"Energy In Motion" by Jim Cypher aka Joey Daytona 8 half-hour multimedia performances Sat. June 23rd 2007 @ Third Life Studio in Union Square Somerville MA, 4-8pm - $3 per person. This project is funded in part by a grant from the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Jim Cypher works under the name "Joey Daytona" as a DJ, VJ, artist and performer. On his Somerville Community Access TV show "Joey Daytona's World of Adventure" he created a 7 minute video and audio montage titled, "Energy In Motion" in November of 2006. Since then he has remixed and recontextualized the content layers to produce version 2.0 (15 minutes) and 3.0 (20 minutes). The live performance of this piece will be version 4.0 and will be 30 minutes looped 8 times for a total of 4 hours.
The next four photos are from the performance at the Third Life Studio on June 23rd, 2007.
The Middle East is a region, a people, a culture and a way of thinking about the world.
Media images of women in burqas or as enticing belly dancers mix with those of imported oil.
Western perspectives on the Middle East collide with misperceptions and the truth.
Religion, politics, economics, technology and social control create friction here and there.
Internal and external conflict masks the inherent problems needing resolution.
Energy in motion and motion in energy creates an interdependence unique to our times.
Wants, needs and desires ebb and flow between our cultures without heeding borders.
Globalization, democracy and the exploitation of the Third World causes awkward questions.
A mediated message from afar withstands translation and interpretation.
Conflicts and the clash of ideologies, faiths and expectations create chaos and disorder.
