March 13 – April 3, 2010 Opening: Friday, March 12, 7 – 9 PM Web Site
Hours: Sat 12-10 pm, Sun-Mon 12-6 pm
with additional hours for special events
(Details at: roundrobinbrooklyn.blogspot.com)
The Round Robin Collective is pleased to announce ECSTATIC, an exhibition and series of events to be held in the former convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
For four weeks, The Round Robin Collective – along with a group of invited artists – will populate the four-story maze of private rooms, living spaces, stairwells, and alcoves previously occupied by nuns. Taking varied approaches to the installation of their separate rooms, individual artists and collaborative teams will present recent works or will respond directly to the building that is imbued with its own unique history and sacrosanct aura. While some of the participating artists’ work deals directly with notions of ecstasy, the title of the show does not allude to an overt theme in the work presented; rather, it refers to the process of making and encountering art and the results produced from inspired relationships. Like the mental transport or rapture that can exist in the contemplation of the divine, the experience of creating and considering art can trigger moments of ecstasy.
Exhibiting artists will include: Lisa Boumstein-Smalley, Mary Billyou, Amanda Browder & Stuart Keeler, Caroline Burghardt, Lisa Caccioppoli, Ofri Cnaani, Chris Cobb, David Coyle, Jeff DeGolier, Martin Esteves, Gisela Insuaste, Jamie Kim, Stephanie Liner, Deirdre McConnell, Katherin McInnis, Emcee C.M., Master of None, Huong Ngo, Christopher Rose, Stephanie Rothenberg, Dorothy Royle, Matthew Spiegelman, Janos Stone, Cassie Thorton + Action Club, Jenny Vogel & David McBride, and Audra Wolowiec.
Curated screenings, workshops, and performances will be held weekly in the former chapel of the convent. Events include: opening party music by Donny Hue and the Colors as well as Irvin Morazan’s “Musical Chair Performance,” an homage to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians (3/12); an evening of sound performances with Lary 7, Flying Teeth, and Doom Trumpet (3/13); “Low-Resolution Stories,” live cinema with Jenny Vogel and Ofri Cnaani followed by music with Brown Wing Overdrive (3/19); “The Alternative Art Space Movement in NYC,” a panel discussion with Erin Sickler, Herb Tam, Rob de Oude, and EmCee C.M., Master of None moderated by Mary Billyou (3/20); music by Toys n Tiny Instruments followed by “Diamonds in the Sky,” a evening of film/video curated by John Passmore (3/20); “Escape from the Orgone Box: Houdini & Reich on Film,” an evening of film with live soundtracks by Séance presented by Bradley Eros and Marianne Shaneen (3/26); a collective sewing day with Amanda Browder for the construction of the public artwork, “Future Phenomena” (3/27); an empanada and tamale demonstration/potluck event hosted by Gisela Insuaste and Irvin Morazan (3/28); closing the exhibition, a film/video screening curated by Jem Cohen (4/3); additional events to be announced. Details and updates regarding all the events are available on our web site.
The Round Robin Collective is a Brooklyn-based group of artists established in 2008 to forge connections and create a space for dialogue in and out of the studio. Meeting for monthly studio visits, members of the collective work in all media, fostering a dynamic exchange across disciplines and outside the commercial sphere.
Opening night sponsored by Great Bar Harry, Brooklyn (www.bargreatharry.com) and Powder Blue Design and partial sponsorship of events by Dandelion Wine, Brooklyn, (www.dandelionwinenyc.com).
MY DANCE THE SKULL presents the book launch of Anna Yausheva and its pleased to announce its step into the music world with the strictly limited cassette-only release of ‘Let Us Be Thankful We Have Commerce’ by electro-acoustic musician Talvihorros.
MDTS invites you to a night of experimental disco vibes, eccentric dance music and healing sounds.
Event on the 6th of March, 21:00
Grosvenor Pub
17 Sidney Road, Stockwell, London, SW9 0TP
£3
Follow us on Twitter:
Twitter.com/MyDanceTheSkull
ANNA YAUSHEVA
”Anna Yausheva, 26, currently living in Moscow, is, in her own words ‘an old-fashioned girl in almost everything’. She also takes heaps of pictures using analog cameras. Although in casual conversation she might refer to it as a ‘hobby’, photographs taken by her tend to leave one (well, me, anyway) flustered with joy. A definition that fits ‘art’, among other things. The kind of joy we talk here is of a special kind, materialized in pictures that have a very distinctive, raw, and ultimately sexy set of feelings and ideas on display.”
Diego Gerlach
http://www.mydancetheskull.com/catalogue/anna-yausheva/
http://www.flickr.com/people/anna_yausheva/
WOODPECKER WOOLIAMS
‘There’s a feel of living on a pagan Scottish island and getting the urge to burn a Christian policeman in a ritualistic sacrifice, there’s obscure instrumentation in the way the BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneers would be proud, and there’s a haunting beauty that melts your heart and invites you in to sit on soft furnishings and drink the best warm mug of mead you’ve ever tasted.’
Bearded Magazine
www.myspace.com/woodpeckerwooliams
TOM WHITE
Tom White (b. 1986) is an artist currently based in London, UK. Working with found sounds, tape collage, mic feedback and fragments of instrumentation, to create composition, sound art and film sound. White also works with video and photography, often combining all practices. Releases Sight See (3’’CDr) Smallfish records 2009 A Well Known Phrase (CD-Mini Album) Under The Spire 2009 In Poor Visibility (CD-Album)
http://tomwhitesound.com/
www.myspace.com/tomwhites
TALVIHORROS
Talvihorros is the studio project of London based Ben Chatwin, exploring the electronic manipulation of acoustic instruments. Acoustic, electric and prepared guitars are integrated with organ, piano, mandolin, analogue synthesizer and an array of percussion instruments to create paradoxical feelings of warmth and impending doom.
www.talvihorros.com
www.myspace.com/talvihorros
MY DANCE THE SKULL presents the book launch of Anna Yausheva and its pleased to announce its step into the music world with the strictly limited cassette-only release of ‘Let Us Be Thankful We Have Commerce’ by electro-acoustic musician Talvihorros.
Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/MyDanceTheSkull
MDTS invites you to a night of experimental disco vibes, eccentric dance music and healing sounds.
3 pounds
ANNA YAUSHEVA
”Anna Yausheva, 26, currently living in Moscow, is, in her own words ‘an old-fashioned girl in almost everything’. She also takes heaps of pictures using analog cameras. Although in casual conversation she might refer to it as a ‘hobby’, photographs taken by her tend to leave one (well, me, anyway) flustered with joy. A definition that fits ‘art’, among other things. The kind of joy we talk here is of a special kind, materialized in pictures that have a very distinctive, raw, and ultimately sexy set of feelings and ideas on display.”
Diego Gerlach
http://www.mydancetheskull.com/catalogue/anna-yausheva/
http://www.flickr.com/people/anna_yausheva/
WOODPECKER WOOLIAMS
‘There’s a feel of living on a pagan Scottish island and getting the urge to burn a Christian policeman in a ritualistic sacrifice, there’s obscure instrumentation in the way the BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneers would be proud, and there’s a haunting beauty that melts your heart and invites you in to sit on soft furnishings and drink the best warm mug of mead you’ve ever tasted.’
Bearded Magazine
www.myspace.com/woodpeckerwooliams
TOM WHITE
Tom White (b. 1986) is an artist currently based in London, UK. Working with found sounds, tape collage, mic feedback and fragments of instrumentation, to create composition, sound art and film sound. White also works with video and photography, often combining all practices. Releases Sight See (3’’CDr) Smallfish records 2009 A Well Known Phrase (CD-Mini Album) Under The Spire 2009 In Poor Visibility (CD-Album)
http://tomwhitesound.com/
www.myspace.com/tomwhites
TALVIHORROS
Talvihorros is the studio project of London based Ben Chatwin, exploring the electronic manipulation of acoustic instruments. Acoustic, electric and prepared guitars are integrated with organ, piano, mandolin, analogue synthesizer and an array of percussion instruments to create paradoxical feelings of warmth and impending doom.
www.talvihorros.com
www.myspace.com/talvihorros
A comunicação sem fios abre novas perspectivas na área da interacção. Actualmente, tecnologias como o Bluetooth e o ZigBee estão cada mais presentes no nosso dia a dia. Nesta workshop iremos abordar a utilização de redes sem fios com a plataforma Arduino, permitindo a criação de dispositivos móveis e explorar novas possibilidades de interacção homem-máquina.
Público alvo
Este workshop é destinada a artistas, músicos, programadores, designers ou pessoas interessadas em aprender mais sobre comunicação sem fios usando o Arduino. Será dado grande destaque na utilização de redes ZigBee. Como exemplo de utilização serão apresentados alguns trabalhos visuais e auditivos que reagem a objectos interactivos que utilizam comunicação sem fios. Tragam o vosso brinquedo favorito!!!
Preço (incluem IVA)
* 180€ com Kit ZigBee e Arduino Colored Edition
* 156€ só com Kit ZigBee
* 100€ sem Kit, com empréstimo de material durante a formação
Horário: 10h – 18h
Número Máximo de Inscrições: 14
Requisitos: Todos os formandos terão que levar o seu computador e se possível um brinquedo.
Links: arduino.cc || inmotion.pt
Mais Informações e Inscrições:
elemento.indesejado@gmail.com
966137780
Local:
Rua das Janelas Verdes, nº13, 1º esq – Lisboa
March 3 – March 24, 2010 Opening: Wednesday, February 3, 7 – 10 PM Web Site
Gallery Bar is pleased to present Sampling and Revisions: The L.E.S. deframed, a photography exhibition juxtaposing the Lower East Side Tenement Museum archival photos with those by contemporary artists.
The ground-breaking show, curated by Zoe Lukov, which opens on March 3 at 7 pm and will run through March 24, 2010, commemorates the neighborhood’s history and tradition, while celebrating its current energy and dynamism. Gallery Bar is located at 120 Orchard Street, north of Delancey.
Borrowing gems from the Tenement Museum’s extensive collection of over 5,000 archival photographs, Lukov has chosen also to exhibit work by artists living and creating on the Lower East Side who, using the archival prints as a point of departure, pilfer and sample centuries-old imagery, remixing and reframing the same landscape.
Among the artists presented are: Isaac Brest (www.isaacbrest.com ), Christopher Bush (www.christopherbush.com ), Carlton DeWoody (www.carltondewoody.com ), Lucas Flores Piran (www.lucasflorespiran.com ), Yannique Hall, Paula Kupfer (www.paulakupfer.com), Wayne Liu (www.wayneliu.net ), Alex Perweiler (www.enterstillhouse.com ), and Marlène Ramírez-Cancio (www.fulana.com ).
Lukov, a NYC born, independent curator, says she was fascinated with the neighborhood and its evolution because it is the neighborhood where for the last 150 years, new immigrants to New York have settled and today, hipsters, scenesters, young professionals, and artists have laid claim to these streets alongside the palimpsest of histories, cultures, and peoples that established lower Manhattan. “The show and the neighborhood have particular resonance for me. My great-grandfather owned and operated the extremely popular Davis’s Saloon, at Houston and Orchard Street at the turn of the 20th century.” Today, Lukov’s cousin, Josh Boyd, is a partner at Gallery Bar, a LES hot spot and alternative art space.
Martin Wittfooth “Tempest”
Chris Ryniak “The Burgeoning”
February 13 – March 6, 2010
Reception for the artists:
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8 pm – 11:00 pm
CoproGallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave. T5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-829-2156
www.copronason.com
Online press releaese with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/coprofeb10_2
Martin Wittfooth’s “Tempest” explores the theme of storm in both its physical form as well as its allegorical implications. Wittfooth’s latest body of work is a visceral response to the anxiety of our era: uneasy forecasts, both of an increasingly menacing climate as well as unpredictable social upheaval. The hysterical and aggressive, often hypocritical nature of religion. violence and intolerance, and corruption are also themes explored in this series. The show will consist of of a large-scale installation, sculptures, oil paintings executed on linen, canvas, and panel, and a series of graphite studies. Framed Artist Proofs of select Limited Edition prints will also be included.
Martin Wittfooth lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. The rusted, crumbled, and otherwise urbanely Mad Max’ian landscape of his neighborhood is a constant inspiration for his paintings. www.martinwittfooth.com
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Chris Ryniak “The Burgeoning”
Painter and sculptor Chris Ryniak’s first west coast solo show and new body of work, “The Burgeoning,” is a collection of paintings and hand-painted resin cast sculptures. Ryniak has been acknowledged internationally as a “creature creator,” but a deeper look at these beings shows the tumultuous world in which they are forced to struggle to survive. While the creatures that inhabit Ryniak’s world are unfamiliar, they serve as an embodiment of the natural world that human beings have grown to all but ignore.
“The Burgeoning” further explores the theme of the neverending cycle of life in the natural world, the flawless system of checks and balances that flourishes without human meddling. Through color and an ordered chaos of mark-making, this world is brought to life in this new series of paintings and sculptures.
Chris Ryniak has shown nationally and internationally in numerous group and solo exhibitions since 2002. In 2009 Chris rapidly gained the attention of collectors through a series of sold out editions of Vinyl toys and Limited edition sculptures. Ryniak’s work has been featured in numerous books and publications including Hi Fructose, Juxtapoz Magazine, the UK hardcover magazine MyNameIs as well as books by Fantagraphics and Gestalten. www.chrisryniak.com
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