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Kelley Bolen, an Edmontonian as of late, has been a media artist and video jammer/improviser for the last three years. She has performed across Canada, throughout the western and parts of the eastern US and in Estonia. She jams her media art live by having a bank of QuickTime files and digital stills that she mixes in response to sound, environment and vibe through a freeware Jitter-based program called Dervish, then projects the results live on whatever surface she finds appealing. Her clips are a mix of processed and edited found footage and her own stop-motion animations, usually incorporating an element from her surroundings at each performance. In her own compositions she uses a mix of analog and digital: Super8, 16mm and digital stills. Filmmaking, especially in the realm of stop motion, tends to be fastidious in nature. Kelley's clips focus on layering meaning and story in laconic quips, where much thought, preparation, control and perfectionism occurs in solitude. Jamming live is the antithesis of filmmaking for Kelley and may be why it has such a strong draw for her. It is an improvised, collaborative, mistake-ridden entity whose frivolity does not exclude serious commentary or depth of symbol.

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http://myspace.com/kelleybolen

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