This evening of live performances and video screenings explores forms of expression, desire and anxiety prevalent in a culture increasingly influenced by the Internet. Doo Man Group (made of Ben Jones, Jessica Ciocci, and Jacob Ciocci of Paper Rad) interweaves live percussion with a dense collage of web-based visual emphemera. Jona Bechtolt (of Yacht) and Claire L. Evans combine music, dance and Powerpoint to explore the possibilities and fallacies embedded in online communities. In addition, videos by Michael Bell-Smith, JODI, Shana Moulton, Takeshi Murata, and humorist Ze Frank investigate how the Internet amplifies and exxagerates life offline.
Rhizome, now an affiliate of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, is an organization dedicated to new media art. Their site once served as the place to be for new Flash-based work and internet installations. They Heart A Computer is being sponsored by Engadget, one of my favorite tech blogs. It's probably worth going just for Ze Frank.
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