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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

“Artists are rebels against the grain of society no matter what they choose to do.” ~Dean Nimmer

I love Artist Point. I can't believe that I don't have any interior shots! Still, the sign is a good enough reminder :-)

 

I really like the sign because it is very 'Rennie MacIntosh'. At the time of shooting, I couldn't make my mind up on composition. I think I prefer this elongated version though.

 

View On White

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

Artists at Work with IdeaPaint

 

Photo: Daniel Stanush

Musetta is a realistic Arabian mare sculpted by Deborah McDermott. She is available in a limited artist resin edition for the model horse hobby.

Itú, São Paulo, Brasil

Tarcy Thomason

Artist Vs Poet

April 28, 2010

The Crazy Donkey

BT ArtBox project celebrating 25 years of Childline

 

ArtBox Title: Fabulous

Artist: Julien Macdonald

Location: The Royal Exchange

 

Open-air art exhibition across London - Summer 2012

 

• BT marked 25th anniversary of ChildLine with launch of open-air art exhibition in London

• BT ArtBox project saw leading artists, designers and creatives transform full-size replicas of iconic Gilbert Scott–designed red telephone box into stunning artworks

• Throughout June and July 2012, BT ArtBoxes were on display in high-profile locations across the capital

• The National Portrait Gallery hosted a gala auction on July 18 where the ArtBoxes were auctioned to raise money for ChildLine

 

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ChildLine, BT announced the launch of the BT ArtBox project – a new public art exhibition set to take over the capital Summer 2012.

 

Leading artists, designers and creatives from around the world were invited to apply their individual talents to re-style that much-loved icon of British design, the traditional red telephone box.

 

Each artist or designer took delivery of a full-size, fibre-glass replica of the Sir Giles Gilbert Scott-designed original K6 telephone kiosk, which was introduced in 1936 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V.

 

Participating artists included 2002 Turner prize winner Keith Tyson, Romero Britto and Royal Academician Professor of Sculpture David Mach, along with fashion designers Giles Deacon and Zandra Rhodes.

 

The BT ArtBoxes were on display in high-profile locations around the capital between June 18 and July 16 before being auctioned off at a VIP Gala Auction at the National Portrait Gallery on July 18 to raise funds for BT’s long-time partner ChildLine.

 

Esther Rantzen OBE, founder of ChildLine and patron of the BT ArtBox project, said: “I’m thrilled that ChildLine’s 25th birthday is to be celebrated by such a unique and inspiring project as BT Artbox.

“The red phone box is a much loved symbol of British culture and I’m keen to see how the artists involved will create new masterpieces from such an iconic canvas. It’s fantastic that the proceeds from the sale of the boxes will raise vital funds to support the work of ChildLine, enabling us to help many more children and young people to get comfort, advice and protection when they need it most.”

 

Sandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery and patron of the BT ArtBox project, said: “The Gilbert Scott telephone box is a truly iconic British design, and I’m looking forwards to seeing how artists and designers transform the replica boxes into works of art on London’s streets.”

 

David Mach, said: “It’s great to be involved with the ArtBox Exhibition. I get to kill more than two birds with one stone...work with a great charity (hopefully make money for it) and a classic British design. I love all things Gilbert Scott. Anything that encourages us to get his design back on our streets does it for me”.

 

Suzi Williams, director of BT Group Marketing and Brand, said: “BT has a history of supporting British cultural initiatives and 2012 is no exception. What better way to celebrate ChildLine's 25th anniversary than transforming replicas of the classic red phone box into a public art exhibition that can be enjoyed by all in the build-up to the Games this summer."

 

Martine Ainsworth-Wells, London & Partners, Marketing and Communications director, said:

“London & Partners is excited to support BT ArtBox in the run up to London 2012. BT ArtBox will bring some of the UK’s finest artistic talents to London’s streets, adding a new creative dimension to the capital at such an important time in its history.”

 

Artists and creatives who were interested in designing an ArtBox visited btartbox.com for more information about how to get involved.

The BT ArtBox project was supported by the Mayor of London, Professor Malcolm Garrett RDI, London & Partners, The May Fair Hotel, Harvey Nichols, The Times and The Sunday Times and borough councils across the capital.

 

Images of Malcolm Garrett, Interaction Designer, Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, David Mach RA, Sculptor, Esther Rantzen, founder of ChildLine and Lauren O'Farrell, Artist at the launch of the BT ArtBox project at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, central London today are available at:

imagelibrary.btplc.com/assetbank-btplc/action/browseItems...

 

Top 10 facts about the K6 red phone box

 

1. Kiosk number 6 or “Jubilee Kiosk” commemorates the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V.

2. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott also designed Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, Battersea Power Station and Bankside Power Station now Tate Modern.

3. More than 1,600 decommissioned red phone boxes, mostly K6s, have been sold to local communities for just a £1 under BT’s Adopt a Kiosk scheme. Uses include being fitted with lifesaving defibrillation machines, turned into art galleries and public libraries.

4. The K6 was the first kiosk installed nationwide and the standard kiosk across the UK until the introduction of the K8 in 1968.

5. The K6 kiosk is made from cast iron with a teak door. It is 8’3” tall (2.4 metres) and weighs three quarters of a ton (762 kilograms).

6. The K6 design was approved by the Post Office and the Royal Fine Arts Commission, which endorsed “Post Office red” as the standard colour.

7. Although Scott agreed to the use of “Post Office red” he was never a supporter of the colour and initially suggested the outside of the kiosk be painted silver and the inside greenish-blue. He strongly urged rural kiosks be painted dove-grey.

8. Two K6 kiosks were installed in France during 1995, for the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

9. Several red K6’s have been transformed into combined payphones and cash machines.

10.There are 11,000 red phone boxes in use in the UK.

 

About ChildLine

 

ChildLine on 0800 1111 and www.childline.org.uk is the UK’s only free, 24-hour helpline for children in danger or distress. Trained volunteer counsellors comfort, advice and protect children and young people. ChildLine is a service within the NSPCC. In Scotland it is delivered by CHILDREN 1ST on behalf of the NSPCC. Calls to ChildLine on 0800 1111 are confidential, but if a child is in immediate danger the counsellor will let the caller know if they have to break confidentially and contact the emergency services to save the child’s life.

 

Every £20 raised could help ChildLine answer another five calls from children who dial our helpline. If you are worried about a child or would like to make a donation, please visit the NSPCC website www.nspcc.org.uk

Full title: Portrait of a Man

Artist: Catharina van Hemessen

Date made: 1552

London National Gallery (NG)

Source: www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk/

 

The Latin inscription reads as follows:

CATHARINA FILIA IOANNIS DE HEMESSEN PINGEBAT - 1552

Catharina, the daughter of Joannis de Hemessen painted it - 1552

 

An artist in the middle of the main carriageway by London's Nelsons Column

This visual research of artist Robert Rauschenberg inspired the digital collages seen in the following images of my portfolio. Where Rauschenberg collates fragments of the urban environment, I collaged images from London and Brighton to visually draw contrast between an urban and natural setting within my work. More of my collages in response to Rauschenberg's pieces can be seen on my Instagram account: www.instagram.com/aosvisual/ . Rauschenberg's multimedia approach to these artworks create contrast between colour and texture to reflect the selection of these within an urban environment.

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

Met him on a festival. Enjoyed exchanging ideas about art. He graciously gave me permission to take a picture of him.

artist in bryant park.manhattan.nyc

Winner: Congratulations to Ezzestan! I have Flickr mailed you for your contact info! Wishing everyone a creative week! :)

 

Here's a Holiday Weekend RAK ATC, all you have to do to be entered is tell me a new art technique you are wanting to learn/try.

Winner will be chosen randomly.

Open to international too.

 

Thanks for looking, friends - Wishing you all a peaceful, relaxing weekend! :)

Free download under CC Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit the artist and rawpixel.com.

Henri de Toulouse–Lautrec (1864–1901), was an aristocratic alcoholic French artist known for his socially unacceptable lifestyle. He observed and documented the Parisian nightlife through his post-impressionist artworks. Sharing a similar style as other well-known French artists such as Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat, he created memorable works of art depicting the lifestyle that he enjoyed before passing at a young age. We have digitally enhanced the gorgeous Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec artworks and they are available to download and use for free under the CC0 license.

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In 2000, t he artist Kate McCrickard was commissioned to paint pieces for our chapel, which was blessed by Bishop Konstant in 2001.

 

Kate is a former pupil of St. Mary’s who graduated with a first class honours Master of Arts degree. She was then awarded scholarships from the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy that took her on to paint in Madrid and Florence. Today she has a studio in New York and is a director of a Manhattan art gallery.

 

In the Stations, the bare wood works its way from side to side of each painting in a “path” towards the Crucifixion where new leaves spring from it. As we follow this path among stark, still figures, the surrounding colours change from vivid red to sombre black and back to passionate reds and celebratory gold with the Resurrection, all part of a progression intended to help us reflect upon the mystery of love and new life that is at the heart of our faith.

 

The large altarpiece prefigures the Crucifixion by showing the young Jesus and his mother standing behind the felled trunk of a tree. They gaze at us and into the future. Strong, adult features are beginning to emerge on Jesus’ slightly anxious, questioning face. One of Mary’s hands grips her son’s fingers while the other touches the wood that will become his cross.

Artist Creations OOAK

Artist on the quayside at Solva. (The same artist as at Fishguard two days earlier.)

Artist Linda Campbell is inspired by the salmon colored Calico's.

Jean Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnable (DANGER), Robert Maplethorpe, Francesco Clemente, Alex Katz

Public Domain: Priced catalogue of artists' materials ... and drawing materials / F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Co.

  

I got a just a little creative with this one and increased the contrast.....I like the way it turned out. Tim was such a nice person to talk to and is an amazing artist.

 

ArtPrize 2012 - Grand Rapids, MI

"Without Moving (after Guy Chase)" Tim Lowly

Seen at Cathedral Square

www.artprize.org/tim-lowly/2012/without-moving-after-guy-...

 

It’s Artprize time again, officially starting on Sept. 19 through Oct 7, one of the reasons I LOVE Grand Rapids. The largest art competition in the world and right here in GR. SO many talented artists from the United States and all over the world. Did I mention that I just love Grand Rapids?? Will be posting several photos every day hopefully! This was such a fascinating piece, spent much time looking at it!

 

Shots from the 2016 SMASH! event at Rosehill Gardens, photographed by Benny Tang.

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