Willits, Christopher (Willits)

For a while now I’ve needed a hand with managing all of the ideas and logistics of Overlap releases and publishing, and I’ve finally found the man. Luke recently finished a music business degree, brings expertise in publishing and releasing music, has a passion for new ways of doing things (we dig), + he is just a super awesome guy.
We’re very happy to have him as a part of the team.
Welcome Luke !

After much deliberation, Luke and I are putting the final touches on the next wave of Overlap releases.
This spring a new cycle begins, and we’ll be bringing more beautiful experimental music to all of you.

As always, thanks so much for the continued support of Overlap and the art experiment you are all a part of.

This will be a gorgeous series of light experiments and performances.

Presented in association with the SF Cinematheque, The Illuminated Corridor and Overlap.org :
Apparent Motion – The Art of Live Image Projection
Feb 20th and 21st 2010
Victoria Theatre
2961 16th st.
SF, CA

members: $5 / non-members: $10
advance tickets – here
2-Day Pass: members: $15 / non-members: $35
2-Day Pass – here

Sandra Gibson & Luis Recoder [New York City, USA] with Adam Sonderberg, sound (headliner)
CinePimps (Alfonso Alvarez & Keith Arnold) [Berkeley, USA]
Abject Leader (Sally Golding & Joel Stern) [Brisbane, Australia]

Apparent Motion celebrates the art of live image projection—the cinematic exhibition apparatus exposed as a primal light and sound machine, an invention without a future, ripe for rediscovery. Working with modified or distressed film projectors as if they were musical instruments or with live manipulation (even mutilation) of projected film (or even directly with the exalted beam of light itself), the artists presented over this weekend fuse image and sound into profound site-specific (yet cinematic) experiences—dazzling light works suggesting a paradoxically concrete form of sound/image synesthesia. From afar we welcome Abject Leader (Sally Golding & Joel Stern); Sandra Gibson and Luis Recorder with local sound artist Adam Sonderberg; Karl Lemieux and Hyena Hive; and Bruce McClure, who will each present multiple works in the company of artists CinePimps (Alfonzo Alvarez & Keith Arnold); Kerry Laitala and Michael Proft; Paul Clipson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma; and Keith Evans. Collectively, this coterie of laudable lens-crafters will present a series of one-of-a-kind works assured to activate the exhibition space with bristling energy. It will be a weekend guaranteed to traverse the erotically sublime, confoundingly absurd, materially metaphorical and sensorial assaultive. Clearly, something for everyone is this mercurial menagerie. (Steve Polta) .

We’re excited to ramp up more Overlap releases and introduce more publishing opportunities this year.

In 2010 you can expect new work by Electricwest, Tom Hall, Groopies, Flossin, and Matmos/Willits/Boyce. !

More info, music, and videos soooon.

Overlap Shop :

I’ll be DJ’ing a special night of Haitian dance and drumming on Jan 30th 7pm with Djenane St.Juste, Fofo, and drummer Jeff Pierre, who is a featured drummer on my upcoming solo record.

Please come out to support. This is an amazingly talented family from Haiti that needs our help. Donations at the door will go to Djenane, Jeff, and Fofo’s immediate family and will make an instantaneous impact upon their lives.

The event will be at :
KUNST-STOFF arts
929 Market Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Djenane St.Juste
Fofo
Jeff Pierre
Christopher Willits
+ more

Our friends at Twinspace are doing a great thing on Jan 23. Hope to see people here. Overlap and Twinspace will be working together in 2010.

from http://spaz.org/node/1480 :

this will be a special edition of the opiate series, as the building will be having an open studios night(!!!!) there are several amazing art galleries at 2111 mission, and you can get yer culture on. also, our good friend kelley porter will be doing some painting for your perusal. come
one, come all(!!!)

saturday january 23rd

opiate
ambient. experimental. downtempo.

*heath fedder (pan-zen, portland…)
*scott arford (7hz…)
*dJynnx (nommo ogo, katabatik…)
*666gangstaZ (5lowershop…)

live painting by kelley porter…

with your resident dJs:
*bloodysnowman
*david 8
*heartworm

at twinspace, 2111 mission between 17th and 18th streets.
7 dollar donation at the door.
shoes optional(!!!!!)

That time of year again. Any overlap users submitting to Prix Ars Electronica this year ?

From its very inception in 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica is an open platform for various disciplines at the intersection of art, technology, science and society. Again more than 3,000 submissions in 2009 have further enhanced the Prix Ars Electronica’s reputation as an internationally representative competition honoring outstanding works in the cyberarts.
The aim of the competition is to continually keep the Prix Ars Electronica updated in line with leading-edge developments in the dynamic field of cyberarts.

http://www.aec.at/prix_about_de.php

If you missed the free version of Live on Earth Volume 2, sent to my mailing list you can still get the best quality files here :

Live On Earth Vol.2 – BEST QUALITY FILES (FLAC, 320k MP3) :
http://shop.christopherwillits.com/album/live-on-earth-volume-2

High quality files do sound better, and unlike itunes, which takes about a 1/3 cut, my shop’s sales go directly to me. Buying from this shop is the best sounding, and most direct way to support the production of my art. Many thanks to Ethan and Joe + crew and the amazing bandcamp.com. And if you like “Beams” you will also dig “Plants and Hearts“.

BANGKOK NEW YEAR’S PARTY
+ If you happen to be in Bangkok this week, I’ll be playing a DJ set of a bunch new tracks on New Year’s Day.
http://bit.ly/5QfnVF

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2010 is going to be an exciting year. I have at least one new solo studio record to unveil, and few collaborations that i’m very happy to share. More tours, releases, videos, and sounds on the way.