Index
Victoria Gibson
Canadian Citizen Φ Integrated Media Artist
b. September 14, 1956
Performance + Installation
2011
Occupy Vancouver poet: Performed original poem The Evolution is Being Televised; on the Occupy Stage, Vancouver.
Composer, Performer, Animator, Visual Artist + Technologist for interactive installation, Bandwidth, premiere at the Guelph Jazz Festival Nuit Blanche.
Lead Artist, Curator, Musician, Composer, Animator, Visual Artist + Technologist for integrated media show Rise Up, Fallen Angel: a new paradigm in gallery exhibits. Play the Moment Composers’ Collective: Victoria Gibson, leader, guitar, vocals + computer; Paul Plimley, guitar; Lisle Ellis, bass + electronics; Christina deRoos, projection artist at The Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY – May 26, 27 + 28. Participation by over thirty visual artists from all over the world shown projected on three screens. Performance streamed live on to the internet.
Visual and performance artist in on-line Women and Identity Festival, based in New York, but shown on the internet– Deep Listening. Curated by Carole Ione.
Spoken word and music: Choral singer in “Songs for a Better Future” conduction by DB Boyco with the Voice Over Mind Choir documented on video as part of a larger work by Matei Benjenaru, member of the Vector Association based in Iasi, Romania, at the Western Front, Vancouver
2010
“It’s the Same . . . But Different” – conduction and spoken word performance of new composition work-in-progress – with the New Orchestra Workshop at the Western Front, Vancouver
Artist-in-Residency collaboration with Lisle Ellis, NYC based musician – Headlands Centre for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
The Oxygen Collective – performance laptop, guitar + vocals – curated by Thomas Bell at The Tank in NYC.
Seleno Clarke and the Harlem Groove Band – guitar session in Harlem, NYC.
Bandwidth – visual music work-in-progress – EMPAC, RPI, Troy, New York.
Collaborations – performance laptop + vocals – with Paul Plimley, Tommy Babin, Phil Emerson and spoken word artists, including Tee Crane.
Voice Over Mind Festival- choral performance with DB Boyco and Christine Duncan
Anthony Braxton: Sonic Genome World Premiere – performance on laptop computer and vocals – included improvised vocal solo with large ensemble
Phil Minton: Feral Choir – directed improvised vocal performance in choral setting
2009
NOW Orchestra Improvisation Workshop performance- vocal improvisation performance
Girl Can Dream podcast series – created a showcase for material on http://vix.ca
Photography and video arts residency at Banff Centre in support of Fleck Fellow, Pauline Oliveros – created 20min film for “A New Beginning, A Playground” based on a concept by Oliveros and Ione. Provided video and still image documentary of residency.
Recorded as a guest with The Deep Listening Band at the Cistern Chapel, Fort Worden, WA – vocals and hand percussion
Green 365 @ VCC Sustainability Fair – “Live More Lightly mini Workshop” – led participants in several sessions of “The Live More Lightly Song” at both campuses of Vancouver Community College
Sonic Boom Festival of New Music by BC Composers – with Paul Plimley, piano. Performed our composition, “Sapphire Choir” on notebook computer and voice.
15e Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone de Vancouver. Played music using notebook computer, voice and guitar for two nights of show, “100 years of Film Music” with Paul Plimley, Marguerite Witvoet and guests
2008
Vancouver Children’s Festival with Paul Plimley – “Discovering the Magic in Sound”
International Womens Day – Bellingham – March and performance of audience participation song composed by Victoria, “Womens Day”
2007
NOW Orchestra Workshop – demonstration of improvised performance for UBC composers with Paul Plimley – hosted by Dr. Keith Hamel
Previous Performance
2002
Gong player for Gamelan Gita Asmara during visit of HRH Queen Elizabeth II to UBC
2000 – 2001
Play the Moment Composers Collective
Free improvised multi-cultural meeting of performing composers
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Print Publication
2009-2010
Publishing Support Executive with Visitors’ Choice Publishing, a division of Glacier Media – art director, graphic design, project management, administration, supervision
2007-2009
Assistant to the Publisher, Granville Island Publishing Ltd. – all aspects of print publication, including graphic design, photo manipulation, CIP and legal requirements
1987-2010 – graphic design freelance – VIX Virtual Design Group
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Instructor
2009
Green 365 @ VCC Sustainability Fair – “Live More Lightly mini Workshop” – led participants in several sessions of “The Live More Lightly Song” at both campuses of Vancouver Community College
2002
Artist -in-Residence for Vancouver School Board for two years
Instructed Summer Camp of the Arts songwriting course at St. George’s School (co-ed)
Previous Experience
Workshop Instructor at Science World, Workshop Instructor and Keynote Speaker for the Society of Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST).
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Photography + Video
2010
Photo and video documentary of Headlands Residency with Lisle Ellis
2009
Photography and video arts residency at Banff Centre in support of Fleck Fellow, Pauline Oliveros
Web Production
margaretmitchell.ca – wordpress install and build with video stream
2009+ 2010
Vancouver Folk Festival podcasts Volunteer stories – record, edit and post
2008
Self-directed WordPress study and publishing with integrated audio and video streams
Music Technology
2011
“Lovers’ Like It” – lyrics by William Shakespeare, music Pat Unruh for a theatre production. Recording + Mastering at Waterlou Studios.
“Chubby’s Dead” – CD by Chubby with guest guitar by Victoria. Recording + Mastering at Waterlou Studios.
2009
Miranda Pearson poetry CD – mixed, mastered and produced collection of published poems from three books read by author,
2008
| Pauline Oliveros + Ione, photo by Chris Cameron | Improvised music legend Pauline Oliveros and spoken word artist Ione from NY record with SFU Professor Kenneth Newby. Material from “The Library Series”Recorded, mixed and mastered at Waterlou studios by Victoria GibsonPlayed as part of a multi-media art exhibition in a gallery in San Francisco
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2007
Kate Hammett-Vaughn, with Chris Gestrin and Andre Lachance as The Kate Hammett-Vaughn Trio, performers – “Lucky To Be Me” CD
Recording and Mastering engineer of CD – co-producer with Kate HV
Released by Kate HV in March 2007 with national Canadian distribution
2006
Mei Han + Paul Plimley, performers – “Ume: Improvisations for Zheng and Piano” CD
Recording engineer of all tracks. Released on ZA Discs with International Distribution including China
2005
NIME 2005 (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) Stage Manager for Performances
Scott Gresham-Lancaster connected via real-time internet with Pauline Oliveros in NY and two other musicians in different locations – video camera operator, internet connectivity supervisor
Durán/Schloss/Mitri trio – assisted in MIDI piano set-up for Hilario Durán
Completed other complex technical set-ups quickly with eight other presentations over two afternoons
2003
Paul Plimley, composer + Gamelan Madu Sari, performers – “Born Again Needle Dancers”
Javanese gamelan with some preparation – recorded in 1995
Mastering engineer of one track on compilation CD
Released on Songlines label in 2004 with International distribution
2000 – 2001
Play the Moment Composers Collective
Free improvised multi-cultural meeting of performing composers recorded live
Education
2010
SFU Summer Publishing Certificate Courses: On-line Marketing for Magazines and Publishing: the New Reality
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Multi-media Performance Practice Summer Intensive – using Isadora with Mark Coniglio and Johannes Birringer.
2009
In Vivo sessions using Pure Data taught by Brady Marks
Improvisation Workshop with Scott Thompson
2008
Javanese gamelan workshop with Sutrisno Hartana and Javanese artists
2006
+UBC BA Major in Music completed
Occupy Vancouver poet: Performed original poem “The Evolution is Being Televised”; on the Occupy Stage, Vancouver.