Ignat Gorazd`s artist statement. Main. Twitter. Calendar.

I consider myself as a multimedia artist, experimenting with variety of creative techniques. I am searching for creative tasks that crossing the boundaries between disciplines. I was born in Riga, USSR. Currently I'm a resident of the West London community.


Theater and performance art:
Sound design and sound performance for "The Confessions of the st.Augustine and Guy Debord" working title, Central St Martins, London, summer 2009
Light and sound design, sound and light performance for the "Shir-ha-Shirim" aka "The Song of Songs", Central St Martins, London, spring 2009
Light design and light performance for the "Yearning in fear 2", Shunt lounge, London, autumn 2007
Stage performance with "Le Courant" group of Artaud’s "Le jet de sang" at the ART’scéne - Festival International des Arts de la Scéne, Vaugnere, France, 2000
Stage performance with "Le Courant" group of Artaud’s "Le jet de sang" at Riga’s "Skatuve" theater, Culture academy theater in 1999
Sound design and production for "Le Courant" group "Swing project" - Zirgu pasts, Riga, 1998
Sound design and production for "Le Courant" group "Cuska mele slepjas zale" - Zirgu pasts, Riga, 1998

Graphic design, illustration and photography:
Artworking for the Varka Kru and freelancing as graphical artist for several years, practicing outdoor and studio photography in Univercity of Arts London
The photoblog is here. You can randomly find some photos/gallery links from main page, refesh and go.

Music, poetry and underground club scene:
Being the music lover from the old times. Stage technician and tour sound operator fot the Yaputhma Sound System in 1996. Spinning records for the public science beach event SpinOut at year 1997. With a fellow dj friends I have established the jungalist team, the Värka Kru. Freaking out the underground club scene across the Baltics and around the World. List of venues performed is a bit too long, just few to mention: Down to the Tunnels, Art+Communication, Artgenda, Polar Circuit, European Drum and Bass Convention, Spy:seed Jungle, Connections, Subterminal, Passport:Music etc. List of tracks produced and mixes recorded too short to mention :)

Experimental videos and documentaries:
The Game of War - cameraman - documentry video, miniDV, 2009
London chillin' - director, cameraman - documentary video, 2008
Misnk in Motion - director, cameraman - documentary video film, miniDV, 2000
Varka trip to the Bass Shell - director, cameraman, fx - documentry and video art movie, miniDV, 1998
Me Remote - model, cameraman, edit - time lapse video self portrait, miniDV, 1998
Trip from Riga to the Karosta - direcotor, cameraman - slide show woth sound, miniDV, 1998
Riga in motion - director, cameraman - non-edited video documentry film, SVHS, 1996


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