CHiKA: Purely Eloquent

040609 SOMMEIL from Visualicious: CHiKA on Vimeo.

CHiKA is an old friend of mine. Our histories go back further then both our respective involvements with the VJ medium. To me her most impressive works have come for her collaborations with avante-garde musicians, most notably the experimental minimal electronic sounds of i8u.

The video above was the result of a performance (with the music of Jason Henry and Jeremy Bible) in Cleveland for an event called Sommeil: A place for sleep. The event was curated by Tanner Menard who interviewed CHiKA about her work.

One of the things I love about this particular video clip is CHiKA's use of the particles. She has spent the time to figure out how to use them without being overwhelmed by them. I had the great pleasure of seeing another example of particles being used in a similar vein and will include this in my following post that will cover my trip to Vienna/Brno from last week.