Visual Vinyl is a collaborative interdisciplinary project by resident artists, Olexander Gnilitsky and Lesja Zajac (a.k.a., Institution of Unstable Thoughts). It is based on an ancient, pre-cinematic concept--the laziness of the eye--and may be called an adaptation of, or homage to the zoetrope. It brings kinetic sculpture, performance, and video together using only minimal technical means: a turntable, a stroboscope and a few dozen LPs with handmade 3-D objects on them. Each 'record' becomes an analogue animation cycle, and when put in rotation under the flickering light of a stroboscope the formerly static objects start to move as if they are holograms.

During their residency with Outpost, Zajac and Gnilitsky have worked with a small group of Los Angeles-based artists and designers including Souther Salazar, Chi-wang Yang, and Florencio Zavala, led by Stephanie Hutin and her umbrella project, The New School for Post-Animative Thought. During a series of workshops, new 'records' were made for this evolving project. The results will now come to life during a public performance hosted by Gallery de Soto.

Event location: 
Gallery de Soto
108 West Second Street (downtown between Spring and Main)
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Parking available on Spring Street