Jeffrey Moser will present “Duel” at 5 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 1) in Bloch Learning and Performance Hall, 200A Creative Arts Center, a Visiting Artist Lecture to coincide with his exhibition at WVU.
This exhibition presents a series of two-channel music videos that explore conceptual and visual opposites. It is the culmination of a 30-year collaboration with musician and audio engineer, Erik Sahd. Moser and Sahd performed and recorded the soundtrack over several years, with the video imagery created by Moser as a response to and illustration of the audio.
Moser’s artist statement explains, “Our everyday experiences are structured by the fundamental concept of the opposite. Fast, slow, black, white, beginning, and end. Our whole world can be organized, compartmentalized, and understood because of our ability to compare two things and place them along a conceptual spectrum. But inevitably, these spectra naturally lead us to conceive of the whitest object, or the shortest amount of time, or the most benevolent being in the Universe. This is when opposites divide. And we live with the consequence of this structure every day.”
Moser is a teaching assistant professor and coordinator of the Interactive Design for Media program at WVU, in a shared position between the College of Creative Arts and the Reed College of Media. His work explores the relationship between music and video, through an exploration of color, typography, vintage electronics, language, and visual symbolism. Drawing imagery from popular culture, game design, and music videos, Moser creates dynamic videos designed to create sensory overload.
“Duel” runs through Feb. 23 in the Paul Mesaros Gallery at the Creative Arts Center.
For more information visit the Mesaros Galleries page on the School of Art & Design website.