/2006 /2005 10/21 :: Oddville Vaudeville, 119 Gallery, Lowell. Showed a video dance piece made with Heather McQuiston. 09/02-03 :: R3-VoLT 1, 119 Gallery, Lowell. Industrial music festival featuring local, regional and international musicians produced by Voidstar Produced. I did video projection with several acts. This was the opening show at 119 Gallery. 08/26 :: X-PARTY, Art Interactive, Cambridge. Noise and Burlesque: Karlheinz, noise; DJ DeftlyD, industrial; DJ Vartan, techno; Lena & w2, video; Jen Moher, burlesque. This was a great show which featured three noise and electronic music sets with video. In between sets Jen Moher as Little Red Coquette presented two short skits. 08/17 :: EYEWASH, Velocity Lounge, New York, NY. VJ showcase: Video and dance performance with Joe Burgio, Heather McQuiston, Lena Schneiwind and Vartan. 08/01 :: Improvisation: Integration and Awareness, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT. Joe Burgio, Katt Hernandez and I conducted a 3hr workshop in video, music and movement improvisation for Goddard students. 07/15 :: 100sec Video Festival, Evos Arts, Lowell. One of Wright's videos is in the festival. The 100sec Video Festival is sponsored by Evos Arts and the Revolving Museum. It includes 44 videos by local, national and international artists. 06/24 :: Second World Reggae Night, Evos Arts, Lowell. 06/05 :: Oxfam Benefit, CasaNia, Cambridge. With the Amalgam Trio: Joe Burgio, movement; Katt Hernandez, violin; Walter Wright, video and analog synthesizer. Other performers include Nicole Bindler and Jonathan Vincent, Jen Schoonover, Ali Ross and Jennifer Newman, Lior Benador, Wyoma, and Capoeira Brasil. 2pm, CasaNia, 46 Porter Rd. 05/08 :: Boston Cyberarts 2005 Closing Party, Enormous Room, Cambridge. A relaxed party that began with DJ Vartan spinning experimental electronica while I shredded clips from Forbidden Planet and followed by my video Metropolis::remix with an improvised electronic score by DJ DeftlyD, CDs; Mike Fun, Theremin and electronics; and myself; analog synthesizer. 6pm, Enormous Room, 567 Mass Ave. 04/24 :: One Pixel Boston, Boston Cyberarts 2005, Boston. Outdoor performance at the pixel in the 'Fens' with Joe Burgio and Heather McQuiston followed by an improvisation at Open Floor with text by Steven Holloway and movement by Joe Burgio, Teresa Czepiel, Heather McQuiston, and Fred. I played percussion. 04/23 :: CONVERGENCE, Art Interactive, Cambridge. After hours party for Boston Independent Film Festival. Video improvisation with Benton-C Bainbridge with sound by Ross Goldstein, and a set with Peter Johnson's new band NKV4. Also on the bill DJ Flack and sosolimited. 1am, Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Dr. 04/23-05/01 :: Salon de Refuse, group show at Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell. 04/09 :: HEADSTRONG5, Los Angeles, CA. Video projection with DJ Vartan. 04/02 :: Second World Tsunami Benefit, Evos Arts, Lowell. Video projection for the Big Ben Jazz Trio, The Jelley Fund, Dis N Dat, and Dr Professor in the Gallery Grill. >> videoJAM /2004 10/30 :: 3rd Annual Halloween Bash, Evos Arts, Lowell. Dance Disruptions: Joe Burgio, Katt Hernandez, Lena, Heather McQuiston, w2. From 9-11pm Dance Disruptions took over gallery space throughout the building. Katt played her Stroh Violin and I played Bohdran for Heather and Joe who danced. Lena shot the performance with her camcorder and the video was projected onto the gallery walls. Noise & Pornography: Joe Burgio, Lena, Heather McQuiston, Nau-zee-auN, RAT, DJ Vartan, w2, ZipperSpy. From 11pm-1am Noise & Pornography ran on the 4th floor. Nau-Zee-auN destroyed several TV sets accompanied by harsh industrial noise. Video projections filled two walls with live and pornographic images. DJ Vartan played strange, intense music. Thanks to Vartan the sound system rocked. ZipperSpy + w2 wrapped it up with aural/visual catharsis and abreaction. Produced by 911 Gallery, Royal Jelly Collective, and Evos Arts. 10/01 :: electrovideomove, microMUSEUM, Brooklyn, NY. Music: DJ DeftlyD, Darryl Hell, David Linton. Video: Dial888, Mary Ann, w2. Dance: Joe Burgio, Teresa Czepiel, Heather McQuiston. 9pm, microMUSEUM, 123 Smith Street. 09/11-12:: electrovideomove, Philly Fringe, CEC, Philadelphia, PA. Music: DJ DeftlyD, Ukuphabana, Vers. Video: Lena, w2. Dance: Joe Burgio, Teresa Czepial, Heather McQuiston. Sat 4pm and Sun 8pm, Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave. 07/16 :: electrovideomove, ArtBeat!, Seven Hills Park, Somerville. Music: DJ DeftlyD, Ukuphabana, Vers. Video: Dial888, Lena, w2. Dance: Joe Burgio, Heather McQuiston, Edisa Weeks. 03/13 :: electrovideomove, Primal Digital, Brooklyn, NY. Beantown <> DUMBO. DJs: DJ DeftlyD, Darryl Hell, Horchata, David Linton. VJs: Angie Eng, Dial888, Naval Cassidy, w2. Dancers: Joe Burgio, Teresa Czepiel, Heather McQuiston, Edisa Weeks. Produced by 911 Gallery, Royal Jelly Collective and Voidstar. Special thanks to Julian Lauzzana and Primal Digital. 03/06 :: DVD Release Party, Artists at Large, Hyde Park. John Voigt Ensemble: John Damian, guitar; James Merenda, sax; Tom Plsek, trombone; John Voigt, electroacoustic bass; Walter Wright, Video Shredder. Featuring Nicole Bindler and Joe Burgio; dance. Premiering "Rubber Tellie" a film by Gene Damian, and "Illuminations" a DVD by the JVE. 02/28 :: The Happening, Chashama, NYC. A Leap Year Performance Extravaganza. Patrick Brennan, sax; Joe Burgio, dance; Michael Carter, spoken word; Stefan Eins, performance; Terry Mohre & Pam Payne, Video Fly; Walter Wright, Video Shredder. 02/27 :: electrovideomove, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge. DJs: Codec, DJ Phat_mk3, Scrap.edx, Vers. VJs: Dial8, Lena, Produkt, w2. Dancers: Daniel Abraham, Joe Burgio, Teresa Czepiel, Paul Kafka-Gibbons. Produced by 911 Gallery, Royal Jelly Collective and Voidstar. 01/30 :: electrovideomove, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge. DJs: DJ DeftlyD, DJ Vartan, Grenadier, Ukuphambana. VJs: Dial8, Dr T, Lena, w2. Dancers: Nicole Bindler, Joe Burgio, Teresa Czepiel, Paul Kafka-Gibbons, Heather McQuiston. Produced by 911 Gallery,Royal Jelly Collective and Voidstar. >> videoJAM /2003 10/31 :: 2nd Annual Halloween Bash, Evos Arts, Lowell. Artists: Dereck Alyward, Vinny Barberino, Terry Batian, Michael Batista, Catherine DeBrocke, Ron Decosta, Greg Eaton, eyeformation, Josh Falk, Denise Kupferschmidt, Eddie Martinez, Patrick Pollard, JB Littlefield, Nate Longcope, Janette Mundt, Ryan Shea Pare, Hans Reichart, Austin Sharpe, Caleb Sonik, Rickard Sartos, Jennifer Trela, Ned Vena, Nick Zaremba DJs: Selectress Iriela + King Alpha, DJVartan, DeftlyD, Darryl Hell. VJs: Jason Daniels, dial8, Nate Longcope, Produkt, Random Access Television, videoJAM. Performance: Emil Beaulieau, deiX + Chtuhlu Orchestra, Four Way Anal Touchfight, Lance Gargoyle, Ian Thal. Dancers: Nicole Bindler, Joe Burgio, Su Eaton, Heather McQuiston. Produced by 911 Gallery and Evos Arts. 07/03 :: One Minute Video Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY. 05/04 :: Visual Improvisation Symposium, YWCA, Cambridge. A full day of presentations, panel discussion and performances at the YWCA Cambridge. The afternoon program features presentations by Teresa Marrin Nakra, Immersion Music; Dennis Miller, Music Faculty Northeastern U; Carol Goss, founder of the Not Still Art abstract video festival; and Benton-C Bainbridge, multimedia artist and member of the pioneering video performance groups Nneng and The Poool. Following the presentations a panel including Dana Moser, Assoc Professor of Media Arts at Massart, chair; the presenters listed above; and Steina Vasulka, video pioneer, and co-founder of The Kitchen; will discuss topics such as Visual Music, visual instruments, visual improvisation, theory and performance. The evening program features performances by DrT, video with James Coleman, theremin and Joe Monteiro, percussion; Antony Flackett aka DJ Flack, laptop video; the BopAnts, freejazz and video improvisation; Steina, Violin Power; Benton-C Bainbridge, solo sound and video improv. The evening will conclude with a sound and video collaboration with Jason Lescalleet, tapeloops; and Benton Bainbridge, video improvisation. A Boston Cyberarts Festival event. 05/02-06/31 :: Origins, with Benton-C Bainbridge, Ben Piper, and Steina, Art Interactive, Cambridge. Wright's multi-monitor, multi-channel installation includes the "Video Shredder" which process a live feed from the gallery space. Additional channels of video with sound created at the Experimental Televison Center complete the installation. Monitors are placed in the gallery space and, in addition, a large video projection on the gallery wall. A Boston Cyberarts Festival event. 04/18 :: One Minute Video Festival, ATA, San Francisco, CA. 04/17 :: One Minute Video Festival, New Nothing Cinema, San Francisco, CA. 04/12 :: diSTILLation and more, Fylkingen Center for New Music and Intermedia Art, Stockholm, Sweden. The second of two programs, and more, consists of the work of artists who create work where the integration and interaction between non-narrative visual elements, the sound/music, and the technology are of the highest priority in creating video art. The program includes two of Wright's videos, Variations and Kamloopsloops. 04/10-05/10 :: Manifest 2003: A Juried Exhibition of Visual Art in Digital Media, Copley Society of Art, Boston. Manifest 2003 is a showcase of more than 20 digital photographs, prints, and video as well as interactive, site-specific and web-based projects by New England artists who use the computer as a vital tool in the creation of their art. The exhibition celebrates the artistic merits of these projects and as such draws connections between the history of art so commonly associated with the Copley Society of art and the future of art that both CoSo and the Boston Cyberarts Festival seek to encourage. Wright is showing Portraits: liz & wynee, heather and carey, three one minute portraits of dancers from Open Floor at Green Street Studios, Cambridge. The dancers are Liz Heichelbech, Wynne Wirth, Heather McQuiston and Carey McKinley. Music by Joe Brown, Mike Fun and Sam Loebel. 04/07 :: Digtital Films in the Digital Millenium, showing BopAnts from Samples '2002, Miami Valley Coop Gallery, Dayton, OH. 03/14 :: One Minute Video Festival, Flywheel, Easthampton. 03/07 :: One Minute Video Festival, Evos Arts, Lowell. Two of Wright's videos are in the festival. The One Minute Video Festival is sponsored by Evos Arts and the Revolving Museum. It includes approximately 50 videos by local, national and international artists. 03/01-04/31 :: Vertical Video, RPI's Folsam Library, Troy, NY. 02/23 :: Lumen Eclipse: River Gods, Cambridge. >> videoJAM /2002 09/14-02/23 :: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, The Ambient Electron: Abstract Media Art, with Devon Damonte and Dennis Miller, Lincoln, MA. Walter Wright shows video pieces in live settings using a device of his own invention - the "Video Shredder." The videos in this show are excerpts from one of his performances. A member of the Boston-area collective VideoSpace - as well as a staff associate at the Computer Arts Center, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston - Wright has performed throughout the east coast of the USA and Canada at art galleries and museums, schools and colleges, media centers, conferences, and festivals. One of the first video animators, he worked at Computer Image Corp in the early 1970s. In 1973-1976, as artist-in-residence at the Experimental Television Center, NY, he pioneered video performance touring public access centers, colleges and galleries with the Paik/Abe video synthesizer. 06/01-07/31 :: IV Salon De Arte Digital, Centro Cultural, Havana, Cuba. >> videoJAM /2001 04/19-05/07 :: Cyberarts 2001: Media Midway, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge. >> videoJAM