Light On The Exchange Closing Night Performances
Presented by Exchange District BIZ and Manufacturing Entertainment
Featuring A/V Performances by Kristen Roos (Vancouver), Diana Lynn VanderMeulen + Stefana Fratila (Toronto) and Casey Koyczan (Winnipeg)
Manufacturing Entertainment will host the closing event for the Exchange District BIZ’s Lights on the Exchange – Allumez le Quartier winter public arts festival at The Output on March 21, 2024.
The artists Kristen Roos (Vancouver), Diana Lynn VanderMeulen (Toronto) and Casey Koyczan (Winnipeg) whose projected artworks have been a part of this year’s festival are also audiovisual (A/V) performers. We are excited to announce that they will close the festival. Composer Stefana Fratila (Toronto) will join Diana while Casey and Kristen will perform both audio and visual.
Please purchase your tickets in advance as there is limited seating.
About the Artists
Diana Lynn VanderMeulen & Stefana Fratila
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION: For the culmination of Cosmos in Flux, (Lights on the Exchange) Diana Lynn VanderMeulen joins with sonic collaborator Stefana Fratila for a live hardware, improvisational performance derived from her album I want to leave this Earth behind. Together, they work to engage audiences in an immersive exercise imagining sci-fantastical atmospheres with a specific focus on alternate planetary realities.
Kristen Roos
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION: Kristen Roos’ multi-media performance speaks to the history of the computer as a creative tool, both visually and sonically. His Universal Synthesizer Interface project reflects this approach, through music that explores the limitations of vintage algorithmic MIDI sequencing software from the 1980s and ’90s. The visual element of his performance uses animation Kristen has created with vintage paint and animation software, and mixed live using video synthesis techniques.
Casey Koyczan
Casey Koyczan is a Dene interdisciplinary artist from Yellowknife, NT, who uses various mediums to communicate how culture and technology can grow together for us to develop a better understanding of who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. He creates with whatever tools necessary to bring an idea to fruition, and works mostly in sculpture, installation, 3D / VR / AR / 360, video, and audio works such as music, soundscapes and film scores.
He has a Multimedia Production diploma from Lethbridge College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Thompson Rivers University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Manitoba.