In November 2019 The Present Moment traveled to Barcelona, Spain for a performance at this growing international music festival, joining legendary electronic acts such as DAF and Psyche.
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Category: Festival
VS4, Part Two
Late last year, as described in this previous post, I decided it was time to rebuild the VS3 live visual synthesis tool in a modern development environment. After a considerable amount of fits and starts, an “alpha” VS4 is finally up and running, with all new C# code (implemented in Unity 5.6). Still the same basic paradigm, but with greatly expanded creative options. Continue reading →
DB21 Festival
Columbus Day weekend (or, rather, Indigenous People’s Day weekend, as it is officially referred to here in Los Angeles) has come to a close; now we’re looking back on the last couple of days and the performance by The Coredark at the Das Bunker 21st Anniversary event here in our hometown. Continue reading →
Splice Festival
This past Memorial Day weekend I had the opportunity to reunite with old friends and Emergency Broadcast Network artists Gardner Post and Brian Kane to support their interactive video installation and live stage performance at the 2nd annual Splice Festival at Rich Mix London.
SXSW Festival
This past March and for over the last 10 years I have had the opportunity to reunite with old friends during the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Cara Pastore of F22 Studio and I have had the annual tradition of working side by side as photographer and live engineer. Our geographic paths have paralleled with synchronicity while studying studio art abroad in Liverpool, graduating from University of Rhode Island, moving to different parts of Florida, splitting to Atlanta and Los Angeles, now storming a place for Cara in Los Angeles.
Terminus Festival
The trip to Calgary to play the Terminus Festival of course included some wandering around the city in search of good Canadian beer and old vinyl. It was great to see our friends from Agent Side Grinder again (it had been a year since we played with them at Wave Gotik Treffen) and one of our favorites Kite, too! Continue reading →