It is a stunning piece produced on the Heidelberg Press, the first press in London. He keeps a collection of all the plates he makes for the works. So eloquent, well written and it comes with a nice photo inserted into the second part/chapter.
Friday, October 31, 2008
NEW EDITION: TRIS VONNA MICHELL
For Tris' exhibitions he has decided to make his Press Release into an edition that also functions as a chapter in a story. As he has more shows he will produce more chapters and add onto the edition and/or make more editions.
It is a stunning piece produced on the Heidelberg Press, the first press in London. He keeps a collection of all the plates he makes for the works. So eloquent, well written and it comes with a nice photo inserted into the second part/chapter.
It is a stunning piece produced on the Heidelberg Press, the first press in London. He keeps a collection of all the plates he makes for the works. So eloquent, well written and it comes with a nice photo inserted into the second part/chapter.
New show: Yuval Pudik, "Naked Crinolines"
Yuval Pudik, "Naked Crinolines" @ Gavlak Projects, West Palm Beach
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Pharmakon Library by Christina McPhee
Pharmakon Library is an ongoing series of graphic folios created and curated by Christina McPhee. The folios comprise a series of open works by artists who address, through image and/or text, the principle of critical reversibility, or proximity of poison and cure. "Pharmakon" in Greek may mean antidote, recipe, poison, drug, spell, remedy, drug, talisman, gift and paint. Each folio consists of a series of between 8 and 12 digital pigment jet archival prints by a single artist or a small group / collective of up to 3 artists. Each folio is produced as an edition of three. The scale of each folio images is 13 x 19 inches each (Super B). Print stock is Epson exhibition photographic paper and/or Hahnemule German Etching archival paper; archival inks, with, in some instances, hand drawings.
A list of initially participating artists is TBA soon in connection with the project debut at the New York Art Book Fair in late October 2008 http://www.nyartbookfair.com/about.php (A related speculative architectural installation brief for a possible library with a new media component, involving transcoding of Twitter messages into a sound space at the center of a temporary structure, is explored in a text online here, together with pharmakon images: http://christinamcphee.net/pharmakon_library/index.html )
The project is produced in association with Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.
A list of initially participating artists is TBA soon in connection with the project debut at the New York Art Book Fair in late October 2008 http://www.nyartbookfair.com/
The project is produced in association with Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
La Superette 2008 OPEN CALL
La Superette 2008 OPEN CALL
La Superette 2008 is looking for:
Survival crafters, conceptual product makers, DIY game producers,
micro distributors, fashion hackers, electro-gadget inventors
We want to see what you've got!
++La Superette IS:
An annual hybrid event mixing art, shopping, music, and community spirit
---La Superette is NOT:
An ordinary exhibition or craft fair
La Superette WANTS:
++ To promote and sell commodities made by artists and designers of
all career levels
++ To offer shoppers unique superettenly affordable items
++ To incite and inspire participation, collaboration, and conversation
La Superette 2008 is happy to announce that this year's event is
supported by LMCC
Deadline for online submission is November 10
All products must be delivered to La Superette by December 1
La Superette will be held on December 13 and 14
Please visit our website http://lasuperette.org/call.php to complete your
application and carefully read all guidelines.
La Superette 2008 is looking for:
Survival crafters, conceptual product makers, DIY game producers,
micro distributors, fashion hackers, electro-gadget inventors
We want to see what you've got!
++La Superette IS:
An annual hybrid event mixing art, shopping, music, and community spirit
---La Superette is NOT:
An ordinary exhibition or craft fair
La Superette WANTS:
++ To promote and sell commodities made by artists and designers of
all career levels
++ To offer shoppers unique superettenly affordable items
++ To incite and inspire participation, collaboration, and conversation
La Superette 2008 is happy to announce that this year's event is
supported by LMCC
Deadline for online submission is November 10
All products must be delivered to La Superette by December 1
La Superette will be held on December 13 and 14
Please visit our website http://lasuperette.org/call.
application and carefully read all guidelines.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Joy and Misery, curated by Ben Shaffer
Joy and Misery
Christopher Badger, Jackson Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for
Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer, Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon
Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty
October 25 to November 22, 2008
Opening Saturday October 25 from 7-10pm
Five Thirty Three is proud to announce Joy and Misery, curated by Ben Shaffer, as a continuation of their exhibitions focusing on contemporary art crafted by young and emerging artists.
Joy and Misery are emotions that exist together, both in contradiction
and collaboration. The work in this exhibition creates a space in
which these dualities simultaneously emerge. It poses questions,
raises possibilities, and meditates on the current state of
contemporary events and individual views.
The exhibition subconsciously addresses the human ability to manifest
and regard how opposites create a contradictory understanding of the
center of existence, and questions what that center is.
"Whenever one moves out of the transcendent one comes into a field of
opposites. One of the problems of life is to live with the realization
of both terms, that is to say, I know the center and I know that good
and evil are simply temporal aberrations, and that in God's view,
there is no difference."-Joseph Campbell
Artists presenting work in the show are Christopher Badger, Jackson
Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer,
Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty.
Five Thirty Three is located at 533 Los Angeles St., 2nd Floor in
downtown Los Angeles between 5th and 6th Streets. The exhibition
opens on Saturday October 25 and runs until November 22. An opening
reception for the artists will be held on Saturday October 25 from
7-10pm. The Gallery is open from Monday to Friday from 7-10pm and
Saturdays from 11am-5pm. Phone: (213) 627-1541.
www.fivethirtythree.org
The opening will also feature live performances by Fresher Flesh,
Telematique, and Squarepeg Roundhole.
Christopher Badger, Jackson Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for
Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer, Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon
Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty
October 25 to November 22, 2008
Opening Saturday October 25 from 7-10pm
Five Thirty Three is proud to announce Joy and Misery, curated by Ben Shaffer, as a continuation of their exhibitions focusing on contemporary art crafted by young and emerging artists.
Joy and Misery are emotions that exist together, both in contradiction
and collaboration. The work in this exhibition creates a space in
which these dualities simultaneously emerge. It poses questions,
raises possibilities, and meditates on the current state of
contemporary events and individual views.
The exhibition subconsciously addresses the human ability to manifest
and regard how opposites create a contradictory understanding of the
center of existence, and questions what that center is.
"Whenever one moves out of the transcendent one comes into a field of
opposites. One of the problems of life is to live with the realization
of both terms, that is to say, I know the center and I know that good
and evil are simply temporal aberrations, and that in God's view,
there is no difference."-Joseph Campbell
Artists presenting work in the show are Christopher Badger, Jackson
Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer,
Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty.
Five Thirty Three is located at 533 Los Angeles St., 2nd Floor in
downtown Los Angeles between 5th and 6th Streets. The exhibition
opens on Saturday October 25 and runs until November 22. An opening
reception for the artists will be held on Saturday October 25 from
7-10pm. The Gallery is open from Monday to Friday from 7-10pm and
Saturdays from 11am-5pm. Phone: (213) 627-1541.
www.fivethirtythree.org
The opening will also feature live performances by Fresher Flesh,
Telematique, and Squarepeg Roundhole.
Joy and Misery, curated by Ben Shaffer
Joy and Misery
Christopher Badger, Jackson Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for
Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer, Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon
Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty
October 25 to November 22, 2008
Opening Saturday October 25 from 7-10pm
Five Thirty Three is proud to announce Joy and Misery, curated by Ben
Shaffer, as a continuation of their exhibitions focusing on
contemporary art crafted by young and emerging artists.
Joy and Misery are emotions that exist together, both in contradiction
and collaboration. The work in this exhibition creates a space in
which these dualities simultaneously emerge. It poses questions,
raises possibilities, and meditates on the current state of
contemporary events and individual views.
The exhibition subconsciously addresses the human ability to manifest
and regard how opposites create a contradictory understanding of the
center of existence, and questions what that center is.
"Whenever one moves out of the transcendent one comes into a field of
opposites. One of the problems of life is to live with the realization
of both terms, that is to say, I know the center and I know that good
and evil are simply temporal aberrations, and that in God's view,
there is no difference."-Joseph Campbell
Artists presenting work in the show are Christopher Badger, Jackson
Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer,
Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty.
Five Thirty Three is located at 533 Los Angeles St., 2nd Floor in
downtown Los Angeles between 5th and 6th Streets. The exhibition
opens on Saturday October 25 and runs until November 22. An opening
reception for the artists will be held on Saturday October 25 from
7-10pm. The Gallery is open from Monday to Friday from 7-10pm and
Saturdays from 11am-5pm. Phone: (213) 627-1541.
www.fivethirtythree.org
The opening will also feature live performances by Fresher Flesh,
Telematique, and Squarepeg Roundhole.
Christopher Badger, Jackson Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for
Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer, Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon
Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty
October 25 to November 22, 2008
Opening Saturday October 25 from 7-10pm
Five Thirty Three is proud to announce Joy and Misery, curated by Ben
Shaffer, as a continuation of their exhibitions focusing on
contemporary art crafted by young and emerging artists.
Joy and Misery are emotions that exist together, both in contradiction
and collaboration. The work in this exhibition creates a space in
which these dualities simultaneously emerge. It poses questions,
raises possibilities, and meditates on the current state of
contemporary events and individual views.
The exhibition subconsciously addresses the human ability to manifest
and regard how opposites create a contradictory understanding of the
center of existence, and questions what that center is.
"Whenever one moves out of the transcendent one comes into a field of
opposites. One of the problems of life is to live with the realization
of both terms, that is to say, I know the center and I know that good
and evil are simply temporal aberrations, and that in God's view,
there is no difference."-Joseph Campbell
Artists presenting work in the show are Christopher Badger, Jackson
Fledermaus, Sarah Lowing, Center for Tactical Magic, Anna Mayer,
Deirdre McConnell, Karthik Pandian, Devon Tsuno, and Conrail Twitty.
Five Thirty Three is located at 533 Los Angeles St., 2nd Floor in
downtown Los Angeles between 5th and 6th Streets. The exhibition
opens on Saturday October 25 and runs until November 22. An opening
reception for the artists will be held on Saturday October 25 from
7-10pm. The Gallery is open from Monday to Friday from 7-10pm and
Saturdays from 11am-5pm. Phone: (213) 627-1541.
www.fivethirtythree.org
The opening will also feature live performances by Fresher Flesh,
Telematique, and Squarepeg Roundhole.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bailout Biennial - call for submissions
Bailout Biennial
Call for Submissions
The first (and perhaps only) Bailout Biennial will be held at Golden Belt – www.goldenbeltarts.com – an extraordinary site of artists' studios, exhibition spaces, loft apartments, creative office and retail spaces – all housed in 6 old tobacco buildings in downtown Durham, North Carolina. Bailout Biennial seeks work that addresses the current economic "crisis" or "scandal", the 700 billion dollar bailout, capitalism, global economy, post-industrialism, greed and profit. All media will be considered. Bailout Biennial will be curated by elin o'Hara slavick and Jeff Waites. Planned exhibition dates are January 15 – March 15, 2009.
Please note: All shipping and insurance costs must be covered by the artists. While there is a security guard at the main entrance where every visitor must sign in before going to the gallery, the gallery is open to the public during regular building hours and there is no security guard inside.
Please submit via email: 3-5 jpegs of examples of your work (if you plan to make new work for this show, that is fine, but curators reserve the right to exclude it from the exhibition if it does not "fit".); a brief statement about how your work addresses the above-mentioned issues (please include in this statement any descriptions of new work you plan to make for this exhibition.); a 1-2 page resume; and an acknowledgement that you are willing to cover the cost of shipping both ways for this exhibition. DEADLINE for submission is NOVEMBER 21. Please email all of the above requirements to BOTH curators:
elin o'Hara slavick eoslavic@gmail.com
Jeff Waites jwaites@meca.edu
Call for Submissions
The first (and perhaps only) Bailout Biennial will be held at Golden Belt – www.goldenbeltarts.com – an extraordinary site of artists' studios, exhibition spaces, loft apartments, creative office and retail spaces – all housed in 6 old tobacco buildings in downtown Durham, North Carolina. Bailout Biennial seeks work that addresses the current economic "crisis" or "scandal", the 700 billion dollar bailout, capitalism, global economy, post-industrialism, greed and profit. All media will be considered. Bailout Biennial will be curated by elin o'Hara slavick and Jeff Waites. Planned exhibition dates are January 15 – March 15, 2009.
Please note: All shipping and insurance costs must be covered by the artists. While there is a security guard at the main entrance where every visitor must sign in before going to the gallery, the gallery is open to the public during regular building hours and there is no security guard inside.
Please submit via email: 3-5 jpegs of examples of your work (if you plan to make new work for this show, that is fine, but curators reserve the right to exclude it from the exhibition if it does not "fit".); a brief statement about how your work addresses the above-mentioned issues (please include in this statement any descriptions of new work you plan to make for this exhibition.); a 1-2 page resume; and an acknowledgement that you are willing to cover the cost of shipping both ways for this exhibition. DEADLINE for submission is NOVEMBER 21. Please email all of the above requirements to BOTH curators:
elin o'Hara slavick eoslavic@gmail.com
Jeff Waites jwaites@meca.edu
Monday, October 13, 2008
Other Than History: Torreya Cummings, Patricia Esquivias and Airyka Rockefeller
Other Than History
Torreya Cummings, Patricia Esquivias and Airyka Rockefeller
October 17 - November 22, 2008
Opening, Friday, October 17, 7-10pm
Silverman Gallery presents Other Than History featuring new work by Torreya Cummings, Patricia Esquivias and Airyka Rockefeller that will be on view from October 17 – November 22, 2008. Other Than History deals with issues of representation and appropriation that exist in anthropology, art and documentation. Themes of fictionalization that come from sourcing from real and imagined artifacts, people and places will be presented through a variety of media.
Each artist evokes the material residues of history in order to suggest how fictions and fantasies emerge out of actual artifacts, archives and collections.
Torreya Cummings, lives and works in San Francisco. Cummings will present new sculptural works, which include “Mail Order Tumbleweeds”and “Bearsuit”. Given that a tumbleweeds job is to travel, Cummings has ordered these from an online website and they travel to her but not in the way one might expect. Tumbleweeds move through the landscape, a path that is dictated solely by the weather and therefore have no clear destination or history. “Bearsuit”
is a mythical creature from the West that never existed. For Cummings it is part of her desire to propose a queer takeover of what is known as the Wild West. For Other Than History it also functions as a kind of relic that invites the viewer into the new West, filled with fur, costuming, glitter and fantasy.
Patricia Esquivias, lives and works in Spain. Esquivias will present a new video work that investigates measures of time and sculptural works with Spanish sayings that deal with measures of physical space. In these works Esquiviasdescribes in a detached and utterly convincing manner.
Airyka Rockefeller, lives and works in San Francisco and central and eastern Europe. For Other Than HistoryRockefeller will present two new bodies of work. "Honza's Diary (Skazka/Legend)" is a series of re-photographedphotographs from the Czech Republic, whose quietly monumental self-portraits ask what a personal archive conveysonce removed from its original context and catapulted into the realm of skazka/legends or skanzens/museums. "The Castle That Started It All" investigates the ongoing transformation of castles, from the functional to the vestigial,
and from the mythical to symbols of contemporary kitsch. In both bodies of work, recontextualization brings the viewer's attention not to fact or history, but to the gaps between experience and representation, a story and it's storyteller, between reportage and memory.
All three artists relate to certain geographical places, making work which emerges out of their own experiences in particular landscapes. Other Than History questions how we look at our collections, chronologies and archives, and how through sorting and re-presenting we often speak more to our hopes and longings than to the actual histories they are derived from.
For more information please contact Jessica Silverman at Jessica@silverman-gallery.com or visit Silverman-gallery.com.
The Colony Room in San Francisco this Saturday, 18th.
The Colony Room
Anne Colvin and Guests
Bar 7pm - 11pm
Event starts at 8.30pm
Saturday October 18th: Marc Arthur, Mike Kuchar.
The Undead is a performance event developed in Berlin by Marc Arthur. Multiple and contradictory performers will journey through a hypnotic landscape of video, poetry and subconscious scenarios where time has been destroyed and identity demolished. Featuring Vaginal Davis on screen, this performance spectacle based on the epic of Morpheus in Ovid's Metamorphoses will be documented and later made into its own piece by filmmaker Mike Kuchar.
Marc Arthur has been produced by and in residency at the Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice; the Living Theater, Dixon Place and LaMama, New York; and the Poets Theater, San Francisco.
The Garage at New Langton 1246 Folsom Street SF CA 94103: 415 626 5416
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