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I N F I N I T Y



Infinity02, 2008 (30:38 min)

Unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time: the infinite nature of the fabric of space. CHiKA uses minimal objects in two-dimensional space to create a video work invoking the feeling of the unlimited possibilities, approaching the unmeasureable nature of the infinite. I8u’s soundscapes inspired by the concept of string theory mirror our limited understanding and imagination of these strings as they slip in and out of the dimensions we are aware of. The audio and visual moves from a closed world with perspective as its corresponding symbolic form.

Visuals

Chika Iijima is a live computer visuals artist working within New York’s expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Her videos implement geometric minimalist patterns and original graphics in unique, repetitive combinations. Chika has performed at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Mapping Festival (Geneva), the Bushwick Art Project (Brooklyn, NY), and the clubs Galapagos and Tonic, both in New York.

Sound

France Jobin aka i8u is a sound/installation/web artist residing in Montreal, Canada. i8u’s audio art can be qualified as “sound-sculpture.” It reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where analog and digital meet. Her installation/web art can be said to follow a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements.
http://www.i8u.com

color

Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure. In heraldry, red is used to indicate courage.

White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the color of perfection. White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. White can represent a successful beginning. In heraldry, white depicts faith and purity.

Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery. Black is a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown. Black denotes strength and authority. In heraldry, black is the symbol of grief. Black gives the feeling of perspective and depth, but a black background diminishes readability.

Using these color and symbolic forms she create an infinite vision.
The movement of colors and minimal shapes triggers an immeasurable amount of emotional responses. The work moves from a closed world with perspective as its corresponding symbolic form. All possibilities would become realities, given infinite time and space.

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CHiKA is Live Visual Artist and VJ
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what is vj?



Mapping Festival 2008, Photo by ORK

VJ is a performance artist who performs moving visual art (namely video) on large displays, often at concerts, nightclubs and music festivals. This results in a live, multimedia performance that can include music, actors or dancers as well as live and pre-recorded video.

The term originates from a parallel with DJs, although most VJs nowadays have more in common with musicians than with DJs.

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Here is a list if you were thinking about becoming a vj or visual artist. These people really helped me when I started out. Big thanks to people who run these venue and to support local artists.

share
eyewash
{r}ake
Sink
Flow
parenthesis
opto sonic tea
Unity Gain
Darmstadt

Experimental intermedia
Issue project room
Diapason gallery
Tank
Eyebeam
monkeytown:
reboots
Galapagos

See you there!

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vj loop



free loop will come soon.

C H R O N O S



Chronos, a reference to the Greek, is an audio-visual representation of the experience and perception of subjective time. CHiKA’s abstract flickering imagery and Zach’s low frequency sine (Alpha) waves are used as a means of evoking rhythms that reflects a relaxed, meditative awareness. This collaborative concept was inspired from a technique called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) which was developed in the 1980s by Dr. Francine Shapiro, a psychologist who discovered that alternating stimulation between the right and left hemispheres of the brain through repetitive horizontal eye movements; tapping of the hands and/or oscillating sound effects somehow pulls memories from the subconscious into consciousness.

• On Curating Recent Digital Abstract Visual Music By Jack Ox and Cindy Keefer

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BIO

CHiKA is a live computer visuals artist working within New York’s expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Her videos implement geometric minimalist patterns and original graphics in unique, repetitive combinations. CHiKA works exclusively with Module8 from Gragecube in Switzerland.

CHiKA has performed at the Museum of Modern Art, The Hammer Museum, The Mapping Festival, Mutek, San Francisco Art Institutem, Monkeytown, The Issue Project, Galapagos, Tonic, as well as private parties, festivals, events, galleries and night clubs.

Since CHiKA started performing live in the summer of 2004, she has become very active in the experimental music and video underground scene in NYC. She is a member of the Share community, a weekly multimedia open jam.

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