Club Chroma

Forward Motion Theater animates an hour-long mix of international late night beats spun by DJ ActivePhaze. www.forwardmotiontheater.org Featuring the music of Killahertz, DaClip, Scriptix, Hugoboy, Martin Schulte, Stankov, Mefala, Microfluid, Miroslav, Noiz, IVE, Aqualang, Frunk29. Dancers: Sara Weber Gallo, Fujiko Ueda, Rie Yamato ©2007 Forward Motion Theater

Stag: Lite Mix introduces the Polish indie filmmakers, Baltazar Janowski and Mariusz Nowak to Club Chroma. Bolstered by the music of Chicago DJ, James Lauer's Midnight Groove, Stag explores one night in the lives of two Las Vegas dancers. Club Chroma will feature a new film by these innovative filmmakers in the next few months. (http://www.jameslauer.com; http://www.floatingworlds.com)

A cataclysmic fusion of exotic go-go dancers, filmed by Skylar Nielsen and John Wadsworth, with psychedelic sightscapes blended by Vision-Meister, Frankenkat a.k.a. Frank Ford... empowered by the incendiary Tribal House mix of Chicago based DJ James Lauer. Hot. Hot. Hot and Hotter. Techno.. House. One hour of perpetual sensational titillation. . A first of many creative clashes among these explosive artists...The exotic erotic path to the Floating Worlds... DANCE NOW. (www.floatingworlds.com; www.frankenkatstudio.com)

A second journey into the visual frontiers of Frankenkat aka Frank Ford! Awe inspiring visuals, gorgeous dancers dressed in fashions from the Adored collection, designed by Lili Forrest, filmed by rogue cameramen Skylar Nielsen and John Wadsworth..powered by another stunning soundtrack mixed by Chicago DJ, James Lauer. Enjoy the latest journey through the hallucinatory brainbox of Frankenkat. (www.frankenkatstudio.com; www.jameslauer.com; www.imadored.com; www.floatingworlds.com

Fresh from a European club tour, internationally renowned, award winning VJ Kasumi mixes her avant-garde video art with a relentless Tribal House mix by Chicago based DJ James Lauer. Compositing go go dancers with found-footage and ground-breaking live cinema performance, Kasumi's experimental films have empowered a multitude of collaborations including DJ Spooky, Grandmaster Flash, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, enthralling audiences from Ankara to New York to Sapporo. (www.kasumifilms.com; www.floatingworlds.com) James Lauer (www.JamesLauer.com) is a major player in the underground electronic music community and continues to steadily prove himself as someone who is dedicated to pushing things forward. Growing up in Chicago listening to such artists as Jeff Mills, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and Richie Hawtin James eventually discovered the deeper and darker sides of electronic music while living in New York and traveling and working abroad in Europe and Australia. Today his unique blend of house and techno reaches the ears and minds of many around the world and he is consistently selected as the opening DJ of choice for many the world's biggest electronic artists. His mixes can be heard weekly in Chicago on WNUR 89.3FM and around the world on such stations as XTC Radio London, Proton Radio and XM Satellite Radio. James currently keeps over 250 hours of live, radio and studio mixes available for download at www.JamesLauer.com and can be reached for feedback, bookings or just to say hello at James@DJLauer.com(www.djlauer.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

The elixir you've been waiting for. Intro to Goddess Juice. www.Goddesschannel.com/gallery/video Produced by: GoddessChannel Directed by: PennySlinger Music: Craig Russo with Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Editing/ Effects: Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Additional Animation: way@muse.com Art Direction by: Penny Slinger © GoddessChannel 2003 Spoken word/ Goddess/ Psychedelic

Visions of Beauty burst forth from every frame of this fully immersive experience. www.Goddesschannel.com/gallery/video Produced by: GoddessChannel Directed by: PennySlinger Music: Craig Russo with Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Editing/ Effects: Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Additional Animation: way@muse.com Art Direction by: Penny Slinger © GoddessChannel 2003 House/ Techno/ Breakbeat/ Goddess/ Psychedelic.

Snake dance. Liquid enchantment, Kundalini rushes, immersive sounds, sultry multi-verses. www.Goddesschannel.com/gallery/video Produced by: GoddessChannel Directed by: PennySlinger Music: Craig Russo with Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Editing/ Effects: Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Additional Animation: way@muse.com Art Direction by: Penny Slinger © GoddessChannel 2003 Trance / House/ Techno/ Goddess/ Psychedelic.

A Kundalini journey. Cascading fountains of bliss and undulating rhythms of delight. www.Goddesschannel.com/gallery/video Produced by: GoddessChannel Directed by: PennySlinger Music: Craig Russo with Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Editing/ Effects: Penny Slinger & Dhiren Dasu Additional Animation: way@muse.com Art Direction by: Penny Slinger © GoddessChannel 2003 Trance / House/ Techno/ Goddess/ Psychedelic.

VJ Moto (www.motomichi.com) created "Hasta La Madre" with an excellent dance track by Tampopo (www.sumodehouse.com). Their mix is featured on the EyeWash 2 DVD, available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org.

VJ Miixxy (www.miixxy.com) mixes her "Everything's Ducky" to 8bit gameboy musician Glomag's "Lucky Messy Day" (www.glomag.com). A mix featured on the EyeWash 2 DVD, available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org.

Bill Jones (video) and Ben Neill (audio) help define a new chapter in the development of midi-controlled video and audio. Check out Ben's MUTANT TRUMPET at www.benneill.com. Jones and Neill's "Color Bar Remix" is from the EyeWash 2 DVD, available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org.

MOSTRA (www.m-o-s-t-r-a.com) is a duo of Gabriela Monroy + Caspar Stracke who work with interactive video installation and single channel video. Their work has been shown in the US, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, and UK. MOSTRA's "ho-qaeriofhw bivya3q" with music by Zemi17 (www.zemi17.net) is from the first EyeWash DVD, available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org

Kaesha KvK (www.kiahkeya.com) is a German, South African multi-media artist and butoh dancer based in New York City. Her "Shroom Dance" with music by Zemi17 (www.zemi17.net) is from the first EyeWash DVD, available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org.

Feedbuck Galore (www.feedbuckgalore.com) is a video team who celebrates the emotions of life thru art. Pushing pixels since 1193, founders Missy Galore and Feedbuck incorporate new technologies with the roots of the medium, creating visuals that resonate organic at the core. FBG's "Trance a Tronic" with music by Zemi17 (www.zemi17.net) is from the first EyeWash DVD, available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org.

A mix of visuals by Stefan G to the music of Chuck Love. http://www.labyrynth.com/stefang/

Visuals from Stefan G's live show with Collette. http://www.labyrynth.com/stefang

The third journey into the brainpan of Frankenkat aka Frank Ford! Take a trip through an electronic tapestry of shifting visual realities. With modern psychedelic imagery, beautiful dancers dressed in fashions from the Adored collection, designed by Lili Forrest, filmed by rogue cameramen Skylar Nielsen and John Wadsworth. Soundtrack mixed by Chicago DJ, James Lauer. (www.frankenkatstudio.com; www.jameslauer.com; www.imadored.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

Wetcircuit (Holly Daggers) animates the 3D model, Humanoid_Bco created by Shukky. This visual remix is performed live on the Korg Entrancer and is set to the music of (((SETH))). www.wetcircuit.com

Dancer: Akiko Tokuoka Music: DJ ActivePhaze www.activephaze.all.dj Visuals: Forward Motion Theater www.forwardmotiontheater.org

Furious Clubfoot is an 8bit collaboration between VJ Raquel Meyers and gameboy musican Glomag. (www.raquelmeyers.com, www.glomag.com)

Krou's music track "Neuroscape" forms the score to Wetircuit's iconic Moon Fantasy inspired by Maxfield Parish. This track is from the EyeWash 2 DVD and is available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org www.krou.com www.wetcircuit.com

Spot is a visual and software artist living in New York City and San Francisco. Draves is best known as the creator of the Electric Sheep, a continually evolving abstract animation with over 60,000 daily participants. This Electric Sheep track is synced to "Find Me" by Stashuk. (www.spotworks.com, www.myspace.com/digitalsouls)

First Kiss is a live audiovisual mix featuring the video of Lady Firefly (www.fireflylab.com) and the audio of Zemi17 (zemi17.net) and Dok Gregory (www.amoebatechnology.net). This mix was produced by Forward Motion Theater as a part of the Studio Session Series and was recorded live on June 3, 2008.

Latitude_Redux is a condensed extract from D-Fuse's live sonic cinema performance with the split screen representing the 2 screens used in the live show. It is inspired by the notion of drifting through the land + soundscapes of China and uses fragments of conversations, lights, + architectural forms to trace the multitudes of paths, identities + influences which make up the rapidly changing urban environments of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing. Founded by Michael Faulkner in the mid-1990s, D-Fuse is a group of designers and artists who reflect on the key relationship between sound + image in a wide range of creative media, from web, print and mobile media to art and architecture, live A/V performances, TV and film. Latitude was shot by D-Fuse together with local artists during a 3 month research period in China [supported by the British Council and the Arts Council England]. Soon to be available as part of D-Fuse DVD/BlueRay/HD DVD focusing on China and urban culture, that will include other D-Fuse films including Brilliant City. Find out more at www.dfuse.com.

Latitude_Redux is a condensed extract from D-Fuse's live sonic cinema performance with the split screen representing the 2 screens used in the live show. It is inspired by the notion of drifting through the land + soundscapes of China and uses fragments of conversations, lights, + architectural forms to trace the multitudes of paths, identities + influences which make up the rapidly changing urban environments of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing. Founded by Michael Faulkner in the mid-1990s, D-Fuse is a group of designers and artists who reflect on the key relationship between sound + image in a wide range of creative media, from web, print and mobile media to art and architecture, live A/V performances, TV and film. Latitude was shot by D-Fuse together with local artists during a 3 month research period in China [supported by the British Council and the Arts Council England]. Soon to be available as part of D-Fuse DVD/BlueRay/HD DVD focusing on China and urban culture, that will include other D-Fuse films including Brilliant City. Find out more at www.dfuse.com.

Latitude_Redux is a condensed extract from D-Fuse's live sonic cinema performance with the split screen representing the 2 screens used in the live show. It is inspired by the notion of drifting through the land + soundscapes of China and uses fragments of conversations, lights, + architectural forms to trace the multitudes of paths, identities + influences which make up the rapidly changing urban environments of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing. Founded by Michael Faulkner in the mid-1990s, D-Fuse is a group of designers and artists who reflect on the key relationship between sound + image in a wide range of creative media, from web, print and mobile media to art and architecture, live A/V performances, TV and film. Latitude was shot by D-Fuse together with local artists during a 3 month research period in China [supported by the British Council and the Arts Council England]. Soon to be available as part of D-Fuse DVD/BlueRay/HD DVD focusing on China and urban culture, that will include other D-Fuse films including Brilliant City. Find out more at www.dfuse.com.

Bubblyfish's To New World" features visuals by CHiKA (www.imagima.com). a live computer visuals artist working within New York's expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Bubblyfish (www.bubblyfish.com) creates 8-bit and experimental sound works. This live mix recorded on August 22

Follow the Red Dots" features visuals by CHiKA to the gameboy music of Bubblyfish. CHiKA (www.imagima.com) is a live computer visuals artist working within New York's expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Bubblyfish (www.bubblyfish.com) creates 8-bit and experimental sound works. This live mix recorded on August 22

Feedback is the result of experimentation with beat detection, dynamic threshold levels, and 3D video feedback loops. The audio track was created by Bit Shifter, a musician who creates music with Nintendo Gameboys. Everything else was created with Processing (processing.org). A feedback loop is created by mapping the contents of the screen onto a three dimensional space. The beat triggers control the position and rotation of the camera as well as the field of view and style of feedback. visuals: Flight404 (Robert Hodgin) http://www.flight404.com audio: Bit Shifter http://www.bit.shifter.net ©2005 Robert Hodgin / Bit Shifter source: Various Artists: Sonic Acts XI – The Anthology of Computer Art www.sonicacts.com

Tea With Galactus composed by Joshua C. Davis ©2005 noteNdo / Bit Shifter visuals: noteNdo http://www.audiovideo.sevcom.com audio: Bit Shifter http://www.bit.shifter.net

FrankenKat vs Prana is the first collaboration between Club Chroma/FloatingWorlds artist Frank Ford and multi-dimensional music label, club, restaurant and holistic center, Temple, from San Francisco. FrankenKat's sensational visuals are mixed to the first two tracks of Prana, the first CD released on Temple's label. Dancers filmed by Skylar Nielsen and John Wadsworth, wearing fashion of the Adored label by Lili Forrest. Copyright: 2008 Temple Music Group Publishing: 2008 Zen Compound Publishing Track Two: Swar Artist: Caren Hope Project Written By: Jay Williams & Per Marshall Copyright: 2008 Temple Music Group Publishing: 2008 Zen Compound Publishing Web: (http://www.clubchroma.com; http://www.templesf.com; http://www.imadored.com; http://www.floatingworlds.com)

Stag: Lite Mix introduces the Polish indie filmmakers, Baltazar Janowski and Mariusz Nowak to Club Chroma. Bolstered by the music of Chicago DJ, James Lauer's Midnight Groove, Stag explores one night in the lives of two Las Vegas dancers. Club Chroma will feature a new film by these innovative filmmakers in the next few months. (http://www.jameslauer.com; http://www.floatingworlds.com)

Dub track featuring jazz clarinet by Perry Robinson and otherworldly vocals by Taressa Bell. Snake dancer Le'ema Kathleen Graham creates her magic against a backdrop of time-lapse nature footage of Emmy winning cinematographer David Fortney.

Breakbeat with far eastern influences. Featuring Balinese masked dancers Audette Sophia & Jena Kline, whose stylized movements are complimented by visualizations of the music.

Progressive techno with vocals by Sofiah Thom & Desire. Video was shot in the Mermaid Room at the world-famous Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz mountains. Take a breath before you dive deep and swim with our models in this underwater fantasy.

Hip-Hop/Techno (Hypno) track. Urban electro hip hop. Featuring time-lapse footage of San Francisco by Emmy winning cinematographer David Fortney. MC Auric & Dr. D pollinate the cityscape with electro magnetic visions. Featuring dancers Sofiah Thom and Makaylah

From the Mad Flat Collective comes the mash-up of VisualHornHonking with the smooth sounds of DJ ActivePhaze. VisualHornHonking http://www.visualhh.com DJ ActivePhaze http://www.activephaze.all.dj/ This live mix produced on September 8, 2008 by Forward Motion Theater as a part of the Studio Session Series. http://www.forwardmotiontheater.org ©2008 Mad Flat / Forward Motion Theater

Peter Kirn simultaneously performs video and audio for a live audience at EyeWash *Cycles* September 12, 2008 in New York City. http://peterkirn.com/ http://www.forwardmotiontheater.org/eyewash-cycles/08/20/2008

Maya Sky unites with Forward Motion Theater to create a visual track for her "Lurid Splendor" Music: Maya Sky http://www.myspace.com/mayasky Visuals: Forward Motion Theater http://www.forwardmotiontheater.org