Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The Mapping of Countries Yet to Come.


Flying Lotus Collaborating with Miwa Matreyek on New Project

"These multi-disciplinary Los Angeles artists will collaborate together for the first time this year to find inspiration and direct sampling of northeast Los Angeles' imagery and sounds to create The Mapping of Countries Yet to Come, a piece that celebrates the present communities surrounding Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock. Their work will debut at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock in June, 2012."

Friday, August 19, 2011

Dreaming of Lucid Living


Myth and Infrastructure.

As Matreyek walks behind the screen, her shadow becomes an integral part of the projected animation: She curls up to become an island in a creation/mythology tableau; she walks gently through a sleeping cityscape; her hands create magical strings of light as she conjures domestic scenes in shadow and video.||2010||