Scott Keva James is a visual artist, working with light and sound, using video and projection in real spaces. His work includes live visual mixing, free-standing installation pieces, playable environments, portable video content, and printed art derived from video works.
Scott’s live performance work is more visual exploration than narration. It is essentially improvisational, following ideas as they occur and connecting dots on the fly. Ideally both the artists and viewer’s mental frameworks shift, lsoing the sense of self, of location, and of normal time. The result is entirely ephemeral.
Video
His installations emphasize interaction with specific people and specific spaces. The intention is to create something that both responds to, and alters energetic and emotional states. Everything is made from scratch, with a heavy emphasis on collection of ordinary images, organic motion and incidences of interesting light.
Chronology of Work
2018 | Westcott House Artist Residency | Springfield, OH – Projection Mapped installation piece – in the Hort Club at Hatch Artist Studios
2018 | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Birthday Fundraiser | Westcott House | Springfield, OH – outdoor, sound reactive installation during fundraising party.
2018 | Allotfest / Abberation Ignite | Mother Stewart’s Brewery | Springfield, OH – Multi – projector environmental installation and live stage support visuals with bands in conjunction with Aberration art show
2018 | Dozer’s Warehouse Closing Party | Dozer’s Warehouse | Seattle – Hanging paper mobile installation with audio-reactive projection mapping for a party produced by Lusio
2018 – April | Lusiolights | Volunteer Park Conservatory | Seattle – Collaboration with Mokedo – audio-reactive projection mapping on Mokedo’s big floral pieces
2018 | Light Work | Mokedo Studio | Seattle – installed audio-reactive pieces on multiple walls and hanging paper pieces.
2018 – March | Lusiolights | Volunteer Park Conservatory | Seattle – Large Paper Banners over DJ’s – installation with audio-reactive projection mapping
2018 – January | Lusiolights | Volunteer Park Conservatory | Seattle – 3 Dimensional installation with audio-reactive projection mapping
2017/2018 | New Year’s Eve | CNDY Factory | Seattle – Multi – projector environmental installation and live visual mixing
2017 | Pressure System | EKŌ House| Denver, CO – Projection-mapped live visual performance at after hours techno night
2017 | Halloween Bash | Mother Stewart’s Brewery | Springfield, OH – Multi – projector environmental installation and live stage support visuals with bands.
2017 | Kosin| Substation | Seattle – live visual performances with rock band.
2017 | Das Flot – at Lusio Festival | Seattle – Outdoor installation featuring projection mapping, audio reaction and interactive controls.
2017 | The Basement Sessions All Stars | Substation | Seattle – live visual performance with rock band.
2017 | Westcott House Artist Residency | Springfield, OH – A/V installation piece based on summer residency – in the Hort Club at Hatch Artist Studios
2017 | Westcott House Artist in Residence | Springfield, OH – created A/V installation piece test in parallel with teaching design studio
2017 | Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th Birthday | Westcott House | Springfield, OH – outdoor, sound reactive installation during fundraising party.
2017 | Trimtab | Rolling Bay Hall/Hattie’s Hat Backroom | Bainbridge/Seattle – performances with live trio.
2017 | Sylvan Series | Lusio | Volunteer Park Conservatory | Seattle – multiple installations in the plant conservatory.
2017 | Fractal Horizons – ambient album project with Jason Goessl.
2017 | Sight Unseen | Mokedo Studio | Seattle – installed audio-reactive Live Mural.
2016 | The Underground | Milk Bar |Denver – simple installation and live video mixing at minimal techno night.
2016 | Swivel Gallery Show | EKO House | Denver – installed projectors and mixed live during gallery event
2016 | Trimtab | Substation/Hattie’s Hat Backroom | Seattle – performances with live trio.
2016 | Westcott House Artist in Residence | Springfield, OH – created A/V installation piece test in parallel with teaching design studio
2016 | Hip Hop is Green | Harlem – created branding and interstitial pieces for the 10th Element of Hip Hop Gala
2016 | Lusio: A Night to Awaken | Volunteer Park | Seattle – sound-responsive audio/visual piece inside a translucent dome.
2015 | Decibel Festival: Optical | Triple Door | Seattle – performed with headliner Eskmo.
2015 | Trimtab | Hattie’s Hat Backroom | Seattle – performance with live trio.
2015 | The Underground | Milk Bar |Denver – simple installation and live video mixing at minimal techno night.
2015 | Hub Gallery Opening | Hub Gallery | Springfield, OH – multi-surface, networked video installation with live music
2015 | Westcott House Artist in Residence | Springfield, OH – created A/V installation piece test in parallel with teaching design studio
2014 | Decibel Festival | Seattle Center Fountain| Seattle – live projections onto international fountain at night
2014 | Funky Bhudda | Denver – live visuals with Kevin Callison.
2014 | The Underground | Milk Bar |Denver – simple installation and live video mixing at minimal techno night.
2013 | Tsurumi Records 5th Anniversary Party| The Mix | Seattle – live mix projections behind several bands
2013 | David Bowie Tribute Show | Gilly’s | Dayton, OH – provided stage atmosphere and textural effects over a series of glam rock tribute acts.
2012 | Funky Bhudda | Denver – live visuals with Kevin Callison and Seth Nichols
2011 | ::TSAR:: a Neodandi Fashion Performance | Bellevue, WA – The Now Device helped out with visual branding, mixing live cameras and custom content onto models, built-in video monitors, and, a huge curtain wall.
2010 | The Storybox Allstar | Inside/Out awards | Benaroya Hall | Seattle – stage performance opening Lucid Jazz Lounge’s first Inside/Out (I/O) music awards.
2010 | ByDesign 10 Opening Night Event | Northwest Film Forum | Seattle – Iller Aint A/V performance opening the festival. Also appearing: Scientific American and Wyndel Hunt.
2009 | Off The Wall: a Neodandi Fashion Opera | Neodandi House of Couture, Seattle – installation, live shooting and live video mixing, during and around a Michael Jackson themed fashion show and party
2009 | Who is Watching Who | Neodandi House of Couture, Seattle – live video installation, live camera operation at an open house / theatrical fashion show
2009 | Neodandi Halloween Party | Neodandi House of Couture, Seattle – mapped projections, mobile surfaces, scary and other content.
2009 | Decibel Festival: Optical | Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle – live A/V performance by Iller Aint
2009 | ByDesign 09 Opening Night Event | Northwest Film Forum | Seattle – my second invitation to play at this opening event. I pulled in Andy Seaver and we performed an A/V set as Iller Aint. Also appearing: Son of Rose.
2008 | Obelus with ndCv | Nectar | Seattle – live visuals with live/electronic trio – http://parlourtrick.com/artists/obelus/
2008 | Aberration V | State Theater | Springfield, OH – Fifth installment of the multi-faceted art opening series by Aberration Concensus. The Now Device managed projections on and around an antique stage proscenium.
2008 | Seattle Green Festival Vendor Party | Seattle Aquarium, Seattle – live A/V performance by Iller Aint during a private party in the aquarium’s main hall
2008 | Elan Vytal | 507 Bar Lounge, Williamsburg NY- live visuals with Elan Vytal (a.k.a. DJ Scientific) and violinist Matt Szemela
2008 | Club Cruz Control | The Moore Theater, Seattle – The Now Device, collaborating with Seattle Theater Group and choreographer Daniel Cruz
2007 | Virgin Festival | Pimlico Race Track | Baltimore – live video mix on an LED screen at the “dance tent” at this annual summer music fest. Artists included M.I.A., Girl Talk, Booka Shade, Danny Tenaglia, Infected Mushroom, The Crystal Method (DJ set), LCD Soundsystem, Sasha & John Digweed
2007 | School House Rawk! A New Year’s Celebration | Decibel Festival | Youngstown Cultural Arts Center | Seattle – Designed, installed and performed live in the Decibel Room w/Thomas Fehlmann, Jerry Abstract, Let’s Go Outside, Kristina Childs, and Nora Posch.
2007 | Aberration 2 | Clark County Heritage Center | Springfield, OH – The Now Device participated in this second in a series of Multi-media Art Exhibitions, put on by Aberration Concensus. This one benefitted Eyes Wide Open Worldwide. I mixed content and live cameras with Rod Hatfield.
2007 | VJ Night | 911 Media Arts Center | Seattle – a monthly event curated by VJ Scobot, featuring interviews with and performances by local visualists. Performance with ndCv and Hyacinth.
2007 | Share, NYC | Share | New York – I was the featured performer at the weekly share open jam.
2007 | ByDesign 07 Opening Night Event | Northwest Film Forum | Seattle – ndCv and I opened for a performance by Randy Jones.
2007 | More Music@the Moore: Mashup | Moore Theatre | Seattle – The Now Device collaborated with Seattle Theater Group and Musical Director DBR. We did stage and production design, ran three live cameras, 5 projection surfaces and a fluid live mix behind young musicians.
2006 | Local Sightings Festival | Northwest Film Forum | Seattle – Set up an AV environment for the lounge. Mixed video with pre-recorded music by ndCv and Greg Skidmore.
2004, 2005 | Heaven and Hell Ball New Year’s Eve | Consolidated Works | Seattle – The Now Device – Multi Room Visual Design, Installations and mixing of live and pre-made video ssupporting The Long Winters, The Decemberists, Harvey Danger, United States of Electronica (U.S.E.) and others.
2003 | The Future of Media: Action for Media Democracy | Experience Music Project | Seattle – Spaceboat performance of our “Media Piece” and mixed live w/ Chuck D & Fine Arts Militia.
2002 | Satellites Film & Video Opening Party | Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater | Seattle – Spaceboat performed a Live A/V set with ndCv
2002 | Spaceboat TV | Experience Music Project | Seattle – Spaceboat presented an entire opus incorporating theater, performance art, music, alongside live video compositions on the jumbotron in the Skychurch.
2001 | Superflat Screen | Exploding Cinema | Consolidated Works | Seattle – The Spaceboat crew cut and mixed anime content on a complex series of surfaces and installations at a party for Exploding Cinema/SIFF. This included our beautiful TV wall.
Mid – 2000’s Repeating Series / Club Nights
Oscillate | The Baltic Room | Seattle – Eclectic music including audio residents Electroset, Kinoko and Greg Skidmore. I was the visual resident for about a year and a half, and then helped Greg to produce the night for a brief span
Habibi – world beats at the Last Supper Club
Globalista – world beats at Tōst and the Mirabeau Room
Voyage – weekly night of live entertainment,DJs and visual environment
Superfluid – weekly featuring SynthClub at the Mirabeau Room w/ Reggie Watts