Spine-tingling psychoacoustics, glitches
that open abysmal dungeons, and absurd cross-cultural collaborations
comprised the very special night of audiovisual immersion known
as Digidome. In a voluminous inflatable golf dome in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, a pan-Canadian cast of exceptionally talented and
creative audio artists joined forces with a juried international
selection of videos and video artists to create this quasi-legendary
event. Here, BricoLodge presents the long-awaited surviving archives
of live performances by vitaminsforyou, Camp, A_Dontingy, Laura
Kavanaugh and Ian Birse, and A-Dontigny's jaw-dropping DJ/live set
at AKA Gallery at the Digidome after-party. Unfortunately, the performances
by liminaL Projects, Carrie Gates, and duul_drv, could not be with
us today, but they survive in fond memories of those who attended
this one-time spectacle of live experimental sound, glitch-pop drama,
and new media madness. Furthering the otherworldly, lunar colony
quality of the golf dome environment, five of the best video projectors
in Canada were utilized to throw gorgeous video projections all
over the walls of the dome, freestanding screens, and even set into
motion as one of the projectors hopped on the back of a disco ball
motor to send its messages around, and around, and around the dome...This
event sparked many of the friendships that set BricoLodge in motion,
spurring even more collaborations and events such as Phantom Power
in North Bay, ON. Presented in 2002 by Saskatoon artist-run centre,
paved Art + New Media, the event was organized by Dermot Wilson,
Ellen Moffat, Carrie Gates, and Jon Vaughn. |
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