April 27, 2010 - 16:02

Prove You're Not a Robot

On April 8th, I had the honor of photographing this performance by Sadie Lune and Lula Mae Day.

Sadie's description of the performance:

An ‘availabilist’ performance art installation investigating intimacy, shame and the blessed beast of huge love.
A sequence of interactive games, symbiotic rituals and swell treats traveling through the theater space.
This show is the completion of an AIRspace Residency
part of the ongoing project Teaching Myself to Love

more on her site.

March 14, 2010 - 21:18

Here's two new sets of photos for you. The first is from GAMMA IV: One Button Games put on by Kokoromi at the Mezzanine. The event showcased six new games played with a single button. Check out the full set.

One Button Games at the Mezzanine

The next set of photos are from a related event on Friday night. GAMMA IV: One Button Objects took place at Grey Area Foundation for the Arts. Artists were inspired to make physical objects based on the One Button theme. It was a fun night, filled with the sound of capacitors exploding so their magic smoke could be recycled. Here's the photos from that night.

One Button Objects at GAFFTA
This is a piece by Jonathan Moore, a Doubt button. It works every time.

December 30, 2009 - 04:54

I’m in Berlin, at 26c3 – my third time at the Chaos Communication Congress. My talk starts in about two hours.

Photography and the Art of Doing it Wrong

If you’re here, come to my talk! If you’re elsewhere, it will be streaming.

December 7, 2009 - 01:43

Stripmall Architecture

Last night, I went to the Box Factory to see Stripmall Architecture. Their new album (We Were Flying Kites) is wonderful - I've been listening to it constantly. At the show, I picked up the physical CD version, which came with a bonus disc - Object03. It has different versions of some of the songs, plus some that I hadn't heard before. If you're reading this, and you don't have their new album yet, go fix that now.

November 20, 2009 - 22:51

Loud Objects at Noisebridge

Tonight, Loud Objects performed at Noisebridge. Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan soldered their instrument while playing it. Beautiful 1-bit glitch. This makes me happy. Full photo set is here.

November 19, 2009 - 00:28

Lee Presson and the Nails

At last month's Hubba Hubba Revue, I shot with two cameras. The digital shots went up a little while ago. Now I present to you the film version of the night. 160 ISO film in my Contax with the 1.4f Zeiss lens. This, of course, means multiple exposures! A lot of them! Like this one of the beautiful Vienna la Rouge.

Vienna La Rouge

The rest of the photos are here, added to the set of digital shots.

October 26, 2009 - 08:37

OktoberfestOktoberfest

Friday night at the DNA Lounge. Oktoberfest burlesque, silly German outfits. Full album is here

October 12, 2009 - 17:28

Corpus Callosum's first music video, Lullaby #2, is now out in the world. I feel incredibly honored to have been part of the process. They celebrated the video release with the San Francisco crowd with a musical performance and a puppet show.

Corpus Callosum at Noisebridge

Afterward, I found myself at for Five Cent Coffee and Lady A and Her Heel Draggers. I was treated to some new music and dancing in the dark red room. When I wasn't dancing, I took a few photographs. Here they are:

Five Cent Coffee

October 10, 2009 - 16:47

Now, I will present to you, Corpus Callosum's first music video. The song is "Lullaby #2." The video was shot at the Wave Organ in San Francisco over the course of a single day. Directed and produced by Corpus Callosum with Nicole Aptekar as the Director of Photography. I was on the technical crew and on camera #2.

Corpus Callosum - Lullaby #2 from Dax Tran-Caffee on Vimeo.

Last night at the Anno Domini Gallery, they played a concert with Battlehooch and then premiered the video. Watch the video and check out my photos from last night.

Corpus Callosum - Lullaby #2 Video Premier in San Jose

If you're in the SF Bay Area, join us at Noisebridge (2169 Mission Street, San Francisco) for a puppet show, musical performance, and another video screening. The all ages show starts at 7pm.

October 6, 2009 - 14:06

Arse Elektronika

The first of my photos from monochrom's Arse Elektronika are up.

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