This is a video of Pamela's 50th birthday party performance July 14th, 2006. I shot it with a little Canon Powershot camera then composited the videos together in After Effects. It's silent. Here from the notes from the program:

Z PROGRAM 50
Thursday July 13 and Friday July 14, 2006, 8pm
Royce Gallery 2901 Mariposa Street, SF
Between Harrison and Alabama Streets

Pamela Z
with

Amy X Neuburg
Donald Swearingen
Julie Queen
Mary Armentrout
Jeanne Finley + John Muse
Hillary Maroon
Kinji Hayashi
Barbara Imhoff

plus Special Virtual Appearances by:

Carl Stone
Joan Jeanrenaud
Leigh Evans
J Why
Anna Nuse

Come celebrate Pamela Z's birthday with an evening featuring a collage piece called "50 Minutes". Pamela and some of her colleagues and collaborators perform 50 mini-movements tightly scored to a timeclock. Ms. Z will also present a short set of works for voice, electronics and video to fill out the program.

Z Program Fifty will take place in a new, intimate gallery space located on the ground level of the same artist building where Pamela has her San Francisco studio. One half of the program will be filled by "50 Minutes", the lively rollercoaster ride of a collage piece made up of performances and video by a delightful list of artists familiar to anyone who has attended past Z Programs. (See Z Programs History.) The carefully timed piece will include sounds and images from sensor artist Donald Swearingen, singer (and Qube Chic) Julie Queen, electro-diva Amy X Neuburg, avant-rock and jazz artist (and real-life sibling of Ms. Z) Hillary Maroon, Butoh artist Kinji Hayashi, video artist and 2-headed-monster Jeanne Finley + John Muse, movement artist (and Qube Chic) Leigh Evans, performance artist Mary Armentrout, composer Carl Stone, harpist Barbara Imhoff, Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, electronic musician and percussionist J Why, dance-filmmaker Anna Nuse, and composer/performer (and birthday girl) Pamela Z.

A short intermission will be flanked on one side by the precisely timed "50-minutes" and on the other by a short set of works for voice & electronics by the birthday girl (with a few duets thrown in). Join us afterwards for wine and cake!