AC Institute -> Deborah Johnson: In Star Orbit

Installation pic.
My rendition of the installation.
(I could possible be being a bit harsh)
"NO STARS"

AC Institute Exhibits In A Star Orbit

Review of AC Institutes's exhibit:

This show was...um...how should i put this...not up to par. The room, about 100 sq ft was dark and had these three "planets" and a little bench for you to sit on. Unfortunately the materials and the atmosphere reminded me of cheap 80's prom night decorations. I couldn't manage to spend too much time there, I felt that uncomfortable adolescence awkwardness that is associated with ugly 80's Glam decorations. Maybe if the music was louder?...no...better to go back to the drawing board. Do not waste your time on this one.

Press release of Deborah Johnson's show:

In A Star Orbit (CandyStations One, Two, Threemix)

Remixes:
“In A Star Orbit” (Magic Feather, Catch and Release Remix)
“In A Star Orbit” (Noel Kupersmith, Hoo Hoo Remix)
“In A Star Orbit” (Kate Simko, Breathless Remix)
—Song Written and Performed by Rebecca Gates

The AC is pleased to present Deborah Johnson’s music video installation in collaboration with Rebecca Gates (formerly of The Spinanes).

By trade, Johnson designs live visual accompaniment for musicians, using a combination of film, video and animation to transform her collaborator's music into the visual realm. The visuals combine representational imagery, generative animation and patterns ranging from the more literal to the more emotive and abstract, all the while paying special attention to the narrative of the song and how it unfolds. Using real-time video software, she performs her compositions live with the band, at times projecting onto multiple or three-dimensional surfaces.

For Johnson’s In A Star Orbit (CandyStations One, Two, Threemix), she draws from Gates' newly released set of remixes The Ruby Series. Johnson takes three remixes of her favorite original song, "In A Star Orbit", creating unique music videos for each. Projecting the videos consecutively onto three hanging sounding balloons, she borrows from a childhood memory of constructing makeshift universes for her parents (a roll of scotch tape hanging from the ceiling representing Saturn, et cetera[SIC]). Utilitarian and personal objects of varying size, shape, color and reflectivity orbit each balloon and help to concoct this world in which the videos can exist. These objects occasionally intercept the projections, catching light and casting shadows.

The installation reveals a small cosmos created through the relationship among all of its constellate parts: Johnson's distinct visuals; the original musician and her song; and the remixers, who together explore the range of interpretation.

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