PARAFEELING

video/animation to be projected in collaboration with performance

by artist Asako Otsuka

JIM OVELMEN, Nov., 2013

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In collaboration with artist/performer Asako Otsuka, PARAFEELING, is an video by Jim Ovelmen utilizing painting and techniques of stop-motion photography and animation.

The use of wax and melting chemistry, from readily identifiable candles, to entirely abstract-dynamic forms, connect to dissolution, impermanence and relinquishment of control. With flowing and burning wax, scintillation and luminous form give sensations of awe, and a tone of recuperation and healing.

The sound for the work was created by a Moog synthesizer, also recorded by Ovelmen

"Parafeeling" is a projected video/animation work by Jim Ovelmen which is part of a collaboration with performance(s) by Asako Otsuka. Other artists will also be performing in relation to the event(s) of the Beitou Winking Public Art Festival 2013.

Otsuka is an international artist living in Taipei, she will perfom/direct a dance work, for the project room titled "Beitou Shaman's Experiment". Please look for more details on her work. The opening performance will be by painter George Ho. The overall festival will include an array of visual and performing artists. There will be ongoing art events from November 2013, through January 2014. The Beitou House is co-managed by Otsuka and Yeh Wei-li.

"Beitou Winking Public Art Festival 2013", is commissioned by the Taipei City Department of
Cultural Affairs. Hiu-Wen Hsu is the Project Manager.

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Beitou Province, Taiwan

Structure: indoor and outdoor: 3 floors duplex, 10 rooms (about5mx5m) and front yard. House in Beitou and surroundings will be transformed into visual art and performance areas. Previously a police office and abandoned for years, nature has reclaimed parts. Artists will make site specific works, installations and performances for the location. some original "before" photos, HERE.

note:

Beitou is well known for hot springs. The smell and sight of steam of these springs are everywhere. The aboriginal people called Beitou, "The place the Shaman lives"...

November 2013, TBA exact time

performances/projections may repeat, and continue through January 2014.

more events, to be announced...

4F, No. 2, Lane 39, Sec. 2, Jungshan N. Rd.,
104 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel. 886-2-2523-8852 (c/o Hiu-Wen Hsu)