VANCOUVER, WASH – Washington State University Vancouver’s Creative Media and Digital Culture program and the North Bank Artists Gallery are collaborating to host “LOUD & Clear.” The exhibit runs April 6 – 28, and offers sound and visual installations, and Friday night performances.
The exhibit will feature the 2012 CMDC Artists in Residence, Matt Brislawn and Jackson 2Bears, along with CMDC faculty and students including John Barber, Brenda Grell, Dene Grigar, Will Luers and Kathi Rick. Visitors to the gallery will experience videos, 3D animations, sound installations and radio art.
The Launch Party on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. will showcase the “Brizbomb” by Brislawn, a video jockey/disc jockey piece by 2Bears called “Iron Tomahawks,” and a sensor-based drum installation and performance piece called “IMPACT,” by Geoff Wallace.
Other performances are scheduled for Fridays from 7:30 – 10 p.m. throughout the month. April 13 will offer the “Battle of the DJ/VJs,” an evening of sound performances set as a competition among artists. April 20 will feature “Animation and Video Screenings,” and April 27 will be the “premiere” of a new sound and video composition by 2Bears and the students in his electronic music course.
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The exhibit will be open Tuesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit and all events are free and open to the public. North Bank Artists Gallery is located at 1005 Main Street in downtown Vancouver, Wash.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Dene Grigar, Creative Media and Digital Culture, 360-546-9487, dgrigar@vancouver.wsu.edu
Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu