From 2001 to 2002, Laura Payeur and Monica Panzarino were upperclasswomen in the BFA program at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University in western New York state.  The pair collaborated on hundreds of hours of improvised electronic music, all recorded live.  Payeur and Panzarino utilized a unique combination of sonic elements and realtime processing methods in their work, including but not limited to toy instruments, an analog synthesizer, a vintage organ, an Alesis MidiVerb Effects Processor, Reaktor software, and Harmonizer software for a Commodore Amiga 2000.  They released three albums.  2002’s “demo liberation n*stuff”, and “Last Jam” were inspired by a concept the pair called “demo liberation.”  Demo liberation (or the “Demo Liberation Front”) “liberated” pre-programmed demo sounds or songs found in toy keyboards, guitars, computer software, and other sources.  Sadly, their collaboration was cut short, as Payeur was killed in a car accident in Thorndike, Maine in March 2003.  She was 24.

Sounds of Laura Payeur + Monica Panzarino

Furnace Sounds

demo liberation n*stuff

short but sweet

cute one

Last Jam

“in the moment” is the debut solo album of electronic music by Monica Panzarino.  It was recorded while Panzarino was an upperclasswoman in the BFA program at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University in western New York state.  Each track on “in the moment” is recorded live, and utilizes a unique combination of sonic elements and realtime processing methods, including but not limited to toy instruments, an analog synthesizer, a vintage organ, an Alesis MidiVerb Effects Processor, Reaktor software, and Harmonizer software for a Commodore Amiga 2000.  “in the moment” is inspired by a concept created by Panzarino and her collaborator, Laura Payeur, called “demo liberation.”  Demo liberation (or the “Demo Liberation Front”) “liberated” pre-programmed demo sounds or songs found in toy keyboards, guitars, computer software, and other sources.

in the moment

new beginning?!

no demo no demo

(un)inspired

almost there

fun-MAKER

o o ooo

for who knows how long

Monica Panzarino (b. 1979, New York, NY) is a video artist and educator.  Her video, performance, and installation works combine real-time image and sound processing with a feminist, and often humorous, critique of American popular culture.

Panzarino received a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2002.  Her work has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally at venues including Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, Germany, WRO Media Art Biennale in Wroclaw, Poland, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival in Winnipeg, Canada, Vanity Projects in New York, NY, Phase Space in Brooklyn, NY, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and Athens International Film + Video Festival in Athens, OH.   She has been an artist-in-residence at Outpost Artist Resources in Queens, NY, the Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY, Signal Culture in Owego, NY, and Institute for Electronic Arts in Alfred, NY.  Her videos are distributed by Vtape in Toronto, Canada.

Panzarino lives and works in Queens, NY.

Monica Panzarino

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