AV Live: Future Underground
![An abstract digital image of colours and lines, with soft black and blue tones at the bottom, and a splash of pink in the top right, with greens and yellows at the top.](/sites/default/files/styles/max_800x800/public/2024-08/Preferred%20for%20Future%20Underground.png?itok=_ClPPHwv)
Image made with TouchDesigner by Hagop Ohannessian.
@ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Free with General Admission. Members and Annual Passholders always visit free
AV Live: Future Underground
Join artists from the AGO’s AV team in Walker Court as they present live multimedia performances, programming a live audiovisual set using generative art software and Stream Diffusion. Explore ambient and immersive sounds and visuals inspired by Afro-Futurism and the exhibition The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. Featuring music by Litewrks and visuals by Hagop Ohannessian and Nae Phillips.
Litewrks (Jamal Lee) is an accomplished DJ/Producer with a diverse professional background, a distinctive perspective, and an intuitive sense of the subtle nuances that evolve within the dimensions of music, culture, and society. Litewrks has produced music for several critically acclaimed projects, one of which was nominated for a Polaris Prize in 2015. His music has also been featured in major films like Magic Mike XXL. He has performed at SXSW, NXNE, the Coming Home Festival, and has opened for legendary artists like J Cole and James Blake. In 2018, Litewrks toured extensively, showcasing his talent as an opening act for a world-renowned artist on their Canadian tour.
Hagop Ohannessian is an Armenian-Lebanese artist based in Toronto. He works in a range of media, including sound, video, sculpture, digital illustration, painting, and collage. His work combines media and digital art techniques with physical materials including plastic, found objects, concrete, metal wires, copper sheets, paint, and field recordings.
Nae Phillips is a Toronto-based artist originally born near Vancouver. After attending Cooper Union NYC and graduating with an Honours Degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, he gained nearly two decades of experience working in television and film. He specializes in motion design, special effects, and interactive real-time graphics presentation. An avid illustrator, he is obsessed with visual art to both understand and convey the nature of our reality.