Impulsions Errantes - Alexis Gagnon from ‡ _on_gaz_ ‡ on Vimeo.
Ce projet est une exploration entre sculpture et video. Trois morceaux de béton sont installé sur un mur à la vertical. Des vidéos sont par la suite projeté sur ces morceaux. Les visuels se caractérise par des formes humaines, représentant différent mouvement. Le but étant de de décomposer la motion humaine et faire réaliser l’énergie que le corps contient. Cette oeuvre tient à représenter que chaque motion est une entité complexe, s’organisant distinctement dans l’espace. Utilisant des images de silhouette humaine altéré digitalement, celle-ci deviennent intemporelle, permettant de constamment réimaginer l’information qu’elle procure.
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Function Call from ‡ _on_gaz_ ‡ on Vimeo.
Sonic or visual, my pieces often pinpoint a relationship between humans and machines. Nowadays, information taken from human body to computer is becoming a common process. Technology goes forward to developing machines that read the body. In fact, pulse, physical strength, and neural activities can all be monitor through a whole range of sensors. Equipment such as pacemakers and microchips implants bring the relationship between humans and technology even closer by integrating devices into humans. This piece shows an intimate look towards this relationship, which arises questions on biomedical engineering’s expansion in our society. Furthermore, this piece suggests a reality where humans will have the option to be programmed the same way a computer is.
The visuals in this piece, therefore, suggest a situation where a human is being manipulated through coding. The aesthetic shows a program enable to implant information in a human through an electronic chip or similar devices. Since we are already able to control beetle’s movement through electronics and programming, it is clear to me that one day, human will be codable too. Questions about our ethical behavior and morality regarding this issue is soon to be discussed.
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Aokigahara - “Alaskan” from ‡ _on_gaz_ ‡ on Vimeo.
Videoclip
Alaskan from Aokigahara’s ADHD EP (2016)
About this performance,
Rope has long served as a staple in the bondage aspect of BDSM in Western culture. Yet, much of what is practiced today in regards to rope bondage has evolved from Eastern culture, specifically Japan. In the 1400s rope became a tool used by Japanese warriors to secure their captured enemies on battlefields, and by the 1600s it became common in law enforcement. The forms that the warriors and law enforcement used became known as Hojojutsu, which was characterized by quick knots made from natural fiber rope. It was recognized as a martial art.
Over the years Hojojutsu faded from practice and is not widely practiced today. However, it serves as the main influence for modern rope bondage that is practiced both in the East and the West. The two main modern forms are called Shibari and Kinbaku
The word shibari in Japanese means “decorative tying”. Kinbaku is a verb meaning “bind tightly”. There is no exact date when the West started to adopt these practices from Japan, but for hundreds of years they have been slowly assimilating into the Western BDSM culture.
Both Kinbaku and Shibari can be practiced by men or women on men or women. The person who has studied the form and ties the knots is known as a rigger.
Rope bondage is an erotic art and can give the participants sexual pleasure, without anything we would consider traditional sex being involved (no genitalia).
Rope Performance by Dea Kaizoku and Meh Ditaction
Video filmed and edited by ONGAZ
Listen to the full album on bandcamp
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Copyrights to the original artists
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Original text from sites.psu.edu/245spring2015/2015/04/02/shibari-and-kinbaku/
Special thanks to Tension for procuring a safe place for this performance.
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Trapped (extract) from ‡ _on_gaz_ ‡ on Vimeo.
“Trapped” is an interactive video installation that plays with the idea of humans being enslaved to technology
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