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Elisian Park, "Frogtown"
Featuring
The Bowtie Project, curated by the ClockShop, including the work of Michael Parker and Rosten Woo
Interpretive walk: bowtiewalk.org
The studios of artists
Pearl C. Hsiung and Lara Schnitger
Rosten Woo: is a designer, writer, and educator living in Los Angeles. He produces civic-scale artworks and works as a collaborator and consultant to a variety of grassroots and non-profit organizations. including the Advancement Project, the American Human Development Project, the Black Workers Center, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, and Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, as well as the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. His work has been exhibited at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial, the Venice Architecture Biennale, Netherlands Architectural Institute, Storefront for Art and Architecture, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and various piers, public housing developments, tugboats, shopping malls, and parks in New York and Los Angeles. His work has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. He is co-founder and former executive director of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a New York Based non-profit organization dedicated to using art and design to foster civic participation, winner of the 2016 National Design Award for institutional achievement. His book, "Street Value," about race and retail urban development, was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2010.
He teaches art and design at the California Institute of the Arts, Pomona College, and Art Center College of Design and has lectured internationally at such institutions as the Netherlands Architectural Institute, Brown University, the University of Chicago, MIT, Princeton, the Maryland Institute College of Art, the California College of the Arts, and the Chicago Art Institute. He has served on the boards of the Los Angeles Forum, Place in History and Groundswell Community Mural Project.
Michael Parker: (b. 1978, New York City; lives and works in LA) received a BA from Pomona College and an MFA from USC. He currently teaches sculpture at California State University, Long Beach. Recent exhibitions include Steam Work at Southern Exposure, San Francisco; Attractions at High Desert Test Sites (HDTS), Utah; R.S.V.P. Los Angeles at the Pomona College Museum of Art; Remembering Victor Papanek at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena; Shitwork with Machine Project at HDTS, California; Juicework at Human Resources, Los Angeles; and The Unfinished at the Bowtie Project, Los Angeles. He is a recipient of the California Community Foundationâs Emerging Artists Fellowship, a Center for Cultural Innovation Artistsâ Resource for Completion grant, and a Printed Matter Award for Artists.
Pearl C. Hsiung : born in 1973 in Taiwan, explores the space that lies between representation and abstraction. Hsiung creates a surreal realm of absurd anthropomorphism and metaphor--where humanity may be absent, yet symbolic traces still linger. Her intensely colorful large-scale canvases, small studies, and performance videos challenge the banality of the pristine images that dominate post-minimalist contemporary art. Even so, her compositions draw on the histories of painting, alluding to European fauvism and surrealism, Chinese landscape painting, American abstraction, and pop aesthetics. Pearl C. Hsiung received her BA at the University of California, Los Angeles (1997) and her MFA at Goldsmiths College, London (2004). Hsiung's work has been featured in the 2006 California Biennial and Disorderly Conduct: Art in Tumultuous Times (2008), both at the Orange County Museum of Art; and the 2006 Busan Biennale in South Korea. Hsiung lives and works in Los Angeles.
Lara Schnitge: (born 1969 in Haarlem, Netherlands) is a Dutch-American sculptor and painter, living and working in Los Angeles and Amsterdam. Schnitger studied at the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) from 1987 to 1991 and spent a year on a residency at the Kitakyushu Centre for Contemporary Art in southern Japan.
Schnitger works in knitted and sewn textile sculptures, videos and photographs, and has produced a book about art created from mundane materials such as fabric, titled Lara Schnitger: Fragile Kingdom.
Schnitgerâs work has been shown internationally at galleries and museums such as Magasin 3 in Stockholm, the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Kunstwerke in Berlin, the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, The Power Plant in Toronto, and the Royal Academy in London. She participated in the Liverpool Biennial in 1999 and the Shanghai Biennial in 2002. She is represented by Stuart Shave/Modern Art in London, Anton Kern Gallery in New York as well as by Galerie Gebr. Lehmann in Dresden and Berlin.
The Bowtie Project is a partnership between Clockshop and California State Parks to activate an 18-acre post-industrial lot along the LA River. Since 2014, Clockshop has executed over 35 artist projects, performances, and events at the Bowtie.
Bowtie Project
2780 W. Casitas Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
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Formerly a massive rail yard and switching station, the Bowtie was purchased by CA State Parks in 2003 to be developed as a public park and greenway. The Bowtie Project is curated by Clockshop, in close collaboration with CA State Parks. Invited artists are commissioned to create temporary artworks or performances that consider the unique physical properties of the site and engage in timely conversations about the future of the LA River.
Public Programs including the LA River Campouts and Reading By Moonrise provide opportunities for Angelenos of all ages to gather under the stars for traditional campfire programs and readings of new work from contemporary writers.
The Bowtie was formerly the site of a Southern Pacific Railroad train yard and maintenance facility. The railroad closed the facility in 1985, and the structures were razed shortly after, although some concrete foundational relics remain on site. The Bowtie is located along the 7.5-mile Glendale Narrows stretch of the LA River, which connects Los Feliz Boulevard with Figueroa Street. The Glendale Narrows portion of the river is âsoft-bottom,â meaning that it features a naturalized rather than a concrete bed. The site has been identified as a key location for river revitalization.
Through an exclusive partnership formalized in 2015, Clockshop and CA State Parks will continue producing cultural programs at the Bowtie Project for the next several years.
The CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists is celebrating 28 years of playing an active role in supporting local visual artists in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County is rich with creativity. We are a community where cultures converge to create a beautiful mélange of originality, diversity, synchronicity and dissonance. This energy has helped establish L.A. as a world-class art capital and a place where we proudly practice, support and value a wide array of artistic endeavors.
The CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists is just one of many ways that the California Community Foundation supports the arts by supporting those responsible for its very creation â artists.
The Fellowship brings together artists, arts patrons, and the community, creating a mutually beneficial program that has supported 274 artists over the last 28 years. We invite you to get involved and celebrate an artist today.
Together, we help L.A. artists thrive.
Camille Claudel -
Fernand de Massary (was the husband of Camille's sister Louise & therefore the brother-in-law of Camille) [1888]
auction
This wonderful theatre opened in 1927, and was built by UA studio founders Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford.
It fell under disrepair for years, but was restored by Reverend Gene Scott's congregation. He has since passed away, but the theatre remains a chapel for his church, now run by his wife Melissa.
VIJAY in SURA - SURA VIJAY in my Pencil Sketch - Animation Artist Anikartick,Chennai,TamilNadu,India
Biographie artistique
SORIN EMMANUEL
Professeur de danse et choregraphe
Directeur et fondateur L'Académie de Danse J.E.S.S -B.H.P(Ballet Haïtien de Paris).
Concepteur et créateur des Ballets, face a la mecque, l'illusion,haiti 200 ans
SORIN a créé plus d'une trantaine de choregraphies portant sur des themes varies.
Il a egalement mis sur point la technique Emmece, conçue pour faciliter la maitrice du corps et
l'appentissage rapide de la danse afro Haitien, afro Jazz, Hip-Hop jazz.
Né à Port -au -Prince Haïti, dès son plus jeune âge il se passionne pour la danse et la musique, Sa carrière a débuté à l'âge de 10 ans avec un petit troupe nommé AZAKA un peu de temps il a trouvé un bouse pour les plus connus d'école de danse en Haïti suivant assidûment les cours des Académies de danse de Port au Prince, dont :« Institut de danse Viviane GAUTHIER» « Haïti an American Academy » « R. M. T. Académie» Régine Mont-Rozier Trouillot.
Formé en danse folklorique Haitienne par Viviane GAUTHIER, en ballet jazz et la danse moderne par Nathalie Trouillot, il a également étudié avec Nicole LUMARQUE, fondatrice et directrice artistique du Ballet folklorique haïtien, (B.F.H.).
Compagnie de danse de L'institut français Haïti tchaka, avec Christine DUPUIS, joué et tournée avec la Compagnie, (Bahamas, Martinique, la France et l'Espagne).
Il a joué avec la R.T.M. et La Compagnie des Jeunes de la danse comprennant : Bal de graduation, Don Quichotte, la Petite Sirène.
SORIN Emmanuel, joué avec Eddy Toussaint qui a été le fondateur et directeur artistique de G.B.H. (Grand Ballet d'Haïti) et Les Grands Ballets du Canada.
IL a été comme danseur Invité par institut de dance lynn william Rouzier.
Remarqué lors de différentes manifestations de danse pour ses talents évidents de danseur mais aussi de chorégraphe, il obtient en 1988 une bourse d’étude.
Il perfectionne sa technique d’Afro jazz, Afro haïtienne, à différentes écoles de danse, à la Jamaïque puis à New York.
A la Jamaïque (Kingston), il se perfectionne dans les danses traditionnelles caraïbéennes à l'école des beaux arts Edna Manley (Edna Manley College of the Visual and performing Arts).
A New York, à l'école des beaux arts de l'Université de New York (Tisch School of the arts), SORIN se perfectionne dans la danse contemporaine post-moderne et, à ce titre, interprète les œuvres de célèbres chorégraphes tels David Dorfman, Ronald K.
Toujours à New York, à l'école de danse contemporaine Martha Graham, SORIN suit le programme indépendant dans lequel il se perfectionne dans la technique Graham. Dans le cadre de ce programme, il performe une de ses chorégraphies, Dèy (deuil), à Cape May (New Jersey) lors d'un spectacle de danse animé par les danseurs du Martha Graham Ensemble, la compagnie Martha Graham junior.
Ses études lui laissent le temps d’enseigner le Afro-jazz, Afro Haitien, Hip Hop jazz en France et en Haïti.
SORIN Emmanuel assure la chorégraphie et danse sur un thème moderne et AFRO. Les compagnies et les écoles de danse d’Haïti font souvent appel à lui pour enseigner, monter des chorégraphies et danser dans des spectacles dont le dernier « Roi Christophe » en décembre 1997 à Port au Prince avec le ballet Folklorique d’Haïti.(B.F.H) Au Ritz Kînam II il a dansé « Nég Marron » un extrait du ballet Toussaint Louverture en décembre 2000.
Sélectionné parmi les meilleurs danseurs en afro Haitien à Paris. On le remarque au Casino de Paris, en 2004 pour ses talents de danse afro Haitien dans : « let move the Haitian rate/rhythm » sur une chorégraphie de NAGO. Similaire à Arès dans la mythologie grecque, Ogou, dieu de la guerre, est puissant, fort et vaillant. Il confère le courage et la force à ceux qui luttent et est plus particulièrement reconnu pour avoir implanté l'idée de la révolte chez les esclaves d'Haïti et leur avoir transmis le pouvoir qui les a mené à la liberté.
Referans des Concept
Wutao Emmece Zoa (W.E.Z)
Eveillez l'âme du corps
Le Wutao Emmece Zoa ( W.E.Z ) est né au cours de l’année 2000 du métissage des expériences de SORIN EMMANUEL : Afro Haitien, Afro jazz, Hip-Hop, Qi Gong, Danse, et Bio-énergie occidentale, le tout revisité et réinventé à travers l’exploration du mouvement.
En chinois, Wutao s’écrit avec deux idéogrammes : « Wu » signifiant « danse » et « Tao » « voie, chemin ». Ainsi Wutao pourrait-il être traduit par « la Voie de la danse de la vie ».
La pratique se concentre sur le déploiement d’une onde déclenchée par le relâchement du bassin, à partir de laquelle se décline tout un ensemble de mouvements réalisés dans un profond respect de l’être et de sa corporalité. Les principes du Emmece Wutao Zoa restent au plus près de la sensibilité du sentiment pour insuffler de l’émotion à notre gestuelle. Car la douceur et la sensibilité sont les qualités que notre organisme accueille le plus efficacement.
Les différentes étapes de progression du Emmece Wutao Zoa:
These two local artists were singing and i could not ignore them. My brother and self stood and listened to them for a while. He had a voice with a very good earthly touch, difficult to find these days.
Ésta es una de esas fotos que hice en su día sin demasiada emoción pero que una vez guardada en la carpeta de "Pendientes" ha querido emerger y colocarse el vestido de luz que le ha dado la gana....( y es que hay fotos que bailan, que te llevan irremediablemente y que se editan solas sí o sí).
Quería huir del tópico pero al final me ha servido para hacer un pequeño homenaje a una gran película. O al menos, a una de las pocas películas que me han gustado y conseguido emocionarme últimamente.
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Artwork available at pinkghost.net
The System Group Art Show: A group of Latin American artists and illustrators represent social classes with metallic inks. Participating artists: PIAN, Alberto Garcia, Piktorama, Kelvin Osorio, and SOMA.
Various Artists
Wednesday 6 November, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
George Orwell
168 Perth Road
Dundee, DD1 4JS
Join us for a curated evening of Artist short films from around the globe. Based on this year’s festival theme REACT; NEoN has selected a series of films covering topics such as gender, environment and immigration.
Featuring work by BOM Fellow Emily Mulenga and other artists Georgie Roxby Smith, Jenny odell, Elaine Hoey, Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Shelley Lake, John Butler, Kevin B Lee, shawné michaelain holloway, Jennifer Chan, Shelly Lake and Greg Bath.
Full screening notes:
Max Almy, Perfect leader, (1983), 4 mins. 15 secs.
A satire of the political television spot, Perfect Leader shows that ideology is the product and power is the payoff. The process of political image making and the marketing of a candidate is revealed, as an omnipotent computer manufactures the perfect candidate, offering up three political types: Mr. Nice Guy, an evangelist, and an Orwellian Big Brother. Behind the candidates, symbols of political promises quickly degenerate into icons of oppression and nuclear war.
Greg Barth, Epic Fail, (2017), 5 mins. 32 secs.
Epic Fail is an avant-garde essay that questions what happens when political discourse fails to connect with voters, and truth is impacted by fake news. Based on the political events that shook 2016, the film imagines a reality that is both forged and blurred depending on how we perceive it; using existential currents inspired by Jean Paul Sartre’s Nausea.
The result is a surreal political satire that revolves around a vote for world peace that has dramatic consequences.
John Butler, Xerox’s Paradox, (2018), 2 mins.
A new workwear collection for the age of intelligent supertasking. Xerox’s fear of a paperless office led to the GUI, which, in turn, led to an explosion in the amount of printed matter. Xerox’s Paradox is about technology’s broken promises. The more we automate, the harder we must work.
Jennifer Chan, *A Total Jizzfest*, (2012), 3 mins. 22 secs.
A sample of the richest, sexiest men in computer and internet history.
Chloé Galibert-Laîné, My Crush was a Superstar, (2017), 12 mins. 30 secs.
This desktop documentary follows an ISIS fighter through a trail of messages, videos and postings to uncover his existence in both social media and reality. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Elaine Hoey, Animated Positions, (2019), 9 mins. 47 secs.
This work draws reference from 19th century European nationalist paintings and explores the role of art in the portrayal of jingoistic patriotic ideals that have become culturally symbolic in the formation of the nation state. This piece re-animates the war like stances and positions of bodies found within these paintings, using character animation taken from the video game Call of Duty. The work challenges notions of nostalgia for the nation state, creating a contemporary critique of the underlying violence that underpins much of todays nationalistic ideologies.
Shawné Michaelain Holloway, GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4, (2016), 1 min. 55 secs.
GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4 is a response to internet’s “Gear Review” video genre. Using a video sourced from Youtube’s preparedness community alongside a video of the artist performing live for her leather community, this work asks questions about the ways we get to know, use, and care for our objects. Whether them for war, for sex, or both, we’re obsessed with function and feature, forcing fetish into the realm of the domestic and accessible.
Shelley Lake, Polly Gone, (1988), 3 min. 9 secs.
A day in the life of a robot.
Kevin B. Lee, The Spokesman, (2018), 12 mins. 30 secs.
The Spokesman investigates the online traces of John Cantlie, a British news reporter who was kidnapped in 2012 and later appeared in several Islamic State propaganda videos. Responding to Cantlie’s videos, Kevin analyzes Cantlie’s British accent and professional composure, constructed over many years of media appearances. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Emily Mulenga, Now that we know the world is ending soon…what are you gonna wear?, (2019), 4 mins. 5 secs
Religious imagery and symbols of capitalist excess intertwine under the ever-watchful eye of CCTV cameras. Loneliness occurs even in the most crowded, noisy and colourful of rooms. Fractured identities span the online and offline worlds. Late-stage capitalism has left us with a disconnect from others and from a spiritual centre, and consumerism purports to fill the void; but never truly satisfies. There’s a condition of perpetual information overload in an oversaturated, neon, dystopian cityscape. There’s also a rabbit.
Jenny Odell, Polly Returns, (2017), 3 mins. 2 secs.
Polly Returns is based on Shelley Lake’s 1988 computer animation, Polly Gone, which features an isolated female robot doing everyday tasks inside a futuristic dome house. In my version, the robot has returned in 2017. The soundtrack is inspired by the original from Polly Gone, which itself was based on the soundtrack from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Georgie Roxby Smith, Lara Croft Domestic Goddess I & II, (2013), 2 mins. 14 secs.
Georgie Roxby Smith’s hacked Lara Croft Tomb Raider video game shows the familiar icon for violent femme fatale bad-assery in the throes of orgasmic housekeeping, a scene that could be read as neo-Friedan, with her “domestic goddess” subject trapped between the banally physical and the extraordinarily virtual. The value judgments are unclear, the equation destabilized, as Croft joyfully irons shirts with a bow and arrow slung over her back, letting out cries that are undiscernibly battle grunts or orgiastic moans.
Photography Kathryn Rattray
Painter at a harbour. most likely in Dordrecht
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Ronald Wu commenced his career with the government in 1987 being offered a cadetship with the Queensland Department of Public Works. He worked as architect on a diverse range of projects, and was elevated to acting principle architect in 2005, then principle architect in 2008. He also performed the role of acting Managing Architect on occasions. The hand-drawn presentations that make up this collection represent designs that were subsequently built, some depicting earlier variants or options for projects. Others depict imaginary concepts used to excite stakeholder or public interest at the time.
The projects depicted in this collection include plans for the Roma Street Parklands through to memorials including Police, Netherlands and Gallipoli Replacement memorials. Other projects include housing, emergency services, health, TAFE buildings, childcare centres, police stations, courthouses, aerial training and maintenance facilities, office buildings, visitor centres and parks and wildlife projects. The artworks represented here also depict buildings designed by architects such as Robin Gibson and Don Watson.
The media include watercolour, ink and pencil. The watercolour works would have taken one to three days to complete, depending on complexity; the smaller illustrations may have only taken a few hours. A preliminary sketch was usually created before the final drawing and rendering was done. These hand drawn presentations continued to be requested alongside the emergence of computer technology for producing 3D images. This is not a complete collection of Ronald Wu's work, with an estimated 260 original paintings existing, but is a representative sample of works for the period he was employed by the Department of Public Works.
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Fotografía: Claudia Vasconcelo
Lugar: Valparaíso. Chile
Fecha:5 Diciembre 2008
Equipo:Canon EOS 40D
Various Artists
Wednesday 6 November, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
George Orwell
168 Perth Road
Dundee, DD1 4JS
Join us for a curated evening of Artist short films from around the globe. Based on this year’s festival theme REACT; NEoN has selected a series of films covering topics such as gender, environment and immigration.
Featuring work by BOM Fellow Emily Mulenga and other artists Georgie Roxby Smith, Jenny odell, Elaine Hoey, Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Shelley Lake, John Butler, Kevin B Lee, shawné michaelain holloway, Jennifer Chan, Shelly Lake and Greg Bath.
Full screening notes:
Max Almy, Perfect leader, (1983), 4 mins. 15 secs.
A satire of the political television spot, Perfect Leader shows that ideology is the product and power is the payoff. The process of political image making and the marketing of a candidate is revealed, as an omnipotent computer manufactures the perfect candidate, offering up three political types: Mr. Nice Guy, an evangelist, and an Orwellian Big Brother. Behind the candidates, symbols of political promises quickly degenerate into icons of oppression and nuclear war.
Greg Barth, Epic Fail, (2017), 5 mins. 32 secs.
Epic Fail is an avant-garde essay that questions what happens when political discourse fails to connect with voters, and truth is impacted by fake news. Based on the political events that shook 2016, the film imagines a reality that is both forged and blurred depending on how we perceive it; using existential currents inspired by Jean Paul Sartre’s Nausea.
The result is a surreal political satire that revolves around a vote for world peace that has dramatic consequences.
John Butler, Xerox’s Paradox, (2018), 2 mins.
A new workwear collection for the age of intelligent supertasking. Xerox’s fear of a paperless office led to the GUI, which, in turn, led to an explosion in the amount of printed matter. Xerox’s Paradox is about technology’s broken promises. The more we automate, the harder we must work.
Jennifer Chan, *A Total Jizzfest*, (2012), 3 mins. 22 secs.
A sample of the richest, sexiest men in computer and internet history.
Chloé Galibert-Laîné, My Crush was a Superstar, (2017), 12 mins. 30 secs.
This desktop documentary follows an ISIS fighter through a trail of messages, videos and postings to uncover his existence in both social media and reality. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Elaine Hoey, Animated Positions, (2019), 9 mins. 47 secs.
This work draws reference from 19th century European nationalist paintings and explores the role of art in the portrayal of jingoistic patriotic ideals that have become culturally symbolic in the formation of the nation state. This piece re-animates the war like stances and positions of bodies found within these paintings, using character animation taken from the video game Call of Duty. The work challenges notions of nostalgia for the nation state, creating a contemporary critique of the underlying violence that underpins much of todays nationalistic ideologies.
Shawné Michaelain Holloway, GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4, (2016), 1 min. 55 secs.
GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4 is a response to internet’s “Gear Review” video genre. Using a video sourced from Youtube’s preparedness community alongside a video of the artist performing live for her leather community, this work asks questions about the ways we get to know, use, and care for our objects. Whether them for war, for sex, or both, we’re obsessed with function and feature, forcing fetish into the realm of the domestic and accessible.
Shelley Lake, Polly Gone, (1988), 3 min. 9 secs.
A day in the life of a robot.
Kevin B. Lee, The Spokesman, (2018), 12 mins. 30 secs.
The Spokesman investigates the online traces of John Cantlie, a British news reporter who was kidnapped in 2012 and later appeared in several Islamic State propaganda videos. Responding to Cantlie’s videos, Kevin analyzes Cantlie’s British accent and professional composure, constructed over many years of media appearances. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Emily Mulenga, Now that we know the world is ending soon…what are you gonna wear?, (2019), 4 mins. 5 secs
Religious imagery and symbols of capitalist excess intertwine under the ever-watchful eye of CCTV cameras. Loneliness occurs even in the most crowded, noisy and colourful of rooms. Fractured identities span the online and offline worlds. Late-stage capitalism has left us with a disconnect from others and from a spiritual centre, and consumerism purports to fill the void; but never truly satisfies. There’s a condition of perpetual information overload in an oversaturated, neon, dystopian cityscape. There’s also a rabbit.
Jenny Odell, Polly Returns, (2017), 3 mins. 2 secs.
Polly Returns is based on Shelley Lake’s 1988 computer animation, Polly Gone, which features an isolated female robot doing everyday tasks inside a futuristic dome house. In my version, the robot has returned in 2017. The soundtrack is inspired by the original from Polly Gone, which itself was based on the soundtrack from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Georgie Roxby Smith, Lara Croft Domestic Goddess I & II, (2013), 2 mins. 14 secs.
Georgie Roxby Smith’s hacked Lara Croft Tomb Raider video game shows the familiar icon for violent femme fatale bad-assery in the throes of orgasmic housekeeping, a scene that could be read as neo-Friedan, with her “domestic goddess” subject trapped between the banally physical and the extraordinarily virtual. The value judgments are unclear, the equation destabilized, as Croft joyfully irons shirts with a bow and arrow slung over her back, letting out cries that are undiscernibly battle grunts or orgiastic moans.
Photography Kathryn Rattray
Various Artists
Wednesday 6 November, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
George Orwell
168 Perth Road
Dundee, DD1 4JS
Join us for a curated evening of Artist short films from around the globe. Based on this year’s festival theme REACT; NEoN has selected a series of films covering topics such as gender, environment and immigration.
Featuring work by BOM Fellow Emily Mulenga and other artists Georgie Roxby Smith, Jenny odell, Elaine Hoey, Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Shelley Lake, John Butler, Kevin B Lee, shawné michaelain holloway, Jennifer Chan, Shelly Lake and Greg Bath.
Full screening notes:
Max Almy, Perfect leader, (1983), 4 mins. 15 secs.
A satire of the political television spot, Perfect Leader shows that ideology is the product and power is the payoff. The process of political image making and the marketing of a candidate is revealed, as an omnipotent computer manufactures the perfect candidate, offering up three political types: Mr. Nice Guy, an evangelist, and an Orwellian Big Brother. Behind the candidates, symbols of political promises quickly degenerate into icons of oppression and nuclear war.
Greg Barth, Epic Fail, (2017), 5 mins. 32 secs.
Epic Fail is an avant-garde essay that questions what happens when political discourse fails to connect with voters, and truth is impacted by fake news. Based on the political events that shook 2016, the film imagines a reality that is both forged and blurred depending on how we perceive it; using existential currents inspired by Jean Paul Sartre’s Nausea.
The result is a surreal political satire that revolves around a vote for world peace that has dramatic consequences.
John Butler, Xerox’s Paradox, (2018), 2 mins.
A new workwear collection for the age of intelligent supertasking. Xerox’s fear of a paperless office led to the GUI, which, in turn, led to an explosion in the amount of printed matter. Xerox’s Paradox is about technology’s broken promises. The more we automate, the harder we must work.
Jennifer Chan, *A Total Jizzfest*, (2012), 3 mins. 22 secs.
A sample of the richest, sexiest men in computer and internet history.
Chloé Galibert-Laîné, My Crush was a Superstar, (2017), 12 mins. 30 secs.
This desktop documentary follows an ISIS fighter through a trail of messages, videos and postings to uncover his existence in both social media and reality. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Elaine Hoey, Animated Positions, (2019), 9 mins. 47 secs.
This work draws reference from 19th century European nationalist paintings and explores the role of art in the portrayal of jingoistic patriotic ideals that have become culturally symbolic in the formation of the nation state. This piece re-animates the war like stances and positions of bodies found within these paintings, using character animation taken from the video game Call of Duty. The work challenges notions of nostalgia for the nation state, creating a contemporary critique of the underlying violence that underpins much of todays nationalistic ideologies.
Shawné Michaelain Holloway, GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4, (2016), 1 min. 55 secs.
GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4 is a response to internet’s “Gear Review” video genre. Using a video sourced from Youtube’s preparedness community alongside a video of the artist performing live for her leather community, this work asks questions about the ways we get to know, use, and care for our objects. Whether them for war, for sex, or both, we’re obsessed with function and feature, forcing fetish into the realm of the domestic and accessible.
Shelley Lake, Polly Gone, (1988), 3 min. 9 secs.
A day in the life of a robot.
Kevin B. Lee, The Spokesman, (2018), 12 mins. 30 secs.
The Spokesman investigates the online traces of John Cantlie, a British news reporter who was kidnapped in 2012 and later appeared in several Islamic State propaganda videos. Responding to Cantlie’s videos, Kevin analyzes Cantlie’s British accent and professional composure, constructed over many years of media appearances. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Emily Mulenga, Now that we know the world is ending soon…what are you gonna wear?, (2019), 4 mins. 5 secs
Religious imagery and symbols of capitalist excess intertwine under the ever-watchful eye of CCTV cameras. Loneliness occurs even in the most crowded, noisy and colourful of rooms. Fractured identities span the online and offline worlds. Late-stage capitalism has left us with a disconnect from others and from a spiritual centre, and consumerism purports to fill the void; but never truly satisfies. There’s a condition of perpetual information overload in an oversaturated, neon, dystopian cityscape. There’s also a rabbit.
Jenny Odell, Polly Returns, (2017), 3 mins. 2 secs.
Polly Returns is based on Shelley Lake’s 1988 computer animation, Polly Gone, which features an isolated female robot doing everyday tasks inside a futuristic dome house. In my version, the robot has returned in 2017. The soundtrack is inspired by the original from Polly Gone, which itself was based on the soundtrack from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Georgie Roxby Smith, Lara Croft Domestic Goddess I & II, (2013), 2 mins. 14 secs.
Georgie Roxby Smith’s hacked Lara Croft Tomb Raider video game shows the familiar icon for violent femme fatale bad-assery in the throes of orgasmic housekeeping, a scene that could be read as neo-Friedan, with her “domestic goddess” subject trapped between the banally physical and the extraordinarily virtual. The value judgments are unclear, the equation destabilized, as Croft joyfully irons shirts with a bow and arrow slung over her back, letting out cries that are undiscernibly battle grunts or orgiastic moans.
Photography Kathryn Rattray
Various Artists
Wednesday 6 November, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
George Orwell
168 Perth Road
Dundee, DD1 4JS
Join us for a curated evening of Artist short films from around the globe. Based on this year’s festival theme REACT; NEoN has selected a series of films covering topics such as gender, environment and immigration.
Featuring work by BOM Fellow Emily Mulenga and other artists Georgie Roxby Smith, Jenny odell, Elaine Hoey, Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Shelley Lake, John Butler, Kevin B Lee, shawné michaelain holloway, Jennifer Chan, Shelly Lake and Greg Bath.
Full screening notes:
Max Almy, Perfect leader, (1983), 4 mins. 15 secs.
A satire of the political television spot, Perfect Leader shows that ideology is the product and power is the payoff. The process of political image making and the marketing of a candidate is revealed, as an omnipotent computer manufactures the perfect candidate, offering up three political types: Mr. Nice Guy, an evangelist, and an Orwellian Big Brother. Behind the candidates, symbols of political promises quickly degenerate into icons of oppression and nuclear war.
Greg Barth, Epic Fail, (2017), 5 mins. 32 secs.
Epic Fail is an avant-garde essay that questions what happens when political discourse fails to connect with voters, and truth is impacted by fake news. Based on the political events that shook 2016, the film imagines a reality that is both forged and blurred depending on how we perceive it; using existential currents inspired by Jean Paul Sartre’s Nausea.
The result is a surreal political satire that revolves around a vote for world peace that has dramatic consequences.
John Butler, Xerox’s Paradox, (2018), 2 mins.
A new workwear collection for the age of intelligent supertasking. Xerox’s fear of a paperless office led to the GUI, which, in turn, led to an explosion in the amount of printed matter. Xerox’s Paradox is about technology’s broken promises. The more we automate, the harder we must work.
Jennifer Chan, *A Total Jizzfest*, (2012), 3 mins. 22 secs.
A sample of the richest, sexiest men in computer and internet history.
Chloé Galibert-Laîné, My Crush was a Superstar, (2017), 12 mins. 30 secs.
This desktop documentary follows an ISIS fighter through a trail of messages, videos and postings to uncover his existence in both social media and reality. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Elaine Hoey, Animated Positions, (2019), 9 mins. 47 secs.
This work draws reference from 19th century European nationalist paintings and explores the role of art in the portrayal of jingoistic patriotic ideals that have become culturally symbolic in the formation of the nation state. This piece re-animates the war like stances and positions of bodies found within these paintings, using character animation taken from the video game Call of Duty. The work challenges notions of nostalgia for the nation state, creating a contemporary critique of the underlying violence that underpins much of todays nationalistic ideologies.
Shawné Michaelain Holloway, GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4, (2016), 1 min. 55 secs.
GEAR-REVIEW(1)__BEGINNERS-VEST.MP4 is a response to internet’s “Gear Review” video genre. Using a video sourced from Youtube’s preparedness community alongside a video of the artist performing live for her leather community, this work asks questions about the ways we get to know, use, and care for our objects. Whether them for war, for sex, or both, we’re obsessed with function and feature, forcing fetish into the realm of the domestic and accessible.
Shelley Lake, Polly Gone, (1988), 3 min. 9 secs.
A day in the life of a robot.
Kevin B. Lee, The Spokesman, (2018), 12 mins. 30 secs.
The Spokesman investigates the online traces of John Cantlie, a British news reporter who was kidnapped in 2012 and later appeared in several Islamic State propaganda videos. Responding to Cantlie’s videos, Kevin analyzes Cantlie’s British accent and professional composure, constructed over many years of media appearances. Part of Bottled Songs, a series of video letters investigating desire, power and terrorism in online and social media. The videos, recorded from the researchers’ desktops, depict and interrogate their subjects’ compulsive engagement in the production of everyday myths and fictions about themselves and others.
Emily Mulenga, Now that we know the world is ending soon…what are you gonna wear?, (2019), 4 mins. 5 secs
Religious imagery and symbols of capitalist excess intertwine under the ever-watchful eye of CCTV cameras. Loneliness occurs even in the most crowded, noisy and colourful of rooms. Fractured identities span the online and offline worlds. Late-stage capitalism has left us with a disconnect from others and from a spiritual centre, and consumerism purports to fill the void; but never truly satisfies. There’s a condition of perpetual information overload in an oversaturated, neon, dystopian cityscape. There’s also a rabbit.
Jenny Odell, Polly Returns, (2017), 3 mins. 2 secs.
Polly Returns is based on Shelley Lake’s 1988 computer animation, Polly Gone, which features an isolated female robot doing everyday tasks inside a futuristic dome house. In my version, the robot has returned in 2017. The soundtrack is inspired by the original from Polly Gone, which itself was based on the soundtrack from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Georgie Roxby Smith, Lara Croft Domestic Goddess I & II, (2013), 2 mins. 14 secs.
Georgie Roxby Smith’s hacked Lara Croft Tomb Raider video game shows the familiar icon for violent femme fatale bad-assery in the throes of orgasmic housekeeping, a scene that could be read as neo-Friedan, with her “domestic goddess” subject trapped between the banally physical and the extraordinarily virtual. The value judgments are unclear, the equation destabilized, as Croft joyfully irons shirts with a bow and arrow slung over her back, letting out cries that are undiscernibly battle grunts or orgiastic moans.
Photography Kathryn Rattray
He was part of the renovation of the cupola of the Duomo in Florence. Here he"s explaining his accomplishments.
Pretty林奕萱 got natural quality , she also a makeup artist , when she dressed the white classic bride gown , with the western style building of background , she looked so charming and gorgeous
"Then climbing on the roof, he had with his own hand bent and run up the colors."
One of the great book series of the turn of the century was “Scribner’s Illustrated Classics for Young Readers.” This series presented great classics illustrated in full color by known artists such as N. C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle and others. “Treasure Island,” published in 1911 and illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, was the first book in the series. The series continued on a nearly one-a-year basis through the 1930s. Wyeth illustrated the largest number of books – 16 – more than any other artist.
Book titles in the series ranged the gamut from adventure stories, to historical fiction, to westerns, and even poems. The books were very popular from the start and were reprinted regularly. Beginning in 1981 Scribner’s began to reprint those illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, releasing one each year for 15 years.
Last week I took some pictures at the inspiring Portal Arts Gallery featuring the works of Janine Portal. A true artist doing some very unique work.
WE PLAY music & art FESTIVAL
Il We Play music & art Festival non è un evento convenzionale per la città di Pisa.
Il Festival, presentato dall’Associazione culturale Uma Creative Project, nella sera di sabato 10 marzo trasformerà il Palazzo dei Congressi in un grande contenitore musicale e artistico dove musica elettronica, arte contemporanea, fotografia,visual art e divertimento si fonderanno in un unico evento, dando un nuovo impulso vitale alla città di Pisa.
Il divertimento come veicolo di conoscenza, di condivisione , crescita culturale, artistica e musicale.
La rassegna artistica convoglierà quasi quaranta giovani espositori provenienti dal mondo della fotografia, della pittura, della grafica digitale, della visual art e delle performance live.
We Play ospiterà delle vere e proprie “mini personali” , per lo più di opere mai esposte o preparate appositamente per il festival, sia di artisti emergenti che di nomi già noti al panorama artistico.
Avremo il piacere di ospitare artisti del calibro di Massimo Pasca, pittore e illustratore dall’inconfondibile stile. Pasca ci presenterà i suoi racconti per immagini, dalle trame singolari ed eccentriche, i cui protagonisti sono le icone della nostra cultura pop, rappresentati con una pungente vena d'ironia e sarcasmo; Francesco Barbieri e Etnik entrambi provenienti dal mondo della street art, il primo, uno dei più attivi e anziani autori di graffiti della città, ci restituisce su tela la sua peculiare e poetica visione di questo "fantastico mondo di reietti", mentre Etnik, con le sue metafore critiche sugli agglomerati urbani che caratterizzano le grigie periferie cittadine, elabora il concetto di "gabbia urbana" in cui l'uomo è intrappolato.
Inoltre vedremo le personalissime opere di Francesca Gargano, toscana di adozione ma cittadina del mondo quando si parla di esposizioni o vernissage la Gargano, attraverso le sue opere, ci invita ad osservare con più attenzione quegli attimi che ad occhio nudo ci sfuggono, perché così come le pieghe dei pacchi da spedizione nascondono una parte che non si nota, la vita, nelle sue “pieghe del tempo”, cela risvolti inimmaginabili.
Tra i nomi più risonanti anche la crew Elektro Domestik Force che presenterà una suggestiva performance video dal titolo RESTART, della quale ci dicono gli stessi ideatori -ha come principale obiettivo quello di risvegliare positive sensazioni nei confronti della vita oppressa da società capitalistiche e classificanti, attraverso messaggi di speranza e di convinta fantasia, con la consapevolezza che lottare per un mondo sempre migliore, che vede al suo centro la vita (e non i soldi), rimane l’ unica soluzione per garantire un futuro decente ai prossimi ospiti di questo splendido universo-
Stessa sensibilità ai temi di attualità, la troveremo nella performance live di GasArti Produzioni dal titolo GAScongressARTI.
L’associazione HeyArt di Firenze, realtà costituita da un gruppo di professionisti artisti, parteciperà all’evento con ben 4 dei suoi artisti, due fotografe Silvia Noferi e Alessandra Baldoni; e Nicola Formosa e Michele Moricci, entrambi pittori e designer.
Altri grandi ospiti del festival saranno i fotografi Demonrat e Imperfect Fleur, entrambi affermati rappresentanti della fotografia dark - artistica d’autore, i due espongono da anni in tutta Italia e non solo, ma,purtroppo come capita spesso, sono poco conosciuti nella loro provincia di origine.
Altri partecipanti, tutti fotografi, saranno i più emergenti, Sharon Micciola visual art, Alice Caracciolo, Luca Bettarini e Valentina Teleschi.
Michela Cimmino, invece, altra giovane promessa della fotografia, coinvolgerà i presenti in una performance di light graffiti, veri e propri disegni di luce impressi in una foto, per un risultato veramente suggestivo.
Avremo anche un live painting molto particolare del gruppo G.A.P. e altre opere pittoriche di Dedirè e Andrea Taddei e fotografiche del progetto Kaos Video Royale e Luca Zunino.
Nel frattempo, nei 3 stage si alterneranno più di trenta djs , mcs e musicisti per un evento senza limiti musicali.
I suoni si evolvono durante la serata accompagnandoci in un viaggio tra le mille sfaccettature della musica elettronica.
Quadri, installazioni artistiche , fotografie e spettacoli di Visual Art saranno lo scenario in cui il pubblico si muoverà all’interno del Festival.
Alla console potremo assistere all’esibizione di alcune tra le migliori realtà musicali Toscane.
Nell’ Underground Auditorium Stage ai giradischi i fiorentini, precursori in Italia della Dubstep, NUMA Crew, accompagnati dallo storico collettivo Jungle/Drum n Bass NuCombo (Fonx + Lookilla) ed i giovanissimi Offbeats ed Elb Experience che faranno scatenare il pubblico con il sound made in Uk, mentre a concludere il dj set Electro di Pumpyflex, dj e label manager dell'etichetta FreshPump Records che sta facendo sempre più parlare di se in Toscana ed in Italia, ed il giovane duo di dj e produttori pisani, The Pornorockerz, veramente da non perdere.
Nel Club Hall stage di rilievo la presenza di Fabio Neural, dj resident del Tinì Soundgarden, che quest'anno si è fatto notare per aver suonato, nell’arco di pochi mesi, con dj del calibro di Ralf, Magda, Carl Cox, Ilario Alicante ed Alex Neri, tanto per citarne alcuni. E poi Brunì e Danielle, talentuoso duo pisano, che ha da poco presentato la nuova label: la YUMA Recordings, e tra poco voleranno negli Stati Uniti a far conoscere il sound nostrano.
Ci saranno inoltre Fabio n’joy, l’eclettico Massbeat e Filippo De Maria, storico Dj toscano e conduttore del programma radiofonico Ausgang, in onda su Punto Radio.
Il finale sarà affidato all'inossidabile Tony Vallini del collettivo Offlabel e al suo set di pura PsyTrance.
La Street Gallery sarà invece animata all’apertura dall’elettronica Nudisco del giovane duo Blister Bros e da Stardusty.
Ci sarà spazio anche per la musica live al WE PLAY, le esibizioni dal vivo saranno tre: i viareggini Sashimi Breakfast, con un set Hip Hop dalle pure contaminazioni Dubstep e Glitch Hop; il live funky di alta classe del duo pisano che vede Fonx ai giradischi e Peewee Durante alle tastiere; e a chiudere Herrera, vincitore dell’ IDA 2010, che proporrà puro Hip Hop con il suo personalissimo MCP live set.
Media partner dell’evento saranno la web radio universitaria RadioEco e il programma Electrodust, il programma radiofonico Ausgang in onda su Puntoradio e Radio Insieme. Inoltre Bushido, anch’esso in onda su Puntoradio.
Tutto questo è We Play music & art Festival, sabato 10 marzo ore 21.30, Palazzo dei Congressi di Pisa.
Ingresso a pagamento: biglietto intero di soli 7€ e 5€ per il ridotto
Ufficio stampa Associazione culturale UMA Creative Project
Gianluca Filippi
weplayfestival@gmail.com
333 71 66 742
Palazzo dei Congressi
Via Giacomo Matteotti, 1
56124 Pisa
Sito web: www.palazzodeicongressi.pisa.it
Mail: info@palazzodeicongressi.pisa.it
Tel. 050 598212