Videos

Jason Francesco Heath
Composition/Interactive Media

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Videos

Rain Ceremony for solo viola and live electronics -

Alma Fernandez, Viola; Jason Heath, electronics

Lucir y Destrellar for string trio -

Jennifer Choi, Violin; Alma Fernandez, Viola; David Mergen, Cello

Paper Music - for processed paper, animated stills, video

Electronics LIVE! - a New Media Event

Jason Heath with Robert Giracello

Coalescent Moments - a site-specific sound/movement installation commissioned by the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts.

Shodo for solo Cello - Timothy Loo, Cello

O2 for solo Piano - Gary Barnett, Piano

electroSculpt - video and electronics

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Rain Ceremony (2011)

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Live at UC Riverside, May 25, 2011

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Rain Ceremony is a sonic ritual whereby the performer is imbued with the power to conjure natural forces of wind, water, and rain; as well as a convergence of the archetypal and the virtual, the ‘natural’ and the electronic. The electronic elements are driven by original software developed using Max/msp/jitter, and include delayed playback of live sounds, and the use of dynamic filters and samples controlled in real time by the intensity of the performer.

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Lucir y Destrellar (2011)

for Mona

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Live at UC Riverside, May 25, 2011

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This piece, while distinct in its approach, is philosophically inspired by the later music of Morton Feldman. It depends on consistent quietude, stillness and restraint, elaborating harmonic threads of oscillating patterns and their interrelationships. Not intended to impose itself on the listener, this piece is designed to provide a sonic surface for self-reflection and deep, personal listening.

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Paper Music (2011)

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Premiere screening, May 5, 2011, at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of Arts

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This piece is comprised of over 1800 still photographs that are probabilistically animated using original software developed in Max/MSP/Jitter. The paper was first wet and crumpled, then dyed and dried. It was then backlit by candlelight while photographed. The sounds of the process subtly affect the brightness of the images. It may be played extremely quietly, with the sound very low, or even silent. Please adjust to taste!

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Electronics LIVE! (2011)

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April 7, 2011, at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of Arts

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Equal parts sound art installation, live music performance, and media fair expo, "Electronics Live!" converts the atrium floor of the Culver Center into an interactive media fair, demonstrating a variety of approaches to interactive technologies in music and the arts, and engaging the public with hands-on experience of these technologies in a fun and experimental environment.

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Coalescent Moments (2010)

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Live at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts

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a sound/movement installation with public performance interaction, choreographed dancers, and live video with custom software developed in Max/MSP/Jitter; and in collaboration with Choreographer Carrie Mikuls in August of 2010. This piece was commissioned by the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts.

This footage is from the rehearsal for Coalescent Moments, designed by Composer/Interactive Media Artist Jason Heath andChoreographer/Dancer Carrie Mikuls. It is designed to stream during the event; offering insights into the process and discussing many of the piece's strategies and mappings. See R ecent Activity page for more details.

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Shodo (2009)

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Shodo is the Japanese art of calligraphy. In the Zen tradition, Shodo is known as Hitsuzendo, and is meditation in action. Each gesture behind each brushstroke is made with conviction and wholeness of being, in a state of 'no-mind.' Here, one may think of the bow as the instrument, and the sound of the cello as the trace, or memory of the brushstroke, the only remaining evidence, of a state of 'no-mind.'

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