Laskfar Vortok
mail: laskfar [at] vortok [dot] info
born in México, 1984
lives and works in Los Angeles
content operative at Strangeloop Studios (2015-present)
co-founder of The Teaching Machine (2011-present)
co-founder & archivist of 3TONcinema 16mm film collection (2009-present)
co-founder of naboamusic electronic music netlabel (2007-2017)
EXHIBITIONS
2020 Frankenstein • Four Larks | Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, California
2019 The Vibration Group • Anna Luisa Petrisko | Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, California
2016 Living in the Real World-Interactive VR and Art Exhibition | [secret location], Los Angeles, California
2015 Acele işe şeytan karışır | SOMArts Ramp Gallery, San Francisco, California
2014 Syndicate: Space | Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Syndicate: What? | Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, New York
2013 The Homeostasis Lab | The Wrong — New Digital Art Biennial, Worldwide, Internet
2013 Trash / Droid / Capsule | Capsule Labs Pressing Plant, Los Angeles, California
2012 Graphical (micro) Libretto #1 in 4 Acts | Schmooru's Art as Life Project, Worldwide, Internet
2011 sEAS cONTROL • pOEM sTORE | 16 Beaver, Manhattan, New York
EVENTS
2020 Alejandro Bernál Record Release *Detrás de la montaña* | Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, California
2020 Chronosthesia | The Basic Premise, Ojai, California
2016 I'm sorry I never apologize | Primavera Festival, Vienna, Austria
2016 Living Breathing ** | MonkSpace, Los Angeles, California
2015 Satellite Series II | Schikaneder Kino, Vienna, Austria
2015 Ryat ALTMODE w/ Anonymous Bodies Dance Company | SummerStage, New York City, New York
2015 Satellite Series I | MonkSpace, Los Angeles, California
2013 Dublab ‘14th Anniversary’ | Maker City, Los Angeles, California
2012 BYOB Glasgow | The Glue Factory, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
2012 Midnight Ridazz #99 ‘They Live’ | 2nd & Beaudry, Los Angeles, California
2010 Brunch | ATA Gallery, San Francisco, California
SCREENINGS
2018 Soft Focus • Criminalism (Excerpt) | Coaxial, Los Angeles, California
2015 Holographic Watermelon | Primavera Festival, Schikaneder Kino, Vienna, Austria
2014 AV Sessions.1 | Downtown Independent, Los Angeles, California
2010 Video Art Show | Downtown Independent, Los Angeles, California
2010 Holographic Watermelon | Downtown Independent, Los Angeles, California
ART DIRECTION & PRODUCER | Erykah Badu
2023 Unfollow Me Tour | Multi-city, United States
CURATOR
2016 Living Breathing ** | MonkSpace, Los Angeles, California
2015 Satellite Series I | MonkSpace, Los Angeles, California
2014 AV Oddities 008 “Ekklisis” | The Teaching Machine, Worldwide, Internet
2014 AV Oddities 007 “Pseudoforest” | The Teaching Machine, Worldwide, Internet
2014 AV Oddities 006 “Mikrotechtonichaos” | The Teaching Machine, Worldwide, Internet
2014 AV Oddities 005 “All Over (Echoes)” | The Teaching Machine, Worldwide, Internet
2014 AV Oddities 003 “Mission-X” | The Teaching Machine, Worldwide, Internet
SHORT FILMS
2021 Criminalism | The Teaching Machine [IN PRODUCTION]
2018 40,062 A.D. | The Teaching Machine
2018 United By Exceptional Service | The Teaching Machine
2015 Heaving Leaving | The Teaching Machine
2013 Gilz | The Teaching Machine
2011 Russia vs USA | naboamusic
MUSIC VIDEOS
2022 After Ever After | Daedeuls
2022 Orion's Belt | Ark Noir
2021 LA August 1 | Speed Dealer Moms
2021 Virtues | Nous Alpha
2021 April Two 11 | Speed Dealer Moms
2020 Darth Mango | Ghost Against Ghost
2019 Aperture | Steve Nalepa • Thoughtforms
2019 Praha | Ark Noir
2016 Loops | Kneedelus (Kneebody & Daedelus)
2014 Sacred Mountain | Laskfar Vortok
2014 Caligula Lives | Laskfar Vortok
2013 Harlem Shake | WMX remix
2013 Homunculus | [tlr]
2012 O—SMO | Oxygenfad
2011 Marshal His Being To Culture | Genus Inkasso
2011 Pπc1ƒïçN† | Naboa
2011 Rabid Technology | Beytah
2011 Alien Power Plant | $limelord
2011 b | iamamiwhoami (WMX remix)
2011 Children Of The Void | Ars Dada
SELECTED VIDEOGRAPHIC CONTENT CREATION, LIVE PERFORMANCE & EDITING | Various
2023 Chromeo • Visual performance with Freeka Tet | Coachella Festival, Indio, California
2022 Duck Sauce | Coachella Festival, Indio, California
2019 Bonobo (DJ Set) • Projection Mapping with Strangeloop | SummitLA, Los Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles, California
2019 Tokimonta • Tecate Music Festival | Monterrey, Mexico
2018 Clams Casino • AdultSwim Festival | Los Angeles, California
2018 Dr. Dre presents Anderson .Paak | O2 Academy Brixton, London, England
2017 Nick Murphy | Panorama Festival, Randall's Island, NYC, New York
2017 G-Dragon: Motte 3 World Tour | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
2017 Machine Drum: Human Energy | Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, New Mexico
SELECTED VIDEOGRAPHIC ART DIRECTION & LIVE PERFORMANCE | Erykah Badu
2019 Big Night Live | Boston, Massachusetts
2019 The Met | Philadelphia, Pennsylvainia
2019 Poppodium 013 | Tilburg, The Netherlands
2019 Wayout West Festival | Gothenburg, Sweden
2019 FLOW Festival | Helsinki, Finland
2019 OYA Festival | Oslo, Norway
2019 Tanzbrunnen Köln | Cologne, Germany
2019 O2 Arena | London, England, U.K.
2019 NOS Primavera Sound | Porto, Portugal
2019 Verti Music Hall | Berlin, Germany
2019 Tanzbrunnen Köln | Cologne, Germany
2019 Welovegreen Festival | Paris, France
2019 Primavera Sound • Parc del Fòrum | Barcelona, Spain
2019 Barclays Center | Brooklyn, New York
2018 The Warfield | San Francisco, California
2018 The Novo | Los Angeles, California
2018 DStv Delicious International Food & Music Festival | Johannesburg, South Africa
2018 Clokenflap Festival | Hong Kong, China
2018 Field Day Festival | London, England, U.K.
2018 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | Portland, Oregon
2018 Brooklyn Bowl | Las Vegas, Nevada
2018 The Armory | San Francisco, California
2017 Aragon Ballroom | Chicago, Illinois
2017 The Anthem | Washington DC
2017 Soul Camp Festival | Manila, Philippines
2017 Billboard LIVE | Osaka, Japan
2017 Soul Camp Festival | Tokyo, Japan
2017 Billboard LIVE | Tokyo, Japan
2017 Pori Jazz | Pori, Finland
2017 Tivoli Gardens | Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 Lucca Summer Festival | Lucca, Italy
2017 Montreux Jazz Festival | Auditorium Stravinsky, Montreux, Switzerland
2017 North Sea Jazz Festival | Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 Palais des Congres | Paris, France
2017 The Hammersmith Apollo | London, England, U.K.
2016 The Warfield | San Francisco, California
2016 Camp Flog Gnaw — LA Coliseum | Los Angeles, California
2016 Eaux Claires | Eau Claire, Wisconsin
2016 Ford Ampitheater | Coney Island, New York
2016 Rochester Auditorium Theater | Rochester, New York
2016 Arena Theatre | Houston, Texas
2016 The Odgen Theater | Denver, Colorado
2016 Brooklyn Bowl | Las Vegas, Nevada
2015 Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles, California
2015 The Warfield | San Francisco, California
2015 The Dell Music Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015 NTelis Arena | Portsmouth, Virginia
2015 Merriweather Post Pavillion | Columbia, Maryland
2015 Miller Auditorium | Kalamazoo, Michigan
2015 Pertrillo Music Shell | Chicago, Illinois
2015 Essense Festival | New Orleans, Louisiana
2015 Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier | Montréal, Québec, Canada
2015 Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Saratoga Springs, New York
2015 Saskatchewan Jazz Festival | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
2015 Orpheum Theatre | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2015 The Fillmore | Silver Spring, Maryland
2015 Durham Performing Arts Center | Durham, North Carolina
2014 Fox Theater | Detroit, Michigan
2014 Essence Festival | New Orleans, Louisiana
2014 Radio City Music Hall | New York City, New York
2014 Blues Fest | Byron Bay, Australia
2014 The Star | Syndey, Australia
2014 The Palais | Melbourne, Australia
2014 Westcoast Blues Festival | Perth, Australia
2014 The Civic | Auckland, New Zealand
2013 Batuque Festival | São Paulo, Brazil
2013 North Sea Jazz Festival | Piscadera Bay, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
2013 Twilight Concert Series | Pioneer Park, Salt Lake City, Utah
2013 Erykah Badu & Neda Stella | Masonic Theater, Detroit, Michigan
2013 The Governors Ball Music Festival | Randall's Island, New York City, New York
2012 Red Bull Music Academy Presents … | The Moody Theater, Austin, Texas
2012 Cascais Festival | Dramático de Cascais, Cascais, Portual
2012 Veranos de la Villa | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain
2012 Exit Festival | Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
2012 Jazz Festival | Cemil Topulzu Open Air Stage Of War, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Umbria Jazz Festival | Arena Santa Giutiana, Perugia, Italy
2012 Nice Jazz Festival | Stage Massena, Nice, France
2012 Festival of Villa Arconati | Castelazzo Bollate, Milan, Italy
2012 Montreux Jazz Festival | Auditorium Stravinsky, Montreux, Switzerland
2012 Tollwood Summer Festival | Gehrlicher Music Arena, Munich, Germany
2012 Jazz a Vienne | Théâtre Antique de Vienne, Vienne, France
2012 Couleur Cafe Fest | Havenlaan 86C, Bruxelles, Belgium
2012 Hammersmith Apollo | London, England, U.K.
2012 Elevation Festival | Dobroslavtsi Military Airbase, Sofia, Bulgaria
LIVE PERFORMANCE LASER & ROBOTICS | Daedelus
2014 Mezzanine | San Francisco, California
2014 Spring4h Center | Atlanta, Georgia
2014 Villain | Brooklyn, New York
2014 Brighton Music Hall | Allston, Massachusetts
2014 Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom | Denver, Colorado
2014 Pomona College | Claremont, California
2014 Concord Music Hall | Chicago, Illinois
VIDEOGRAPHIC ART DIRECTION & LIVE PERFORMANCE | 12th Planet
2012 Wow Hall | Eugene, Oregon
2012 Roseland | Portland, Oregon
2012 Mighty | San Francisco, California
2012 Avalon | Los Angeles, California
2012 Dubtroit | Orange County, California
2012 Voyeur | San Diego, California
2012 Hard Rock | Las Vegas, Nevada
2012 Madison Events Center | Phoenix, Arizona
2012 Sunshine Theater | Albuquerque, New Mexico
2012 Kamp | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2012 Trees | Dallas, Texas
2012 Ampersand | New Orleans, Louisiana
2012 Club Mai | Nashville, Tennessee
2012 2720 Cherokee | St. Louis, Missouri
2012 Magic Stick | Detroit, Michigan
2012 Bottom Lounge | Chicago, Illinois
2012 Wrongbar | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012 Le Belmont | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2012 Middle East | Boston, Massachusetts
2012 Webster Theater | Hartford, Connecticut
2012 TLA | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012 Webster Hall | New York City, New York
2012 Soundstage | Baltimore, Maryland
2012 District | Washington DC
2012 Peabodys | Virginia Beach, Virginia
2012 Masquerade | Atlanta, Georgia
2012 Bad Manor | Athens, Georgia
2012 Revolution | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2012 Grand Central | Miami, Florida
DIGITAL MUSIC RELEASE DISCOGRAPHY | Laskfar Vortok
2016 The Dispossessed | self-released
2016 Vexterm | self-released
2016 Biogeometrical Substrates of The Autumn Winds | self-released
2016 Default Mode Network | self-released
2015 Time Despair | self-released
2015 不可解送信 | self-released
2015 Nēkĭrostɍykǰia | Aeon III | Physika Kai Mystika | self-released
2015 Nēkĭrostɍykǰia | Aeon II | Stack Overflow | self-released
2015 Nēkĭrostɍykǰia | Aeon I | Asymmetric Voidgogy | self-released
2014 Scombussolato | Deep Lake Records
2013 Caligula Lives | Immigrant Breast Nest
2013 Minified Dendrochronology | naboamusic
2012 Enantiomorph | Immaterial Tech
2012 The Long Emergency +1 | Grindcore Karaoke
2012 Criminalism EP | Grindcore Karaoke
2011 Hurler's Syndrome | naboamusic
2010 Tetraktys | naboamusic
2010 Multiplephemerautism | naboamusic
2009 United By Exceptional Service | naboamusic
2009 Foxdye Limited Edition Lunchbox Snacks, Remixes and Party Tunes | naboamusic
2009 An = a + ( n – 1 ) ( d ) /// D M Z r u s h | naboamusic
2009 Luther Plumming Is Not A Neoist | naboamusic
2009 cnt+fg | naboamusic
2009 Palingrad (Hey Stromboli) | naboamusic
2009 kremlinalism | naboamusic
2009 Illicit Magnifica | naboamusic
2009 Cut Party | naboamusic
2008 Andy Wargasm | naboamusic
2007 Calling All Angels, Robots, Dwarfs, And Galactic Bees | naboamusic
2007 Galarafukstusauvainieanakis | naboamusic
2007 Nacrocelpdrome | naboamusic
2007 Isee Hyoo | naboamusic
DIGITAL MUSIC RELEASE DISCOGRAPHY | Side Projects, Collaborations, & Miscellaneous
2013 Thinking About Hi-Hats | naboamusic
2012 2012 B.C. | naboamusic
2010 Quiche Hazard | naboamusic
2008 Amero Amero Christmas | naboamusic
2008 Spiderc*nt Blodge | naboamusic
2007 Holographic Watermelon | naboamusic
2007 Robotonomy | naboamusic
LIVE MUSIC &/OR VIDEOGRAPHICS | Selected Performances
2017 Baseck Crisfall EP • Release Party | Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, California
with M. Geddes Gengras / Lauren Bousfield
2015 Celebrate Everything | Handbag Factory, Los Angeles, California
with Dimentia / Voltage Ctrlr / Twin Braids
2014 Celebrate Everything | Complex, Los Angeles, California
with Lauren Bousfield / Andy The Doorbum / Mike Dobler
2014 Celebrate Everything | Complex, Los Angeles, California
with Mikael Jorgensen / Clipping. / Twin Braids
2014 [BL ____K Noise] | Complex, Los Angeles, California
with Richard Devine / Oliver Dodd / Surachai / Drumcell
2013 Celebrate Everything | Complex, Los Angeles, California
with Duran Duran Duran / Twin Braids / LoopGoat
2013 Celebrate Everything | Complex, Los Angeles, California
with DAT Politics / Pink Abduction Ray / Aura T09
2013 RUN | Los Angeles, California
with Elos / Joy Through Noise / Vander / Grypt
2012 New Age Party Music | McWorld, Los Angeles, California
with Terminal 11 / Tleilaxu Music Machine / Brand B
2012 Coachella Music Festival | Indio, California
visual support for Zedd
2012 Coachella Music Festival | Indio, California
visual support for Madeon
2012 Wham Bam | Los Angeles, California
with Richard Devine / Nero's Day At Disneyland / Surachai / [D] Squared
2011 Some More Dope Shit … | Los Angeles, California
with Xanopticon / Baseck / Ted Nava / Strangeloop
2010 Untitled Underground | Los Angeles, California
with Xanopticon / Diskore / WMX
2010 X & Flowers Of Evil LA 2K10 | Los Angeles, California
with Broken Note / Xanopticon / Heartworm / WMX
2010 Flowers Of Evil | Whiskey Richard's, Santa Barbara, California
with Xanopticon / Ars Dada / Seppuku
2010 Spectacular Spectacular | Los Angeles, California
with Venetian Snares / Otto von Schirach / Baseck
2010 Party At The Movies II | Downtown Independent, Los Angeles, California
with Cyrus Rex / Strangeloop / Mike Dobler / Wet Mango
2010 Cut Party | Arcata, California
with Autofuture / Mr. Wednesday / AiHM
2010 Clash | Dunes, Portland, Oregon
with Maruosa / Broken Window / Rokhausen
2010 Cut Party | Le Voyeur, Olympia, Washington
with A,iHM / DJ Anesthetist
2009 So Simple & MAT & Naboa | Biko, Isla Vista, California
with Minus Kelvin / PehrTree / Ted Nava / Harro / WMX
2009 So Simple & DJ Crabhat | Isla Vista, California
with Seppuku / Harro / WMX
2009 Cut Party | Dunes, Portland, Oregon
with AiHM / In The Age Of Terminal Static
2009 Cut Party | Le Voyeur, Olympia, Washington
with Foxdye / DJ Anesthetist / AiHM
2008 GUMMOPARTY | Isla Vista, California
with Diskore / Slyten / WMX / Harro
2008 Deep True Fear Rooftop | Brooklyn, New York
with Killer Bob / Deep Cuts
2008 Brainstorm | Katakomben, Berlin, Germany
with Xanopticon / Base Force One / Nemeton
2008 lolifi | Koko, San Francisco, California
with Evan Morris / Deep Cuts vs DF Tram
2008 2008 Tour Of Isla Vista CA | Isla Vista, California
with Baseck / Seppuku / WMX / Ted Nava / Naboa
2007 Eclectic IV | Isla Vista, California
with Hecate / Dino Felipe / Baseck
2007 So Simple Clique vs Naboa | Isla Vista, California
with The Blue Spectacular / Seppuku
2007 NaboaPop | Isla Vista, California
with Naboa / Eddie N / Harro