Inspired by a conversation with a former Italian Interpol agent from the late Sixties, New York artist and DJ Reynard Loki (a.k.a. "El Rey") created INTERPOL, a monthly multimedia event that joins club culture with the art world and debuted at Plant in September, 2001. INTERPOL presents a dark and sensual aural and visual environment that captures a modern, cinematic reworking of espionage, covert operations and film noir.
Reynard
Loki invited video artist Paul Clay of FICTIVE to do visuals for the event.
Paul's interest in free speech and tactical media (ie media by individuals
rather than corporations) led to a series on digital espionage, freedom
of information, world intelligence gathering, national suppression of
populations through technology, and the outer edges of current media and
visualization. Part of this project involves encouraging spectators who
happen to have digital media on them to jack it into the system as additional
source material - attempting to reverse on a grass roots level the hierarchical
control of current media.
Live mixing sources include:
+live infra red camera
+live mini dv camera
+Lap top computer running text and emails downloaded from the internet
+VHS copies of B grade commercial spy movies, especially from China, Russia,
Japan, India, The UK and the USA.
+internal feedback
+hard drives, laptops, video and digital still cameras from strangers
in the crowd.
