• September 17 2011
    SCREEN SCENE and ORACLE, Video Exhibition of new work by Mani Mazinani     Vtape, Toronto
    Two new video works will be premiered and on view at Vtape in the fall of 2011. We begin our focus on the work of Mani Mazinani with "Screen Scene", his mesmerizing visual experiment with light and sound. "Screen Scene" yields a rich dialogue between the physical properties of film, digital technologies and chance. At once elegantly simple and intricately textured, Mazinani applies the improvisational techniques of a musician (which he is also) to this experiment in visual phenomena. Screen Scene is a On Saturday the 17th of September between 2pm and 5pm, "Screen Scene" will premiere. Mani Mazinani will give a talk at 3pm. "Oracle" is a collaboartion combining the video construction of Mani mazinani with the musical composition of Udo Kasemets. On Saturday the 1st of October between 2pm and 5pm, "Oracle" will premiere and feature a conversation between Mani Mazinani and Udo Kasemets at 3pm. The exhibition runs from September 17th to October 14th.
  • June 30 2011
    Interaccess Annual Group Show, showing Mani installations     InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto
    Mani Mazinani installed two new pieces for the annual Interaccess group exhibition from June 30 to August 13 2011. His works, "Rotary Leap" and "Once", scuplturalize the video experience by bringing elements of the medium into spatial relationships. This exciting show feautred work from other young artists, all pushing limits of electronic media to produce the given work. Documentation forthcoming, as always.
  • April 16 2011
    Arraymusic's Electrique Concert featuring Video by Mani Mazinani     at Music Gallery, Toronto
    Array's Electrique concert, where the ensemble engages with contemporary composers that have used electronic instruments in a substantial way. The composers are Darren Copeland, Nicole Lizee and Terry Riley. Arraymusic has asked Mani Mazinani to compose a video accompaniment for the Terry Riley piece, Cactus Rosary. He will present a multi-projector video, with live manipulationings, alongside the ensemble's performance.
  • June 20 2010
    Michael Snow & Mani Mazinani present "Cat Fight"     at Teranga African Bar (159 Augusta Ave)
    After ten days of Solar Breathing and Lit Air, come hear here. We will start shortly after 9pm so don't be late. Admission is free. Both Snow and Mazinani will be playing Octave Cat Synthesizers.
  • June 11-20 2010
    Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids) | Light Air     at Luminato
    || SOLAR BREATH (NORTHERN CARYATIDS) | LIGHT AIR - WORKS BY MICHAEL SNOW AND MANI MAZINANI - AN EXHIBITION CURATED BY ATOM EGOYAN || This exhibition combines a Michael Snow piece with a new work of mine commissioned by Luminato for this installation. Snow’s piece is called Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids), my piece is called Light Air. These video installation works were curated by Atom Egoyan to honour the memory of David Pecaut, Luminato's co-founder. For those of you who missed Michael Snow’s ground breaking show at the Power Plant recently, this is a chance to see a master work from the master. My piece, Light Air, was made in response to Solar Breath. Naturally, the two works have things in common, concentration on the medium of video, colour, form and movement and both works refer to ancient Greek sources. Snow recalls the draped figures of Greek sculpture. I’ve used the work of ancient Greek philosopher Anaximenes to build on thoughts that there is some unity that underlies all physical things. So, in one sense, Light Air combines my thinkings with my thinkings on Snow and Anaximenes. And there is a lot more to each piece than just that. Get more information by visiting the Luminato website: http://www.luminato.com/2010/events/129. Get the most information by visiting the show!
  • June 23 2010
    Gravitons perform with CCMC, Canille and Talibam!     at Double Double Land (209 Augusta, down the alley) - 9pm - All Ages
    |||TALIBAM! (http://www.myspace.com/talibam) NYC free-rock duo of Kevin Shea (drums) & Matt Mottel (synth) finally make it to Toronto. Melding free-improv. jazz tendencies with spazzy noise-rock and just the right amount of light heartedness, they are producing some of the most interesting music to come out of the noise/free-improv. scenes today. Kevin Shea's classic spastic drum styles define the chaos elements, while Matt's driving synth blast move things at a fevered pace. Inviting a plethora of guests (including Peter Evans, Mike Pride, Tim Dahl of Child Abuse & more!) to play on their various recorded ventures, their sound is forever expanding & mutating, as they pull ideas from no-wave, punk, metal, noise, jazz, world musics & run them through the Talibam! blender. The most fine tuned free band you'll ever see.||| CCMC - Toronto legendary free-improv. group comprised of vocalist Paul Dutton, saxophonist John Oswald (Plunderphonics) and pianist Michael Snow, take free improv. in a direction that's totally their own. Paul Dutton's "soundsinging" mutant vocals are a force on their own, mixing them with saxophone squeaks, & bursts over Snow's alien synth tones, a totally new dialogue is born. After breaking free-improv. ground over 30 years ago, CCMC are still just as fresh & relevant. ||| CANAILLE ELECTRIC TRIO (http://www.canaillemusic.com/) - Jeremy Strachan (Feuermusik, Rockets Red Glare) strips down & reworks his jazz ensemble Canaille into an electric twang-surf trio power house. This band features Mike Smith (Muskox) on bass and Robin Buckley (Tusks) on drums. ||| GRAVITONS (http://freemarketrecords.com/gravitons.htm) Toronto guitar & drums duo create a visceral front of mutated shred guitar and free jazz drumming. Angular distorted notes blurt out, as this band seizures through hectic noise-rock jams. ||| $8 At the Door! ||| facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118262611529977
  • February 2010
    Half Heard     at the Deaf Culture Centre
    Mani's composition for the Emoti Chair, entitled "Half Heard" is currently in demonstration at the Deaf Culture Centre's "Innovation: See It! Feel It! Sign It" exhibit which runs until February 2011. The Emoti CHair was developed by the Smart Lab at Ryerson, who study how the deaf experience music. Half Heard was composed especially for the chair which is able to localize vibrations to the sense of touch.
  • April 8th, 2009
    Mani "Scalez" Mazinani     at the 22nd Images Festival
    Verbal Burglary will be shown in the "S is for Student Program" of this years Images Festival. <http://www.imagesfestival.com>.  The screening takes place Wednesday, the 8th of April 2009 from 9:00pm - 10:00pm at the Joseph Workman Theatre.  If you were unable to catch Mani's hip-hop alter-identity, Scalez, you can view the piece in the Video section of this site. 
  • February 22nd & April 5th, 2009
    Music of Udo Kasemets in Concert
    Composer Udo Kasemets presents music of thoughtful and beautiful form in his events: "MAKING music TIME" and "poeMusics" at the Emmanuel College Chapel in Toronto. Mani Mazinani records the music of these two concerts.
  • November 30th, 2008
    Mani Mazinani 'On Wu-Tang Forever' Live! (Nov 30th)
    Mani will give a live presentation of his 'On Wu-Tang Forever' at the Tranzac on this night. If you come early enough you may catch Mani lead a demonstration, "Basic Electronics for Musicians: Intro". Visit www.freemarketrecords.com for details.
  • November 17th, 2008
    The New www.manimazinani.net Launched!
    The new website is now launched. Please explore the site to see virtual versions of some of Mani Mazinani's work. Remember to bookmark it, because this website will be updated regulary with documentation of new works and texts about each piece.
  • November 4th, 2008
    Gravitons: Everywhere and In One Place (Nov 5th - 6th)
    Gravitons Jill Lucie Aston and Mani Mazinani will be present and presenting in Toronto on the 5th and 6th of November. Visit www.freemarketrecords.com for details.
  • November 3rd, 2008
    New website in the works; beta version now up    Please take some time to explore the new site.
  • October 10th, 2008
    Seeing Scene on display
    Mani's new piece, Seeing Scene is currently installed at Environmental Studies (5 Bancroft Ave.) build on the University of Toronto campus. On display until November 1st 2008.