Kurt Ralske : Artist / Composer : is currently Visiting Professor of Digital Art at the School of the Museum of Fine Art, in Boston, and is also on the faculty of the School of Visual Art, in NYC, in the graduate program in Computer Art.
Ralske's video installations and performances, created exclusively with his own custom software, have been exhibited internationally. Exhibitions include the 2009 Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Bilbao, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
He's the recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship, and received First Prize at the Transmediale International Media Art Festival in Berlin in 2003. He programmed and co-designed the 9-channel video installation that is permanently in the lobby of the MoMA in NYC. Kurt is also the author/programmer of Auvi, a popular video software environment in use by artists in 22 countries.
Kurt Ralske resides in New York City. He is on the faculty of The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the Video Department, and The School of Visual Arts, NYC, in the MFA Computer Art Department.
MoMA display screens 2004 http://retnull.com/MoMA_qt.html
9-channel video system: nine 30" HD monitors, 10 computers, real-time image generation, algorithmic control
A real-time algorithmic video installation that is permanently in the lobby of the newly re-opened Museum of Modern Art in NYC. The content is generated live. Images and actions appear across multiple screens. If you watch the screens indefinitely, you will never see exactly the same thing twice.
The system algorithmically selects from a catalog of still images, then selects from a repertoire of action sequences to apply to these images. Actions occur on anywhere from one to nine screens. Multiple actions occur simultaneously across the image field.
The museum regularly provides the system with new still images of temporary shows and the permanent collection, as well as new text information generated as needed, so the content displayed is always new.
MoMA display screens is a project of MoMA, Imaginary Forces, slinc, and Kurt Ralske. Ralske designed the system architecture, co-designed the image sequences, and was solely responsible for implementing the image processing code.
In 2007, Ralske completed the interactive video accompaniment for Mathew Rosenblum's RedDust Opera.
Ralske programmed and co-designed a 9-channel video installation that is permanently in the lobby of the MoMA in NYC. In 2007, he received a Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship grant. In 2003, his work received First Prize at the Transmediale International Media Art Festival in Berlin, as a member of the video ensemble 242.pilots. He is also the author/programmer of Auvi, a popular video software environment in use by artists in 22 countries.
In 1999 he self-released two albums on his miau-miau label, one under his own name Kyrie Eleison and the other <<amorpheus>> as Cathars. In 2001 he released another two albums, Kurt Ralske Amor. 0 + 01, and as Cathars Early Bells and Voices. The Amor. 0 + 01 album featured several digital video clips. Since then he has focused on digital video. His video installations and performances are created exclusively with his own custom software and his work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.
In the mid-eighties he was a guitarist in the bands Nothing But Happiness and Crash. In the late eighties and early-nineties he released three albums as Ultra Vivid Scene.
Ultra Vivid Scene | Mercy Seat
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Ultra Vivid Scene - Blood and Thunder
Kurt Ralske ran his recording studio Zabriskie Point in New York City. After his last album as Ultra Vivid Scene, he produced, recorded, engineered, and performed on numerous albums for a variety of artists, including Ivy, Rasputina, Charles Douglas, and (mixed and recorded) The History of Luminous Motion.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
● H.O.L.M.
● AVAILABLE ● OCT. 21ST 2009 ● STASIS VERSUS MOTION ●
H.O.L.M. ∇ ► ∆ uResist.com/music/holm
THE HISTORY OF LUMINOUS MOTION
STASIS VERSUS MOTION
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1. Konchu Flambé 昆虫フランベ (6:47)
Night falls like a knife. Evolve ...or get out of the way.
2. Lucida (0:29)
3. Front-side Ollie (3:40)
Asphaltum acts as an acid-resist to etch the happiness in my head.
4. The Reflection of Skin (0:40)
5. Sperm Cracked the Egg * (5:34)
Broadcasting at the frequency of youth...
6. Edna White (6:28)
A breath. The Moon. A sigh like the ocean. Edna ...(that young, enigmatic girl!)
7. Daisy-Dangled Daydream (3:51)
8. Patina Swirl * (8:18)
Out of the miracle of nothing-you exist.
With your butterfly breath-
Call your spit ...site-specific sculpture.
Charm the skin off an insect.
Tattoo the world with your chutzpah.
You want to hoodwink your "maker."
You want to start a religion ...Practice random acts of kindness.
Is this vicissitude?
Call it solipsism.
Oh how in my head-the patina swirls.
Love like art spirals outward.
9. 25¢ for the Next 2 Minutes (0:04)
10. Stasis Versus Motion * (5:54)
Lollipop. Sky-drop. Safe in my cocoon. What's a supermodel to a burn victim?
* Additional vocals by Sophie
RECORDED & MIXED BY KURT RALSKE
@ ZABRISKIE POINT, NYC 10001
ALL MUSIC & LYRICS BY
DAVID LANFAIR AND KURT ELLIS RIEBEL
Thanks to: The Universe (for sustenance and keeping us in one piece-so far): Kurt Ralske (Wonder Twin powers deactivate-form of: a hairy Sasquatch hand; shape of: a giant, mofo high-five for keeping the faith); The "rents" (parents); Akiko (Aki-chan man straight from Japan bit the ear off Mike Tyson and hid it in a van); Ann Ruckert (for Ann-e-dotes, guidance, & support); C.Camille Collins (for the wigged-out hair + the French lessons); Max Fish and Luna Lounge (for providing the perfect microcosm in which to suffer); Noriko Kuriyama (for graphic support); Austin Colon (clockin' in under 3ft.and kickin' it free-style like a Mother Ferguson); our friends; and anything that radiates benevolence
MASTERED BY ALLAN DOUCHES
© 1997 THE HISTORY OF LUMINOUS MOTION
HOLM02
VaVoom Records
● ● ●
uResist.com/music/holm
youtube.com/user/uresist#p/u/4/rPsmhTz8g-k
CLICK HERE TO BUY ►
H.O.L.M. ∇ ► ∆ uResist.com/music/holm
THE HISTORY OF LUMINOUS MOTION
STASIS VERSUS MOTION
● ● ●
1. Konchu Flambé 昆虫フランベ (6:47)
Night falls like a knife. Evolve ...or get out of the way.
2. Lucida (0:29)
3. Front-side Ollie (3:40)
Asphaltum acts as an acid-resist to etch the happiness in my head.
4. The Reflection of Skin (0:40)
5. Sperm Cracked the Egg * (5:34)
Broadcasting at the frequency of youth...
6. Edna White (6:28)
A breath. The Moon. A sigh like the ocean. Edna ...(that young, enigmatic girl!)
7. Daisy-Dangled Daydream (3:51)
8. Patina Swirl * (8:18)
Out of the miracle of nothing-you exist.
With your butterfly breath-
Call your spit ...site-specific sculpture.
Charm the skin off an insect.
Tattoo the world with your chutzpah.
You want to hoodwink your "maker."
You want to start a religion ...Practice random acts of kindness.
Is this vicissitude?
Call it solipsism.
Oh how in my head-the patina swirls.
Love like art spirals outward.
9. 25¢ for the Next 2 Minutes (0:04)
10. Stasis Versus Motion * (5:54)
Lollipop. Sky-drop. Safe in my cocoon. What's a supermodel to a burn victim?
* Additional vocals by Sophie
RECORDED & MIXED BY KURT RALSKE
@ ZABRISKIE POINT, NYC 10001
ALL MUSIC & LYRICS BY
DAVID LANFAIR AND KURT ELLIS RIEBEL
Thanks to: The Universe (for sustenance and keeping us in one piece-so far): Kurt Ralske (Wonder Twin powers deactivate-form of: a hairy Sasquatch hand; shape of: a giant, mofo high-five for keeping the faith); The "rents" (parents); Akiko (Aki-chan man straight from Japan bit the ear off Mike Tyson and hid it in a van); Ann Ruckert (for Ann-e-dotes, guidance, & support); C.Camille Collins (for the wigged-out hair + the French lessons); Max Fish and Luna Lounge (for providing the perfect microcosm in which to suffer); Noriko Kuriyama (for graphic support); Austin Colon (clockin' in under 3ft.and kickin' it free-style like a Mother Ferguson); our friends; and anything that radiates benevolence
MASTERED BY ALLAN DOUCHES
© 1997 THE HISTORY OF LUMINOUS MOTION
HOLM02
VaVoom Records
● ● ●
uResist.com/music/holm
youtube.com/user/uresist#p/u/4/rPsmhTz8g-k
CLICK HERE TO BUY ►
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
● Military Thugs
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Little Known Military Thug Squad
“A little known Military Thug Squad is still brutalizing prisoners at Gitmo under Obama” -Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill reports the Obama administration is continuing to use a notorious military police unit at Guantanamo that regularly brutalizes unarmed prisoners, including gang-beating them, breaking their bones, gouging their eyes and dousing them with chemicals. This force, officially known as the Immediate Reaction Force, has been labeled the “Extreme Repression Force” by Guantanamo prisoners and human rights lawyers.
Little Known Military Thug Squad
http://democracynow.org/. . .http://rebelreports.com
http://alternet.org/. . .
The American people have to wake up to the reality of the corruption that pervades our government. U.S. citizens will eventually realize that being American doesn't mean having blind faith in anything, be it religion, unregulated markets, or an increasing militaristic authoritarian corporate rule. It is our responsibility to ensure that our institutions, our government and businesses, do not violate the civil liberties of anyone anywhere. Every country that has tortured outside their boarders, eventually tortures within their boarders. Businesses that abuse workers outside their country's boarders, always lead the way to further abuse and lowering working conditions within their own country's boarders. "What goes around, comes around," is not just a saying but, in this case, a lesson from history. If we don't want to do what's right simply because it's right, we should at least do it because it's smart.
We must push to prosecute war crimes.
| ☮ RESIST WAR ... |  |
Memorial Day...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
● Memorial Day
| ● ● ● ... ... | |
Winter Soldier on the Hill:
War Veterans Testify Before Congress
War veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan went to Capitol Hill last year to testify before Congress to give an eyewitness account of the horrors of war. “Winter Soldier on the Hill” was similar to the Winter Soldier hearings in March of 2008, when more than 200 service members gathered for four days in Silver Spring, Maryland to give their eyewitness accounts of the injustices occurring in Iraq and Afghanistan (and Detroit 1971 VVAW's testimonies of the atrocities of Vietnam War) was designed to drive home the human cost of war and occupation. “Winter Soldier on the Hill” in 2008 testified to the very people in charge of doing something about it.
Winter Soldier on the Hill
With a new administration in power, after we voted for change, concerning war policies, the question is... Did we get what we voted for? Of course, Barack Obama is different from Bush, but is the difference enough concerning the wars in Irag and Afghanistan. Is simply moving the war from one to the other what we voted for? When 25% of the homeless are war veterans, and still with 18 U.S. veterans a day committing suicide, along with the continuation of war crimes, we can't just look away and simply fall inline with our government's war policies.We must always question and reject destructive policies, and we must recognize the most effect propaganda slogan of all time, "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" because it is used for any war, at anytime, for any reason. It is effective because it turns our attention away from the real questions of whether or not we support our government's policy of war. To say that someone doesn't care about the soldiers because they want to end a war is completely absurd. And, to think that our government only goes to war for just reasons is naive and stems from a selfish perception and desire to want to believe that our own country could never get that bad. But of course, the peace movement is not that naive, but we must engage ourselves in conversation with those who are, without being condescending. They will eventually realize that being American doesn't mean having blind faith in anything, be it religion, unregulated markets, or the increasing militaristic authoritarian corporate rule.
| ☮ RESIST WAR ... | |
http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier
http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier/testimony/video
Military Thugs . . .
Sunday, May 10, 2009
● Happy Mother's Day !!!
Mother's Day was originally an anti-war day.
Mother's Day Proclamation
by Julia Ward Howe (anti-war activist),
a call for peace and disarmament. 1870.
"Arise then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
"Say firmly: 'We will not have questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience. We women of one country will be too tender to those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own, it says "Disarm! Disarm!" The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.'
"As men have forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each bearing after his time the sacred impress not of Caesar, but of God.
"In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace."
Mother’s Day for Peace:
A Dramatic Reading of Julia Ward Howe’s
Mother’s Day Proclamation
http://democracynow.org/...
Mother's Day Proclamation
by Julia Ward Howe (anti-war activist),
a call for peace and disarmament. 1870.
"Arise then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
"Say firmly: 'We will not have questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience. We women of one country will be too tender to those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own, it says "Disarm! Disarm!" The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.'
"As men have forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each bearing after his time the sacred impress not of Caesar, but of God.
"In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace."
Mother’s Day for Peace:
A Dramatic Reading of Julia Ward Howe’s
Mother’s Day Proclamation
http://democracynow.org/...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
● EARTHDAY
Climate Vigil ● 350.org ● Meaddows Ryan ● NYC
Climate Vigil ● 350.org ● Meaddows Ryan ● NYC ● Dec. 11th 2009
. . .
Earth Day:
April 22nd
( Spring in the Northern Hemisphere
March Equinox ( Spring Equinox Northern Hemisphere )
The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March Equinox (often March 20th), a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969.
Earth Day transcends all national borders to celebrate our home, our planet, and life itself, to reflect on our health and ability to live in harmony with our environment, ourselves, and to rethink our approach to how we can move forward in achieving a less destructive, more harmonious future.
40th Anniversary of Earth Day:
EARTH DAY NETWORK ● earthday.net
● ● ● http://earthday.net
United States Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment upon which life depends.
http://epa.gov/earthday
http://youtube.com/user/usEPAgov
http://earthday.gov
http://earthdaytv.net
. . .
Climate Vigil ● 350.org ● Meaddows Ryan ● NYC ● Dec. 11th 2009
. . .
Earth Day:
April 22nd
( Spring in the Northern Hemisphere
/ Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere ),
a day of awareness, appreciation, and activism for the Earth's environment. Earth day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, and is now recognized in many countries around the world.March Equinox ( Spring Equinox Northern Hemisphere )
The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March Equinox (often March 20th), a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969.
Earth Day transcends all national borders to celebrate our home, our planet, and life itself, to reflect on our health and ability to live in harmony with our environment, ourselves, and to rethink our approach to how we can move forward in achieving a less destructive, more harmonious future.
40th Anniversary of Earth Day:
April 22nd 2010
Start planning your Earth Day 2010 event or action now !!!EARTH DAY NETWORK ● earthday.net
- The world prepares for Earth Day 2010
- Support the Markey - Waxman climate bill
- Join the Green Generation for 2010
● ● ● http://earthday.net
United States Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment upon which life depends.
http://epa.gov/earthday
http://youtube.com/user/usEPAgov
http://earthday.gov
http://earthdaytv.net
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
● The Bailout & The Stimulus
Bipartisanship seems to only exists when policies serve the rich. As soon as we start talking about education, infrastructure, the environment, and healthcare, things that benefit the many as opposed to the wealthy few, we then seem to have a lot of division and talk about wasteful spending. It's not considered wasteful when the money is going straight to the top. That somehow is necessary. Building schools and public transportation, hiring teachers and workers, somehow is seen as unnecessary, wasteful, and certainly not job creation, even though, the jobs being created and performed directly benefit the community as a whole. Somehow we could barely imagine not bailing out the failed banks and failed Wall Street firms that created this economic crisis with their reckless lending and trading practices. Bailing out the failed businesses of the wealthiest criminals on the planet (with essentially no oversight) who have created a multilayered global crisis, is seen as unavoidable in our nation's capital, while your interests are wasteful, if they're even recognized at all.
After 30 years of deregulation, Congress approves a stimulus package that will help to curb the emerging crisis created by decades of privatization and lax oversight. Friedmanism has failed. It is time to pick up the pieces and realize the obvious forgotten truth; that markets need rules, regulation, and oversight.
The Stimulus Package is not enough. It takes some steps in the right direction after 28 years of running in the wrong direction. We still have our work cut out for us. The resistance movements against corporate tyranny must push harder and further to inform the public and pressure Washington.
. . .
The Truth about the Wall Street Bailout: How "Free Market Capitalism" Really Works. Nader and Chomsky Explain the Game, a Nanny State to Take Care of the Rich
http://youtube.com/representativepress
Politics should not be privatized. Political power should be in the hands of the people.
Current Affairs, Foreign & Domestic Policy Videos.
Read the Representative Press Blog: http://RepresentativePress....
Website: http://RepPress.com
After 30 years of deregulation, Congress approves a stimulus package that will help to curb the emerging crisis created by decades of privatization and lax oversight. Friedmanism has failed. It is time to pick up the pieces and realize the obvious forgotten truth; that markets need rules, regulation, and oversight.
The Stimulus Package is not enough. It takes some steps in the right direction after 28 years of running in the wrong direction. We still have our work cut out for us. The resistance movements against corporate tyranny must push harder and further to inform the public and pressure Washington.
. . .
The Truth about the Wall Street Bailout: How "Free Market Capitalism" Really Works. Nader and Chomsky Explain the Game, a Nanny State to Take Care of the Rich
http://youtube.com/representativepress
Politics should not be privatized. Political power should be in the hands of the people.
Current Affairs, Foreign & Domestic Policy Videos.
Read the Representative Press Blog: http://RepresentativePress....
Website: http://RepPress.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
● ARREST BUSH
ARREST BUSH:
United States Senator for Rhode Island, Sheldon Whitehouse made a statement on January 22nd 2009, to hold the Bush Administration accountable for the crimes it has committed and the damaged it has done within the United States and around the world over the past 8 years.
Whitehouse: As We Look Forward We Must Also Look Back
Stating that “the past always bears upon the future,” Whitehouse asserted in a speech on the Senate floor last night that in order to look to the future, America must also review the abuses of the past.
Sheldon Whitehouse: http://whitehouse.senate.gov
United States Senator for Rhode Island, Sheldon Whitehouse made a statement on January 22nd 2009, to hold the Bush Administration accountable for the crimes it has committed and the damaged it has done within the United States and around the world over the past 8 years.
Whitehouse: As We Look Forward We Must Also Look Back
Stating that “the past always bears upon the future,” Whitehouse asserted in a speech on the Senate floor last night that in order to look to the future, America must also review the abuses of the past.
If you cannot see the video click here.
Sheldon Whitehouse: http://whitehouse.senate.gov
This blog post: http://uresist.com/blog/2009/01/arrestbush.html
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
● Democracy Now
democracynow.org
A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 750 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
Think Outside the Fox ϟ
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