="640" height="479" width_o="640" height_o="479" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/dam-funk01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103733" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/bubblyfish-chika_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778711/bubblyfish-chika_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14103740" border="0" align="left"/> http://paulamitai.com/Dream-Wide-Awake http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/Dream-Wide-Awake Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:50:20 +0000 Paul Amitai 2778670 DREAM WIDE AWAKE Role: concept, video editing and compositing, music composition, vocal and instrumental performance, audio recording, mixing, and mastering As the lead single and first music video from Luminent Sky, "Dream Wide Awake" embodies a scene of destruction, chaos, revolution, and change. Mashing together images of the Kuwait oil fires and Tahrir Square demonstrations with runway fashion shows and modern architectural animations, "Dream Wide Awake" is both a work of speculative fiction and a reflection of recent global events. At once beautiful, seductive, jarring, and profane, the visuals compliment the lyrics as they shift between the languages of prophetic declaration and poetic abstraction. The empire is crumbling, giving way to the unknown. http://paulamitai.com/Westward http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/Westward Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:45:46 +0000 Paul Amitai 2778651 WESTWARD Role: concept, videography, audio recording, editing, and installation design A two-channel video installation that examines representations of the American West and notions of progress as portrayed in the Museum of Westward Expansion in St. Louis, MO. Video documentation of visitors’ interactions with Museum exhibits is juxtaposed with sound reconstructed from Hollywood westerns. Exhibited at St. Louis University Museum of Art (2003), Cardinal Stritch University Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI, (2004), Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (2005). http://paulamitai.com/World-s-Fair http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/World-s-Fair Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:45:42 +0000 Paul Amitai 2778622 WORLD'S FAIR Role: concept, videography, editing and compositing, audio recording and editing A video comprised of twelve 1-minute segments that combine photo collage, still image animation, documentary video, and sampled film footage constructed from the Utopian visions of Cold War-era world’s fair expositions. World’s Fair is a work of speculative fiction that reflects the hyper-reality of the present day. Exhibited on the BBC Big Screen Liverpool (2008), in a group exhibition at City Without Walls, Newark, NJ (2008), and in a solo exhibition at University of Missouri-St. Louis Gallery 210 (2006-7). Selected work from World’s Fair also screened as part of traveling project, VIBE: Video In the Built Environment presented at Federation Square, Melbourne, AU; Vidi Festival, Valencia, SP; London Study Center, London, UK; UFVA Conference, Orange, CA (2006-7). http://paulamitai.com/In-Between-States http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/In-Between-States Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:38:44 +0000 Paul Amitai 2778474 IN BETWEEN STATES Role: concept, photography, videography, audio recording, editing, 3D modeling A visual research project that investigates the connections between two adjacent sites – a post-World War II displaced persons camp and a present-day corporate industry park located on the western edge of Frankfurt, Germany. Piecing together fragments of photographic documentation and site-specific physical evidence, In Between States examines how community and corporate efforts to disassociate with the past enabled the erosion of cultural memory, obscuring responsibility and altering local historical narratives. Publication forthcoming. Documentation of initial research: <img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/zeilsheim_sidebyside01_o.jpg" width="670" height="595" width_o="1240" height_o="1102" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/zeilsheim_sidebyside01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14101604" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/zeilsheim_overlay01_o.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="1240" height_o="698" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/zeilsheim_overlay01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14101598" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/zeilsheim_barracks_sketchup_07-23-11_o.png" width="670" height="502" width_o="862" height_o="647" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/zeilsheim_barracks_sketchup_07-23-11_o_o.png" data-mid="14101645" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/industriepark_bridseye01_o.jpg" width="670" height="376" width_o="1217" height_o="684" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/industriepark_bridseye01_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14101539" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/industriepark_names_o.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1240" height_o="930" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/industriepark_names_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14101569" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/sanofiAventis_mapping_o.jpg" width="670" height="550" width_o="1240" height_o="1018" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2778474/sanofiAventis_mapping_o_o.jpg" data-mid="14101581" border="0" align="left"/> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-26205985-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); http://paulamitai.com/Luminent-Sky http://paulamitai.com/following/paulamitai.com/Luminent-Sky Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:40 +0000 Paul Amitai 2776876 LUMINENT SKY Role: concept, music composition, vocal and instrumental performance, audio recording, mixing, and mastering, graphic design Written and recorded between New York and Frankfurt, Luminent Sky reflects on changing global cultural and political conditions through a poetic and cinematic musical approach. As singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, Amitai has constructed a visually evocative collection blending electronic music with avant-rock, soul with dub reggae, and emotionally complex vocals with rich sonic textures. <img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2776876/luminent-sky02_480px_o.png" width="480" height="480" width_o="480" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/6/200458/2776876/luminent-sky02_480px_o_o.png" data-mid="14101093" border="0" align="left"/> Luminent Sky