Stephen Vitiello in Performance Unusual, provocative, and thoughtfully written music can add unexpected richness to moving images. But original scores are a luxury few experimental media makers can muster. New York-based guitarist and composer Stephen Vitiello has done his best to remedy this predicament, collaborating on numerous soundtracks for highly adventurous videoworks. Vitiello's compositions incorporate voice, bass, and percussion centered around processed guitar. He creates minimalist riffs that function like loops, capable of generating agitated tempos, emotive prods, and surprising accents. Tonight, we'll screen a cross-section of Vitiello's scores, including the moody compositions in Seoungho Cho's Iris (1994, 8 mins), a meditation on the death of a family member; and Eder Santos's Janauba (1993, 17:40 mins), a poetic tribute to Brazilian cinema. We'll also screen the raucous, beat-laden arrangement in Peter Callas's Neo Geo (1989, 9:17 mins), a frantic portrayal of the American cultural landscape; the more calming rock rhythms in Jem Cohen's Drink Deep (1991, 10 mins), a pastoral about friendship and hidden desires; and an excerpt from a new performance piece by Constance DeJong and Tony Oursler, Fantastic Prayers. Vitiello will perform live accompaniment to one of the evening's works.-Steve Seid