Hobbs, James (2024) MONO NO AWARE XVIII Festival of Cinema Arts Live performance of H(xy)/V(z)=Ø. [Show/Exhibition]

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Abstract

H(xy)/V(z)=Ø stems from an interest in grid systems, the "nocturnal", and the use of artificial lighting to create or enhance an augmented form of vision. The recollected experience of being blinded by headlights while driving at night sets loose a series of fragmented moving images, archival photographs and motion graphics which in turn create a type of hallucinatory experience. The original film was projected onto a monumental blackboard surface which was enhanced by a hand-drawn grid made with engineers’ chalk. The structure/screen relates to Hobbs’ father’s work at General Electric, where automotive lighting was tested out by projecting street scenes onto a gridded wall and then shining automotive head lamps on top of that – measuring the technical/numerical/visual range of the light while also destroying the superficially projected image. With H(xy)/V(z)=Ø, this destruction/dismantling of image through multiple projections onto a marked grid extends into a more performative act of expanded cinema. The audio for the work is composed of collected sounds using electromagnetic microphones to pick up invisible sonic currents from light sources including automotive lamps and handheld torches which are then run through a variety of analogue effects pedals and digital filters. For this performance, Hobbs and Ojon create these sounds live while intermixing other improvised sonic elements.

In the spring of 2007, the first Mono No Aware call for entries was announced. The event was held in November that year in the historic Galapagos Art Space at its original location on North 6th Street Brooklyn, New York. On that cold Sunday evening, with an audience that was past capacity, it was decided that there was interest large enough to continue Mono No Aware as an annual event. Since then, entries have come in from all over the world and the event has moved to larger spaces to accommodate its growing audience. Our tenth anniversary year, was our largest ever with 4000+ in attendance and 150 works by 150 international artists over 22 nights.

Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cinema arts, expanded cinema, distortion, experimental cinema
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NE Print media
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > Centre for Sound and Image Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Design and Creative Industries
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2025 11:48
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731

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