Videostill documentation: “Pain or Gain,” (aka Pain Game), likely the first use of night-vison technology in live performance, Vertical Blanking, in collaboration with Zina Bethune, a company of dancers, and actors, through support from SONY, created a live multimedia finale for the three years of CyberArts Conference, in which part of the live performance was only visible on two videos screens, projecting dance being performed in the dark. (1992). For this performance, Dr. Timothy Leary, in a pre-recorded segment, played the role of “God.”
