Eightprime: Curriculum Vitae
Wayne Mercier
eightprime@eightprime.net
www.eightprime.net
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Current Projects
Eightprime Arts
SWARM : Hyperkinetic Percussion Theatre
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Publications
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Opsethai:
…collected poems, TenDollarWords press, 2004
…book and CD
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Dr. Concoction Remix Project
…remix CD of work from Opsethai, released to the public under Creative Commons license
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Randomness is Too Important to Be Left to Chance
…ongoing weblog and link library
…March 2003 to present
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Exhibitions and Performances
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Shambhala music festival 2008 & 2009
…guerilla performances with SWARM
…beach stage (Living Room) feature, 2009
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12 minutes max (Dec 2007)
…dance/percussion performance with SWARM – debut of kounterklockwork
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Cirque Du Sag (Nov 2007)
…reactive visuals and drums with SWARM -Burn BC outdoor event @ the Waldorf hotel
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Dubforms 6 (Oct 2007)
…live visuals performance – collaboration with Lomax & Claudia Minerva
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Dubforms 5 (Sept 2007)
…live visuals performance – collaboration with Lomax & Liminal Spaces
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A440Hz : electronic explorations (Sept. 2007)
…live visuals, documentary photography and spoken word
…audiovisual performance event Sept. 07 2007 at the New Forms Festival (spoken word performance and live video mixing)
…video performance at gallery opening Sept 15, 2007 (realtime video mixing and audioreactive visuals)
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Dubforms 4 (Sept. 2007)
…live visuals performance
…produced by Lighta! sound and the New Forms Festival
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Shambhala music festival 2007 : contributing visualist, Living Room/Beach Stage
…collaboration with Sumkidz media
…3 nights continuous, improvisational realtime video mixing
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Swarm : Theatrical Performance . Diefenbaker Theatre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan . March 2007
…Full theatrical performance with Live visuals projection
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Open/Inputs : Audio/Visuals performance series . Soma Cafe
…feature performer January 2007
…feature performer November 2006
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Parade of Lost Souls . Commercial Drive . October 2006
…Live Visuals Projection (30′ X 20′)
…Outdoor Installation
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Full Power : live event . Commodore Ballroom . May 2006
…Spoken Word performance
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Canadian Festival of the Spoken Word
…Featured performer: Ottawa (2004)
…Featured performer Vancouver (2005)
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Wordbeat . CBC Radio July 2004
…broadcast of ‘Chameleon Phonics’
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CBC radio 3 feature December 2003
…feature in radio3 web magazine – recorded performances of 4 spoken word pieces
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Live visuals show . Underwear Factory, Vancouver Oct 2003
…collaboration with Bentmatter visuals
…live performance with MIDI triggered video
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Vancouver Folk Music festival . July 17-19 2003
…ensemble performance with Thundering Word Heard
…solo spoken word performance on VFF Main stage
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Shambhala Music Festival 2000 – 2005
.spoken word performance at various stages
.collaboration with djs and video artists
