Plazaville
by G.H. Hovagimyan, with Christina McPhee and Artists Meeting
with funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Plazaville is a new media video art work set in 21st century New York City. It is based on the classic 1965 movie "Alphaville" by Jean Luc Godard. The scenes from the original "Alphaville" are being re-enacted, interpreted and improvised upon by artists, actors and videographers. The piece uses the Internet as one means of distributing the short video clips. Viewers can download new scenes as they become available. This is somewhat like a serialized program but is not in any order. The videos can be viewed on computers, iPhones and large screen HD televisions (using AppleTV). Plazaville extends the notion of video-performance by using the idea of a movie shoot as vehicle for ephemeral performance art. [Needs Quicktime Plugin]

Recollecting Adams is a 25-part web-based animation series that will conclude in December 2009. A new episode will launch every two weeks. "The people of Adams, Massachusetts are gifted storytellers. We learned that in our first few weeks here. When they enter the gallery, they tell us about how they bought gloves when the storefront was Pociask’s Dress Shop, or how they took guitar and accordion lessons when it was La Flemme’s Music Store. And this is just inside the building. When we’re standing outside, we hear tales of Summer Street and the town. People in Adams really know its history and love sharing it. They weave their personal family stories into a rich history of immigration, the mills, the church and more, across several generations." Marianne Petit

Recollecting Adams is part of Networked Realities: (Re)Connecting the Adamses — a collaboration between Greylock Arts, Turbulence.org and MCLA Gallery 51. It includes four commissioned works housed in the Department of Public Works at www.newadams.es.

Adams and North Adams sit at the base of Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts. It is their unifying landmark and, according to local Indian legend, a spiritual beacon. A drawing of the landscape is used as the organizing structure for a series of embedded video clips. Seeded with videos by the artist, the domain is now open to everyone (artists, citizens, kids). Submissions should be relatively short and can be video art, documentary, animation, personal stories related to place, family histories, short film, experimental, or anything else. A united portrait of the towns, their people, and their history will be created by many voices contributing to the domain.

Domain of Mount Greylock is part of Networked Realities: (Re)Connecting the Adamses — a collaboration between Greylock Arts, Turbulence.org and MCLA Gallery 51. It includes four commissioned works housed in the Department of Public Works at www.newadams.es.