Josh Azzarella | Wallace Herndon Smith Distinguished Faculty Visiting Lecture

HD Video 5.1 Audio Duration: 12:07 2009

Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1982) music video with all figures removed and the background has been digitally reconstructed. New ambient sound created based upon the original.

HD Video
 5.1 Audio Duration: 120:00:00 (5 days) 2011

Based on the 6 minute and 30 second section in The Wizard of Oz, (1939), from the moment the viewer sees the tornado until Dorothy meets the Good Witch.

The work extends a moment of transformative transition (Dorothy’s journey to Oz and the passing from sepia into color) to envelop the entire time of her experience in Oz (approximately 5 days).

As of December 2022, Untitled #125 (Hickory) is the 5th longest experimental film ever produced.

Performance documentation 
 10 performers
 3 media tablets
 2 live projections
 Performance duration: 18:12
 2019

The collaboration features a live performance by dancers from the Louisville Ballet, executing an original composition co-created with choreographer Justin Michael Hogan.

This live performance is synchronized with a recursive projection of a second group of dancers performing in an adjacent location. As the performance unfolds, prior recordings of the dancers can be engaged with by the audience through augmented reality on tablets.

The work examines personal relationships through the juxtaposition of live and recorded performances, further complicated by the audience’s interactive engagement, within the framework of mediated reality.