Name: Flying Lessons
Duration: P00H06M21S
Description: fully improvised

Flying Lessons

from Flying Lessons by James Vitz-Wong

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Set down backpack. Open carefully, check contents for any damage. Extract structural pieces first. Assemble. Like many times before, just without her hands. It's the same construction, just in a different location. Don't think about it. Everything's ready in a matter of minutes, kick off. Generate enough momentum to allow time for the capacitors to warm up, without touching the ground. It's normal to encounter dips of altitude with lift-based wings, especially in windy conditions. A hit. Some sort of turbulence knocks me laterally, which causes a sudden drop, and my capacitors still haven't activated. A few tree tops whip past, and at this moment I realize that I never initialized the capacitors. A rudimentary mistake - if I survive, she'll never let me live this down. I'll have to do this the old-fashioned way in order to find some stability. Over the edge of a cliff and now the trees are far below, but I severely lack experience with gliding and am falling quickly. So much for enjoying my first solo flying lesson. I give up on achieving stability, and twist around to initialize the capacitors, hoping that my downward plummet will gather enough momentum.

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from Flying Lessons, released September 9, 2015

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James Vitz-Wong Los Angeles, California

James Vitz-Wong is a multidisciplinary artist and performer from Seattle, WA, currently residing in Southern California. James holds an MFA in Performance and Composition from CalArts and a BM in Classical Bass Performance and TIMARA from Oberlin Conservatory. Current focuses include audience interactivity and immersion, live digital processing, improvisation, installation, and dance. ... more

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