Mike Relm Scratches our Video Itch

I can’t say I know much about video scratch­ing, but after this weekend’s show by San Francisco’s Mike Relm, I’m in dan­ger of becom­ing a pretty darn big fan. His per­for­mance on February 5^th at Great Northern Way Campus started off CODE Live, a lineup of inter­ac­tive art and cut­ting edge music dur­ing Vancouver 2010. The British DJ duo Addictive TV and Vancouver DJ K-Tel did sets first, and you could wan­der around in an art exhibit in an adjoin­ing room where there was a cash bar and a ton of art, includ­ing an Artificial Moon by Wang Yuyang.

Watch out for the hit of nos­tal­gia when you find your­self danc­ing to Bert and Ernie, Charlie Brown, and The Never Ending Story. 

He was a ver­i­ta­ble nerd super­hero in his sig­na­ture black suit and red sneakers.

Here’s a snip­pet of Napoleon Dynamite danc­ing to ACDC. The sound qual­ity is crappy, but you have to see this.

Words and Pictures by Becky McEachern