Daytime out now!

Daytime's synth voices and painterly visuals spin a dreamy tale. The Sun cannot pierce through a cloud-wrapped planet and thus wages war with sunbeams. The Clouds fight back with vapors; in the end, life wins.

Daytime's sinuous imagery was hand-crafted with the Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer, an analog video instrument built in the early 70s. Like a TV from another dimension, the Rutt/Etra gives artists total control of the screen with knobs, oscillators and sound-responsive circuitry. It is a modular analog computer, programmed with patch chords.

The artists dedicate Daytime to the memory of Steve Rutt, co-inventor of the Rutt/Etra. Steve's pioneering work as an engineer and entrepreneur helped create the media culture we now live in.

Music by Steve Nalepa.
Video co-created by Benton-C Bainbridge, V Owen Bush and Steve Nalepa.
Video produced at dvlabs in New York.

 

The Water Stage at Xi'an Horticultural Expo


The Water Stage, detail view

A multimedia spectacle just concluded at Xi'an, China's 2011 International Horticultural Exposition. Video director Benton-C Bainbridge and choreographer Brooke Broussard's collaboration "Infinite Light" contributed dance video to this extravaganza under the artistic direction of Huang Hui. The production combined live dance performances by Chinese and American dancers with lasers, underwater LED displays, and Bainbridge's painterly effects projected onto multiple giant screens made of water and fog. It was performed for the 178 day duration of the Xi'an World Expo from April 28, 2011 to October 22, 2011.

The unique, cross-cultural collaboration of Hui, Broussard, and Bainbridge yielded a technologically groundbreaking and visionary show for the 2011 Expo.

Infinite Light Water Stage Dance Media at Xi'an Horticultural Expo 2011

Infinite Light info page
Official Site of 2011 Horticultural Expo Xi'an
October 7, 2011 U.S. premiere of Infinite Light Water Stage dance media


The Water Stage, detail view

 

Glowing Pictures at Da Ming Palace

October 7-13, 2011 in Xi'an

Glowing Pictures designed and played supersized visuals at Surpass 2011 for thousands of nightly attendees in Xi'an, China's Da Ming Palace Park. The Palace grounds turned into an outdoor club as international DJs took the stage with Glowing Pictures' VJ Julian Han Bush.


 

One Step Beyond Season 5


Rose Center for Earth and Space

Glowing Pictures is thrilled to announce that One Step Beyond is back at the American Museum of Natural History for a 5th Season! #1SB 5 launched in October, 2011 with a Best Coast DJ set and continued with a Dirty Projectors DJ set in January, 2012.

Glowing Pictures have been the resident visual designers for One Step Beyond for all five seasons, and continue our run of largely sold-out shows. One Step Beyond has been called the "Best Museum Party" by New York Magazine, and the Village Voice says "One Step Beyond literally has you on another planet with the spectacular light show".


photo by Kim Jungmin

OSB upcoming dates in 2012:
February 17 . March 16 . April 20 . May 18 . June 15
Musical Guests TBA, check the museum website for updates

Here's a clip from Season 4. Dan Deacon got the crowd spiraling, bopping and tunneling at #1SB One Step Beyond.

 

Official page for One Step Beyond
AMNH official photos of 11MAR11 OSB
The Fader on Shabazz Palaces at OSB
New York Times on Shabazz Palaces at OSB
New York Times on One Step Beyond
New York Times photo of Glowing Pictures visuals at #1SB

South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center Grand Opening Multimedia Show

On October 1 & 2, 2011, South Miami-Dade's newest Arts Center celebrated its Grand Opening with a multimedia spectacle integrating music, dance, art and projections. Benton-C Bainbridge designed layers of video to turn the stage into a giant diorama, portraying the people and places of the county from its devastation by Hurricane Andrew through today's rebirth. Mark Moormann's vérité videography was interwoven with art by Edouard Duval Carrié to paint a magically-real picture. Director Heidi Marshall brought exceptional local talent together to tell the tale of the SMDCAC and its diverse community in the cities, suburbs and farms of the Southern-most reaches of mainland America.

Glowing Pictures in Hollywood!

Glowing Pictures produces a multi-channel audiovisual entertainment program in collaboration with Imagination The Americas for a top secret Gala Event in Los Angeles celebrating a century of Hollywood storytelling. We will post details in early November, stay tuned!

 

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