Heavyweight Art Installation is a Montreal-based collective consisting of painter Gene Starship, graphic designer Tyler Gibney and graffiti artist Dan Buller. In 1999, Heavyweight began production of a series of paintings on 6 x 6 ft, canvases at live club and music environments. Working simultaneously on a single canvas, the three artists derive inspiration from the music, people and atmosphere of each event. Occasionally, relevant historical or iconographic figures are incorporated into the compositions from the group’s file of collected photographic, illustrated, and graphic source materials – a visual equivalent of the music technique of "sampling". The end result is highly resolved compositions that blend each artist’s style and their intuitive influences of graffiti, graphic design, calligraphic line work and illustration.

During the summer of 1999, Heavyweight was invited to create paintings on a six week north American tour with Ninja Tune (UK) artists: The Herbaliser and Roots Manuva. Heavyweight also performed at such major events as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, The CMJ/Giant Step Music Festival in New York and the Montreal Jazz Festival, accompanying such acts as Carl Craig and the Innerzone Orchestra, Amon Tobin, Spacetime Continuum, Luke Vibert, Thievery Corporation, Kool Keith, Joe Claussell, Kid Koala and Frederic Galliano. Heavyweight was also present at the Masters at Work 10th anniversary show at the winter music conference in Miami last March.

Recent press articles on Heavyweight Art Installation have appeared in CMJ New Music Monthly, XLR8R Magazine, Paper Magazine, Details, and The Fader. Upcoming article in Azure Magazine.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
• On June 23rd and 24th, Heavyweight performs at the opening festivities of the EMP Music Museum, in Seattle Washington. EMP Music Museum opening events include artists such as James Brown, Alanis Morissette, Beck, Eurythmics, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Dr.Dre. Heavyweight will be apart of the DJ/Electronica show featuring: Gus Gus Sound System (from Iceland), Supreme Beings of Leisure (from L.A.), Nasir and the Sweet Mother Sound System (from Seattle) For more info: www.emplive.com

• From June 29th to August 20th, 2000, the Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in Montreal, Canada, will present a special selected series of paintings produced on the 1999 summer tour. For more info: www.sbca.qc.ca

• A limited edition exhibition catalogue will be available including a special 7" vinyl insert of two unreleased live recordings by Kid Koala featuring a remix of Amon Tobin.

•The June 29th vernissage (opening party) for the exhibition also serves as a kick-off party for Heavyweight Art Installation’s 10 day residency at the new Club Soda for the Montreal Jazz Festival’s DJ series. The line-up consists of United Future Organization (USA), Nightmares of Wax (UK), Blackalicious (USA), Prince Paul (USA), Fantastic Plastic Machine (Japon), Smith & Mighty (UK), and Bossatrès...jazz (Germany/Brazil). For more info: www.montrealjazzfest.com

• Heavyweight Art Installation performs at the Houston Gallery First Year Anniversary on July 15th in Seattle, Washington. The event features the opening of an art exhibition by Delta (Amsterdam) and performance by bombshelter DJ's Z-Trip and Radar (USA). For more info: www.wehaveaproblem.com

Heavyweight Art Installation operates out of the studios of Heavyweight Production House, a Montreal based art and design
firm. Heavyweight current clients include, And 1 Basketball, Interscope Records and Astralwerks.

Booking information for Heavyweight Art Installation, contact Victor Shiffman Productions at: 514 285 2224. For Heavyweight Production House contact : Tyler Gibney or Gene Pendon at tel 514 840 7215, fax 514 840 0655, www.hvw8.com