10/7/08: Updates and published review
I'm working on a very exciting series of single channel videos. I will attempt to post them on this site but due to the fact that they are delicate images in HD, i'm worried they won't survive the compression.
Also, Review magazine in Kansas City just published a review written by Cyan Meeks of my May solo show "Learning to See".
Also, Review magazine in Kansas City just published a review written by Cyan Meeks of my May solo show "Learning to See".
8/19/08: Arrival in Alfred, Ny
I've arrived in Alfred, Ny for my first semester as an MFA candidate at Alfred University's Electronic Integrated Art program. I hope to be adding a lot of new and exciting work in the weeks and months to come and will be participating in several screenings and shows during that time as well. Stay tuned!
7/18/08
I am now officially selling work through the Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO. Awesome.
7/4/08: Convergence Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Debora Brown
Arts Incubator
115 W. 18th St., 3rd Floor
Kansas City, MO 64108
Cell Phone: 816-260-7086
Email: dbphotovideo@gmail.com
VIDEO ART EXHIBITION FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
Convergence features work by two Kansas City artists July 12th
Multi-colored waves lap against an unseen shore; shafts of light pierce through layers of an abandoned structure slowly revolving overhead - time is distorted, images overlapped. Experimental video art by Jason Bernagozzi and Debora Brown will fill 2 floors of the Alcott Arts Center in a one night exhibition, Convergence, on Second Saturday. The exhibition will feature single channel video by each artist, as well as a new video sculpture by Bernagozzi, a series of archival prints of video stills by Brown, and the artists’ first collaborative video installation.
Bernagozzi and Brown’s gestural, abstracted videos express resonance instead of representation. The artists employ real-time video and audio processing techniques, pushing the boundaries of the video signal, and playing with viewers’ perceptions of time and space.
The videos that Debora Brown will be exhibiting, as well as the stills from them, were generated through overlapping layers of the video. The layers consist of identical video playing at differing speeds, controlled by sound waves. While the source footage comes from a walk down a road at night or bare tree limbs lying in a stream, the result of the processing is that new types of landscapes are created. Some contain sensuously flowing images, suggestive of human forms, while others flicker with the intensity of a storm. One work, Stream: 7th Iteration, is created from over 16,000 layers of video.
Jason Bernagozzi’s new work is part of a continuing investigation into the relational aesthetics between the body and architecture. His work was shot in the tunnels and drainage sewers underneath Kansas City. To achieve the abstracted imagery, the artist processed the footage through an algorithmic visualization program called Jitter. By decoding the representational video image, he creates new relationships between the body and its environment as inseparable liminal spaces that the viewer can discover and explore. The sculptural way he presents this video also encourages the viewer to play with their own spacial reception to the work as an immersive experience.
Bernagozzi and Brown have lived in Kansas City, sharing a studio at the Arts Incubator, for the past 2 years. Jason Bernagozzi graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute earlier this year with a BFA in Photo/New Media. Debora Brown received a BFA in Video Art from the Atlanta College of Art in 1999, and an MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts from Alfred University in Alfred, NY in 2002. Brown has been active in the Kansas City arts community, serving as both Board Liaison for the Crossroads Community Association and as Gallery Manager for Byron Cohen Gallery. The artists, who are engaged, will be moving to Alfred, NY at the end of July, where Bernagozzi will be pursuing an Electronic Integrated Arts MFA. Both Brown’s and Bernagozzi’s work have been shown nationally and internationally.
Saturday, July 12th, 6pm to 10pm
Alcott Arts Center
180 South 18th Street
Kansas City, KS 66102
For more information: Please call 816-260-7086 or email dbphotovideo@gmail.com
Artists’ Websites:
Jason Bernagozzi http://seeinginvideo.com
Debora Brown http://www.deborabrownonline.com
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Contact:
Debora Brown
Arts Incubator
115 W. 18th St., 3rd Floor
Kansas City, MO 64108
Cell Phone: 816-260-7086
Email: dbphotovideo@gmail.com
VIDEO ART EXHIBITION FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
Convergence features work by two Kansas City artists July 12th
Multi-colored waves lap against an unseen shore; shafts of light pierce through layers of an abandoned structure slowly revolving overhead - time is distorted, images overlapped. Experimental video art by Jason Bernagozzi and Debora Brown will fill 2 floors of the Alcott Arts Center in a one night exhibition, Convergence, on Second Saturday. The exhibition will feature single channel video by each artist, as well as a new video sculpture by Bernagozzi, a series of archival prints of video stills by Brown, and the artists’ first collaborative video installation.
Bernagozzi and Brown’s gestural, abstracted videos express resonance instead of representation. The artists employ real-time video and audio processing techniques, pushing the boundaries of the video signal, and playing with viewers’ perceptions of time and space.
The videos that Debora Brown will be exhibiting, as well as the stills from them, were generated through overlapping layers of the video. The layers consist of identical video playing at differing speeds, controlled by sound waves. While the source footage comes from a walk down a road at night or bare tree limbs lying in a stream, the result of the processing is that new types of landscapes are created. Some contain sensuously flowing images, suggestive of human forms, while others flicker with the intensity of a storm. One work, Stream: 7th Iteration, is created from over 16,000 layers of video.
Jason Bernagozzi’s new work is part of a continuing investigation into the relational aesthetics between the body and architecture. His work was shot in the tunnels and drainage sewers underneath Kansas City. To achieve the abstracted imagery, the artist processed the footage through an algorithmic visualization program called Jitter. By decoding the representational video image, he creates new relationships between the body and its environment as inseparable liminal spaces that the viewer can discover and explore. The sculptural way he presents this video also encourages the viewer to play with their own spacial reception to the work as an immersive experience.
Bernagozzi and Brown have lived in Kansas City, sharing a studio at the Arts Incubator, for the past 2 years. Jason Bernagozzi graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute earlier this year with a BFA in Photo/New Media. Debora Brown received a BFA in Video Art from the Atlanta College of Art in 1999, and an MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts from Alfred University in Alfred, NY in 2002. Brown has been active in the Kansas City arts community, serving as both Board Liaison for the Crossroads Community Association and as Gallery Manager for Byron Cohen Gallery. The artists, who are engaged, will be moving to Alfred, NY at the end of July, where Bernagozzi will be pursuing an Electronic Integrated Arts MFA. Both Brown’s and Bernagozzi’s work have been shown nationally and internationally.
Saturday, July 12th, 6pm to 10pm
Alcott Arts Center
180 South 18th Street
Kansas City, KS 66102
For more information: Please call 816-260-7086 or email dbphotovideo@gmail.com
Artists’ Websites:
Jason Bernagozzi http://seeinginvideo.com
Debora Brown http://www.deborabrownonline.com
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6/7/08: Site Re-Configuration
I will be doing a massive re-haul to the website over the next 2 days. Expect tons of new work, say goodbye to obsolete old work and a new, professional and simple design.
3/31/08: Solo Show Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Jason Bernagozzi
Cell Phone: 816-260-7454
Email: jason@seeinginvideo.com
LEARNING TO SEE AT 1735 WALNUT
Experiments in Video, Installation and Embodiment in New Media
Jason Bernagozzi’s single channel videos and interactive video installations will be shown on 3 floors in a weekend-long solo exhibition, Learning To See, opening First Friday, May 2nd at 1735 Walnut. His process is about learning to see through the electronic eye of the video camera by decoding and recoding the world around him. A room is filled with multiple projections that mix images of bodily forms and architecture; as a viewer sits in front of an image of a girl meditating, sensors trigger an event that explodes her form into prisms of light and color.
Bernagozzi’s video is created using a program called Max/MSP/Jitter that is an algorithm based system that allows for infinite possibilities of processing video and sound, as well as for creating interactivity. The artist is primarily self-taught in this program. The works presented reflect Bernagozzi’s developing relationship with the video signal as a means to express his investigations into the nature of identity within both the human and urban consciousness. By experimenting with the idea of the copy and the simulation, his work explores ideas about the link between knowledge and being.
Jason Bernagozzi is a graduating senior at the Kansas City Art Institute. He has lived in Kansas City for the past 2 years and has a studio at the Arts Incubator. Bernagozzi previously was a student in Video Art and the Atlanta College of Art where he studied with video pioneer Sara Hornbacher; the school closed and prompted his move to Kansas City. Although only a student, Bernagozzi’s work has been shown both nationally and internationally. Bernagozzi will be attending Alfred University’s Electronic Integrated Art graduate MFA program in Alfred, New York this fall.
Opening: Friday, May 2nd, 6 to 10pm
Gallery Open: Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th, noon to 5pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 3rd, 2pm.
Show Runs: May 2nd to May 4th
Location: 1735 Walnut Space
Northeast corner of 18th street and Walnut
1735 Walnut Ave.
Kansas City, Mo 64108
For more information: Please call 816-260-7454 or email jason@seeinginvideo.com
Artist’s Website: http://seeinginvideo.com
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Contact:
Jason Bernagozzi
Cell Phone: 816-260-7454
Email: jason@seeinginvideo.com
LEARNING TO SEE AT 1735 WALNUT
Experiments in Video, Installation and Embodiment in New Media
Jason Bernagozzi’s single channel videos and interactive video installations will be shown on 3 floors in a weekend-long solo exhibition, Learning To See, opening First Friday, May 2nd at 1735 Walnut. His process is about learning to see through the electronic eye of the video camera by decoding and recoding the world around him. A room is filled with multiple projections that mix images of bodily forms and architecture; as a viewer sits in front of an image of a girl meditating, sensors trigger an event that explodes her form into prisms of light and color.
Bernagozzi’s video is created using a program called Max/MSP/Jitter that is an algorithm based system that allows for infinite possibilities of processing video and sound, as well as for creating interactivity. The artist is primarily self-taught in this program. The works presented reflect Bernagozzi’s developing relationship with the video signal as a means to express his investigations into the nature of identity within both the human and urban consciousness. By experimenting with the idea of the copy and the simulation, his work explores ideas about the link between knowledge and being.
Jason Bernagozzi is a graduating senior at the Kansas City Art Institute. He has lived in Kansas City for the past 2 years and has a studio at the Arts Incubator. Bernagozzi previously was a student in Video Art and the Atlanta College of Art where he studied with video pioneer Sara Hornbacher; the school closed and prompted his move to Kansas City. Although only a student, Bernagozzi’s work has been shown both nationally and internationally. Bernagozzi will be attending Alfred University’s Electronic Integrated Art graduate MFA program in Alfred, New York this fall.
Opening: Friday, May 2nd, 6 to 10pm
Gallery Open: Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th, noon to 5pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 3rd, 2pm.
Show Runs: May 2nd to May 4th
Location: 1735 Walnut Space
Northeast corner of 18th street and Walnut
1735 Walnut Ave.
Kansas City, Mo 64108
For more information: Please call 816-260-7454 or email jason@seeinginvideo.com
Artist’s Website: http://seeinginvideo.com
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2/26/08
I have officially been accepted to the MFA in Electronic Integrated Art program at Alfred University in Alfred, Ny. This is a very exciting and important development, as i've been wanting to get into this program for 2 years now.
More entries to come after my solo show in May.
More entries to come after my solo show in May.
11/2/07
Due to OPP changing their setup, I have overhauled and redesigned the website. Please leave any comments or questions.
10/15/07
Just updated my new artist statement and put up a new interactive video sculpture called "Improvisation: Self". I also had a fun time this weekend participating in a 24 hour "Film" Festival with several friends in which I acted as the cinematographer and sound designer. I will be posting a link to the streaming video for that soon.
10/09/07
I updated my artist statement. I will also be uploading 2 new works next week, both relating to my improvisations series. Also, I will be having my thesis presentation on November 12th, 2007 at the Irving Auditorium at 9:50am at the Kansas City Art Institute. Hope to see some new faces there.
9/15/07
After some time I finally have put up 2 new works. One of which was giving me a hard time with, "Shifting the Signified" and a recent work "Improvisation: Patterns". Both are a sign of work to come, as i'm experimenting more with "sound driven video".
7/30/07
The new video for the upcoming installation Cycle is finally up. Music by Skincage
7/29/07
I changed the skin of the website and find it flows better overall. I will eventually be putting up some more work including the installation pieces I mentioned before. Things have been super busy but I promise good work soon!
6/18/07: Installation work
Just added 2 of my larger installation documentations for "Time and Decay" as well as "Re:Search and Re:Flect". I have 2 other installations to put up, but it may take until next week.
6/17/07: More work available
I put up 3 more works tonight: Juno, Biosynthesis and Haiku. I hope to have all my current work up by the 20th.
6/12/2007: It Begins
Finally i've come around to getting a website up with my work. The work itself will trickle in slowly and should be up by the 22nd of the month. I'll be giving updates as they come. Enjoy!
