Hard Haunted Mansion 2009 - Photos

I got to roam around a bit on Halloween night to take pictures of some of our mixed visuals at HARD Haunted Mansion.













Fortunately, I wasn't the only one out there with a camera, here are some photos with COLLABO's visuals in the background of the DJs.


Photo by Timothy Norris for LA Weekly


Photo by Timothy Norris for LA Weekly


Photo by ClubSoda.fm


Photo by ClubSoda.fm


Photo by Rony's Photobooth

HARD Haunted Mansion 2009

COLLABO will be live visuals for both days of HARD Haunted Mansion. Check us out on the Expos Stage.

Autumn Lights 2009 - Conclusion

While it's been a month later, Autumn Lights turned out well. Lots of work between building and getting the projections set-up at Pershing Square, but COLLABO as a whole fulfilled what we had in mind. Special thanks to Lilli Muller for curating and organizing such a large, well-attended exhibition. Also, the structure would not have been possible without Phillip Cameron, who designed the massive structure in collaboration with us. Below are some of the photos I took during the night and a video is on its way.

Autumn Lights 2009

COLLABO will be participating in Autumn Lights 2009 at Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles. As a team, we have been ambitiously constructing a large-scale tetrahedral structure that will provide a multifaceted projection surface to display our installation-specific video pieces and motion graphics.

Additionally, this multimedia installation, titled "A Manifestation of Collective Subconscious", loosely encompasses the various stages of the sleep and dream cycles. The themed video pieces are further enhanced by a custom soundscape and score from the experimental rock group, Golden Hits.

The art festival will be held this Saturday, September 19th from 7:00 PM to 1:00 AM. For additional information visit the official site.

Within this post are some of our preliminary tests on the structure surfaces, which I photographed during one of our assembly days. You can see more photos on my Flickr photostream.

HARD Summer Fest 2009

After a bit of hiatus to focus on getting some more original content produced, COLLABO will be making a profound return to various mediums and venues this August / September. Coming August 8th, will be the HARD Summer Festival, where COLLABO will debuting completely new material. We'll also be performing at a fundraiser (warm-up session) this Saturday, August 1st, at the Nomad Gallery in Echo Park.

However, HARD will be the place to be, if you want to catch some new COLLABO content. Below is one new clip for the mix:

Summer COLLABO Happenings

I swear this blog isn't devoted to club events, though it is starting to look like it. COLLABO is simply nailing some big events, we finished our residency at CONTROL and we also visualized HARD 13 in March, see video below.

COLLABO video mixing at HARD 13:


COLLABO at HARD13 from Collaboratory on Vimeo.



Oh... and another thing. If you haven't already check out the COLLABO website, the COLLABO Myspace, and follow us on Twitter.

COLLABO was also recentley featured in the online Japanese design magazine, Shift, as seen here.

HARD 13 and Control

Busy as shit, so I'll be brief. COLLABO has a lot action lined up this month, including a residency at the Avalon for CONTROL, which can be read about in the previous post below.

However, we are also slated as the sole visual crew for HARD 13, this weekend, Friday, March 13. See flyer for the line-up or visit the website here.

While most of the group will be at HARD, I'll be at the Avalon for CONTROL, we are double-booked for the night.











And some weird Joshua Tree footage of my brother running around below: