GH Hovagimyan will do a Post Punk sound performance with guitar, looper and effects
pedals in Raphaele Shirley’s light installation work. His use of electric guitar is a symbol
of American culture.the It must be remarked that GH was part of the original late 1970’s
No Wave music scene in New York City. The piece is an outgrowth of the collaborative
work called 3by3by3 with Raphaele Shirley and Rhys Chatham.
LOCATION: Elements! in Art and Tech exhibition
Harvestworks Art and Technology Program Building 10a, Nolan Park Governors Island
Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
Time: 2:45 pm
All events are free.
No/Nu is a hybrid performance work. The performance involves GH improvising over previously recorded guitar loops This was inspired by Rhys Chatham’s use of looper and special effects pedals for the collaborative piece 3by3by3 that also featured Raphaele Shirley’s light sculptures. Indeed Rhys gave GH the guitar used in the piece and encouraged him to play with it. GH also uses Mac’s experimental voice modeling tool to have his synthesized voice sing while he accompanies on guitar.
• BIOS
G.H. Hovagimyan is an experimental artist working in a variety of forms. He was one of the first artists in New York to start working with the Internet in the early nineties. His work ranges from new media and hypertext works to digital performance art, video art, augmented reality and interactive installations.
His works have been exhibited at MoMA, Mass MoCA, The Whitney Museum, The New Museum, The
Walker Art Center, Jeu De Paume, MAC Marseille, MAC Lyon, Pompidou Center, Lincoln Center, ICA The
Clocktower, The Kitchen, The Alternative Museum, Eyebeam Art & Technology, List Visual Arts Center,
La Gaite Du Lyrique, Stuttgart Kunstverein, Steim Institute, the Moscow Center for Contemporary Art,
Postmasters Gallery, Pace Digital Gallery
He has also exhibited works in major festivals and art fairs including; 2o Encuentro de Cultura Digital, Art Basel Miami, Pulse Miami, Art Cologne, Split Film Festival, Conflux Festival, Video Dumbo, Scope Art Fair, Frieze Art Fair, Avignon Numerique, The Documenta, Interferences 2nd International Festival of Urban Multimedia Arts, Les Musiques, Marseille and Prix Ars Electronica 98 where he won an award for
his collaborative work with Peter Sinclair.
His works are in the collections of The Walker Art Center, The Whitney Museum, The Alternative Museum, Computer Fine Arts Collection and Perpetual Art Machine
About the Elements! in Art and Tech exhibition. Programmed for the annual Harvestworks Art and Technology Program Building on Governors Island, the artworks in this group show are inspired by elements of light, water, earth, flower plasma and their influence on humans. Selected by the Harvestworks arts committee and the Executive Director Carol Parkinson, the works use creative technology such as audio/video spatialization, gesture, body tracking and vegetal power.
