JEREMY BAILEY PERFORMANCE FROM BMOCA MEDIALIVE NOW ON YOUTUBE

We had the distinct pleasure of participating in the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art's MEDIALIVE 2012 last Saturday night, a fantastic evening for new media and contemorary art enthusiasts. The highlight's of the evening were certainly the mesmerizing live-animation presented by California based artist Sue_C as well as Jeremy Bailey's performance, which we filmed from the front row that night and have posted on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nChH1IqD5_o

We have also posted live documentation of Rick Silva's fabulous digital animation from last week's inaugural "Friday Flash" presented on the DTD's LED screen at 14th and Champa.  The work looked absolutely spectacular on the screen and in the downtown setting, a quick glimpse of what the future of Public Art might look like.  The second "Flash Friday" will take place at 6pm on First Friday, August 3rd and will feature recent works by CU Boulder student Adan De La Garza.

http://vimeo.com/45849115

RICK SILVA INAUGURATES NEW DTD SERIES "FRIDAY FLASH" JULY 13TH AT 6PM

The Denver Theatre District in conjunction with Plus Gallery curators Ivar Zeile and Ryan Pattie launch an exciting new series on the 14th and Champa LED screen this Friday evening at 6pm.  "Friday Flash"  will be an ongoing 30 minute showcase for motion-based artworks for public viewing on select Friday's throughout the year.  Rick Silva initiates "Friday Flash" this Friday evening with two sublime works, his ten minute "Massif" followed by "Phil Morton Colorful Colorado (Rick Silva's 2011 Remix)"  which clocks in at 24 minutes.  Both works will highlight the possibilities of this new paradigm for public art that is based on new media and motion-based art.  Rick Silva was born in Brazil, is currently based out of Canada, and soon to be splitting his time between Oregon and Colorado. He's also one of the featured artists in the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art's current exhibition "Visual Rhythm," on view through September 9th, 2012. In other words he's the perfect artist to initiate our series. Visit Denver's most impressive outdoor viewing screen at 6pm on the street and sidewalks of 14th and Champa in downtown Denver to see, in the most luminous fashion, where new-media art is today.

FRIDAY JULY 13TH AT 6PM RICK SILVA ARTWORKS TO BE PRESENTED ON DTD'S 14TH AND CHAMPA LED SCREEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEDIALIVE 2012

The Denver Theatre District also comes out in support of BMOCA'S MEDIALIVE 2012 program with a special Friday evening presentation of two quintessential Rick Silva works that will take our outdoor public screenings to new levels.  Silva is one of the featured new media artists on view in BMOCA's recently opened "Visual Rhythm" exhibition this summer and also a participant in MediaLive.  His most recent works explore landscape, remix and glitch in an awesomely spectral way that make us very proud to inaugurate the DTD's new monthly series of Friday night digital "Happenings" on the 14th and Champa LED screen, presenting a half hour or so of some of the most amazing motion-based works being created across the globe as well as in our own backyard.


Silva initiates the program with two sublime works.  "Massif" is a 10 minute HD video work created using a combination of traditional photography and 3D animation software. Over the course of the video a mountain peak form cycles through 18,000 variations. All the while a digital sun completes one slow geocentric circle around the peak. The structure of the work is remeniscent of a spinning record or hard drive. It will be followed by Phil Morton "Colorful Colorado (Rick Silva's 2011 Remix)," a remix of Phil Morton's 1974 video "Colorful Colorado." In some ways the video work further abstracts Phil Morton's abstraction of the landscape, in other ways the work reclaims a sense of the Colorado terrain.


Silva was born in Brazil, is currently based out of Canada, and soon to be splitting his time between Oregon and Colorado.  In other words he's the perfect candidate to initiate this series.  Come join us at 6pm on the street and sidewalks at 14th and Champa to see in the most luminous fashion why Silva has been tapped as one of the featured artists at BMOCA this summer.

Rick Silva - Still from "Colorful Colorado"

Stay tuned for more updates on our DTD related curatorial happenings and major events, including a rescreening of the full "SightLine" program in conjunction with the September 29th all-day multi-media event "Blacktop."  A new website for keeping up on our digital activities is currently in the works and will be unveiled shortly.