This week on Below the Radar, we’re joined by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim, co-creators of the participatory videogame performance asses.masses. The show recently wrapped up a run at Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Patrick and Milton discuss the show’s development, videogames as performance, and what they’ve discovered as they’ve toured the piece.

Find out more and get tickets for their upcoming performances at https://www.assesmasses.work/performances

Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/239-patrick-blenkarn-milton-lim.html

Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/239-patrick-blenkarn-milton-lim.html

Resources:
asses.masses: https://www.assesmasses.work/
Patrick Blenkarn: https://patrickblenkarn.com/
Milton Lim: https://www.miltonlim.com/
culturecapital: https://www.culturecapital.cards/

Bio:
Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim are conceptual artists exploring urgent questions around the social value of art, digital labour, and the political potential of games. Mixing their backgrounds in performance, philosophy, psychology, and digital media, their collaborations have manifested in video games, participatory installations, digital archives, and card games. In addition to asses.masses, Patrick and Milton are also the co-founders of the Canadian national video archive of performance (videocan) and the co-creators behind a performing arts economy trading card game (culturecapital). Their projects have been presented across Canada, as well as in Argentina, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, in English, French, and Spanish.

Cite this episode:
Chicago Style

Walters, Samantha. “Ass Power — with Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, April 9, 2024. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/239-patrick-blenkarn-milton-lim.html.

Ass Power — with Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim

Dive into the Absurd with a Brand-New Dark Progresive Psytrance Experience ! 

Call it, what you want ! 

But i call it, Redneck PsyDarkProg !

Ready for Bookings ore something ?

Get ready for a completely new and ridiculously hilarious adventure through the bizarre realms of Psytrance! My live set is here to take you on a journey so absurd, it'll tickle the depths of your wildest imagination!

🌀 Step into a world where absurdity reigns supreme, and I'm your guide through this uncharted territory. My dark progressive Psytrance beats are designed to keep things light-hearted and fun! 🤪 Drawing inspiration from the unholy mix of fart sounds, country music, anime, and unapologetically goofy 'b' cartoons, my performance is a fresh, one-of-a-kind experience.

🚀 Direct from the quirky depths of the Danish swamp, I introduce you to the North's own redneck hillbilly psytrance. It's raw, wild, and a whole lot of fun! While others play it safe, I'm here concocting moonshine rhythms and discovering those elusive, outlandish vibes, orchestrating a unique symphony of weirdness.

If you're up for embracing the absurd and joining a party where the beats are as fresh as smoked meat, come be part of this brand-new experience. Let’s keep the doogies dancing and infuse the night with our own special blend of madness!

Track list :

Totally Overdosing - Do you wanna get a TOD ? 138 bpm
Totally Overdosing  - Overalls Trance Dance, 138 bpm
Totally Overdosing - The Return of Music Symfony number 420, 138 bpm
Totally Overdosing - Voltage Vortex 138 bpm
Totally Overdosing - My Mom Calls Him, Freddy Merchery 138 bpm
Gunslingers            - Biohazard (Toally Overdosing RMX) 140 bpm 
Totally Overdosing - To The Other Side 140 bpm
Totally Overdosing - RegDab, RegDab 140 bpm
Totally Overdosing -  My ninja way okay ! 140 bom
Totally Overdosing -  Pinball Pandemonium 140 bpm

Booking contact steanzemich42@gmail.com

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Amplifying ideas that fly below the radar. We talk environmental and social justice, arts, culture, community-building and urban issues with featured guests.

This podcast is produced by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement as a part of our Knowledge Democracy Project @ 312 Main — encouraging the meaningful exchange of ideas and information across communities.

Hosted and currently produced by:
Am Johal
Joey Malbon
Julia Aoki
Kathy Feng
Samantha Walters

Visit our website for archived audio and video recordings of our public events: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/library.html

Embark on a hilariously absurd journey through the retarded realms of the Goofiness spectrum of Psytrance – a journey so ridiculous it might just crawl up from the depths of any human's longjohns!

🌀 Totally overdosing on the absurd, I'm the curator of a running gag that manifests in the form of dark progressive paytrance – beats that absolutely refuse to take themselves too seriously! 🤪 Mostly inspired by the unholy trinity of fart sounds, country music, anime, and the 'b' cartoons that are unapologetically not woke. 🚀 Daar, let's keep the doogies moving and brand them with our own unique blend of madness!

Running the North redneck hillbilly psytrance style straight from the bughole of the Danish swamp, I come alive when nobody else dares to cook up some moonshine and score those elusive plants. Because, really, why not be the maestro orchestrating the symphony of weirdness? Join me if you have smoked meat i am fresh !

New tracks tagged #Donkeys