New Nothing Cinema
Michael Mantra and Vanessa O’Neill
8pm
For our first meeting of 2009, we’ll see the works of two of our members, Michael Mantra and Vanessa O’Neill. Their works are generally meditative and abstract visuals, computer-based and film-based, combined with ambient music.
Michael Mantra is a multimedia artist. He works in photography, music, video and he occasionally performs live. His work is based in principles of Nada and Swara yoga, Tai Chi Chuan and neurology. He has had music albums released on Silent Records, Hypnos, Silentes, Halcyon, Tranquil Technology Music, Purple Soil, Shining Pacific Music, Charnel House and Amplexus and others. The work presented will be a selection from longer videos to show a range of work Michael has worked with in the last 6 years. The work was created with Adobe Photoshop and Apple’s Final Cut Pro.
Vanessa O’Neill is an artist working in film, painting and photography. Originally from Brooklyn, New York she is currently residing in San Francisco, CA, where she received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. We’ll be showing four of her films – Suspension, Sanctuary, burren, and August – some have sound and some are silent.
Depending on how much time we have, we may show other Visual Music works as well.
http://www.meetup.com/bayareavisualmusic/calendar/9370437/
