A Brooklyn inventor is retrofitting baby strollers with fancy features such as iPod docks, global positioning devices, and flashing lights.
“It entertains the child and uses lights to prevent drivers from injuring mothers,” Fraizer told the Brooklyn Paper.
That's one way to look at it.
Our vision is a little different. How about an armored stroller retrofitted with portable artillery?
Suitable for Brooklyn's mean streets, we could call it "Le Stroller de Park Slope."
Or how about this stroller at left, the Star Wars-themed "AT-AT Stroller" created by Rick Russo. (AT-AT = All Terrain Armored Transport.) According to Wikipedia, The AT-AT -- designed to favor "fear over function" -- is manned by two men to drive the vehicle and can carry up to five speeder bikes and 40 Imperial stormtroopers.
Now you're talking Stroller Wars. (Instructions for building here.)
Photo by Rick Russo, Creative Commons License
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30 Eylül 2012 Pazar
The Natural Evolution of Baby Strollers in Brooklyn
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Businessweek Creams Brooklyn Crab
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Looks like someone's pretty crabby after eating the "sandy, undercooked scallops" and "over-fried crab cake" at Brooklyn Crab in Red Hook.
Bloomberg Businesweek's Ryan Sutton won't be back to the popular seafood shack after an evening of food indignities: lousy marinara, over-salted pollock, and lobster that tasted of iodine and liver.
The turf half of the surf and turf wasn't any better, Sutton said: "The included turf was an inedible gristle-packed strip steak."
To make matters even worse, the bartender confronted them and accused them of not paying their bar bill.Sutton had to produce the receipt to prove he wasn't trying to eat and run.
More reviews at Yelp.
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Gridlock Alert for Downtown Brooklyn this Weekend
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What with the Atlantic Antic and the Barclays Center concerts, "Gridlock Sam" (Sam Schwartz) has declared a Gridlock Alert for Downtown Brooklyn, along Flatbush and Atlantic avenues all weekend.
Sam warns that the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges along with the BQE will also be affected.
Read Sam's mass transit suggestions here.
Barclays Center has partnered with Roadify to provide a real-time feed of subway and LIRR transit conditions to display screens throughout the arena. (Or you can download the free Roadify iPhone app at: http://bit.ly/roadify)
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Occupy 'Guitarmy' Marches Over Brooklyn Bridge, Occupies Barclays
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Occupy Wall Street's "Guitarmy" (a subset of the OWS Music Working group) marched over the Brooklyn Bridge about 5:30 p.m. Thursday en route to Barclays Center, where they and other groups planned a candlelight vigil and overnighter leading to a Jay-Z teach-in tonight.
Millionaire rapper Jay-Z -- part-owner of the Nets -- will be putting on a show at the arena tonight, the first official performance at Barclays. (Expect massive traffic jams, warns "Gridlock Sam.")
Today at 11 a.m., local residents will speak about the impact (presumably negative) of Barclays on their lives. Performances take place from noon to 4, including the Reverend Billy and the Tax Dodgers. At 8 p.m., there will be a free outdoor screening of the Battle for Brooklyn. More events take place throughout the weekend. (Brownstoner has the schedule; Atlantic Yards Report has links to more schedule.)
On their website, The Occupy Guitarmy offers a response to Jay-Z, who said in the NY Times that OWS’s actions are “un-American.”
They say:
"Jay-Z 'supported' Occupy earlier in its first, highly media-friendly moments through his entrepreneurial selling of 'Occupy All Streets' t-shirts, although he refused to donate any of the profits of his sales to support the activists and received wide-spread negative publicity for his crass appropriation of the movement’s language.
"Now Jay is rolling with even more powerful and popular friends, namely the LIBOR-scandal leading bankers at Barclays, who put their name on the controversial Brooklyn arena where Jay’s basketball team will play and where he will play eight nights to inaugurate the venue."
More here.
Photos by MK Metz
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Giant Fish Heads Are Popping Up On DUMBO Street Corners
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We always knew this would happen one day: Giant fish heads are popping up on Washington Street in DUMBO.
It either has something to do with the bizarre weather we've been experiencing lately, or with this weekend's 2012 DUMBO Arts Festival, which starts tonight.
Roughly a quarter million people are expected to visit the all-encompassing festival, which features over 500 artists, 100 studios, and 50 galleries and stages.
The festival always includes memorable experiences -- in "Superhero,” for example, participants are able to “fly” over the Empire Stores while enjoying a number of superpowers (like throwing light balls or becoming gigantic). See more projects described here.
(The fish are indeed an art project of Ben Snead. They include a lane snapper, a yellow tail snapper and a rock hind.)
- Check out 2011.
- More 2011.
- DUMBO Arts Festival 2010.
- DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
- DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival 2008
- DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival 2007
Photo by MK Metz
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29 Eylül 2012 Cumartesi
ANTHONY McCALL @HAMBURGERBAHNHOF, BERLIN
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Artist Anthony McCall recently had an exhibition titled Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which closed on August 12th. The show was held in the main large gallery located on the ground floor. The space is massive and offered a perfect expanse for McCall's light based sculpture. Entering the first room, each viewer was greeted by bright streaks of light cutting into and through the otherwise completely dark space. Shadowy silhouettes were evident in eerie intervals as people walked into and out of the lit areas. Being present in the exhibit was mystical and unpredictable as light patterns changed based on a faint, malleable fog that was being pumped into the air and dispersed when interwoven within the projected sections of light. I attended the exhibition with Berlin based artist Deborah Wargon. The previous visit we shared together at the Hamburger Bahnof was for Carston Höller's SOMA which I included in my article: Top Ten for Twenty Eleven. This time, rather than experience the olfactory intrusion of reindeer urine and sound of tweeting canaries (a Höller fixture), we instead found ourselves sprawled out on the floor in circular, metamorphosed patterns of light.
Anthony McCall is a British born, American artist, who first became known for his light sculptures in the 1970s. He moved to New York in 1973 and continues to pursue the technique of white drawings on black surface. The methodology of his process has evolved and after twenty years, the artist has chosen to re-investigate these works, using computer animation allowing him to make new shapes and alter the perceived perception of space. Using digital projection for his most recent works, McCall made curved lines that envelope the viewer when projected from the gallery ceiling creating a virtual cone shape of light. His work merges draftsmanship with an ephemeral quality that is usually not found in drawing. By using light the sculptures can be interrupted by those who are in the space or step into the projected areas resulting in a formidable installation of ever changing continuity. The magic is in the intrusion of human form into each lit cavity. Moving through the blackness, one can't help but be beckoned by the slinky white projections caressed with haze. They almost beg for audience participation, silently requesting a hand or leg to break the otherwise perfect linear illusion.
Only one piece in Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture contains ambient sound, a double projection titled Leaving 2009. The artist used recorded noise from the West Side Highway in Manhattan corresponding with shipping traffic in the Hudson River (also on Manhattan's west side). However not knowing the origin of the atmospheric sounds when heard, I never would've placed them back to the city where I had traveled from. What Anthony McCall does is animate two-dimensional drawing into a three-dimensional environment. The distinction of light installation based art is that it is time-specific and fleeting, allowing for a different level of interaction, referencing Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or incredibly...nothing at all.
Anthony McCall, Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture was on view at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie from April 20th- August 12th, 2012.
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| Anthony McCall, Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture, Installation view at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin Photograph courtesy of Hamburger Bahnhof, taken by Deborah Wargon, 2012 |
Artist Anthony McCall recently had an exhibition titled Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which closed on August 12th. The show was held in the main large gallery located on the ground floor. The space is massive and offered a perfect expanse for McCall's light based sculpture. Entering the first room, each viewer was greeted by bright streaks of light cutting into and through the otherwise completely dark space. Shadowy silhouettes were evident in eerie intervals as people walked into and out of the lit areas. Being present in the exhibit was mystical and unpredictable as light patterns changed based on a faint, malleable fog that was being pumped into the air and dispersed when interwoven within the projected sections of light. I attended the exhibition with Berlin based artist Deborah Wargon. The previous visit we shared together at the Hamburger Bahnof was for Carston Höller's SOMA which I included in my article: Top Ten for Twenty Eleven. This time, rather than experience the olfactory intrusion of reindeer urine and sound of tweeting canaries (a Höller fixture), we instead found ourselves sprawled out on the floor in circular, metamorphosed patterns of light.
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| Anthony McCall, Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture, Installation view at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin Photograph courtesy of Hamburger Bahnhof, taken by Deborah Wargon, 2012 |
Anthony McCall is a British born, American artist, who first became known for his light sculptures in the 1970s. He moved to New York in 1973 and continues to pursue the technique of white drawings on black surface. The methodology of his process has evolved and after twenty years, the artist has chosen to re-investigate these works, using computer animation allowing him to make new shapes and alter the perceived perception of space. Using digital projection for his most recent works, McCall made curved lines that envelope the viewer when projected from the gallery ceiling creating a virtual cone shape of light. His work merges draftsmanship with an ephemeral quality that is usually not found in drawing. By using light the sculptures can be interrupted by those who are in the space or step into the projected areas resulting in a formidable installation of ever changing continuity. The magic is in the intrusion of human form into each lit cavity. Moving through the blackness, one can't help but be beckoned by the slinky white projections caressed with haze. They almost beg for audience participation, silently requesting a hand or leg to break the otherwise perfect linear illusion.
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| Anthony McCall, Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture, Installation view at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin Photograph courtesy of Hamburger Bahnhof, taken by Deborah Wargon, 2012 |
Anthony McCall, Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture was on view at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie from April 20th- August 12th, 2012.
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NON-ALIGNED / RE-ALIGNED : PERESTROIKA TO TODAY
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Before members of Pussy Riot were arrested in Moscow for "Hooliganism" the `80s Soviet era of Russia was actively dealing with the subversive performances and hijinks's of artists from the Perestroika movement. Much of the work now exists in mostly detailed, archival format which was on view at another vacant space in Berlin in June. Curator duo Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen presented NON-ALIGNED Lost Notes from the (Leningrad) Underground / RE-ALIGNED and into the fire... an exhibition featuring a mixture of documents and 8mm (actual and video) remnants from the Perestroika artists who in some cases contributed pieces from their own collection. The curators first presented part of their archive in 2007 at KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki. For the exhibition in Berlin, they also chose to include Russian based T-Radya, 23, for his German debut, a young street artist who uses the process of burning and fire as a medium (by way of Molotov cocktails) and process to make drawings in public space. The purpose of his inclusion is merging of the former Soviet Union and current state of Russia, both within a political and artistic realm.
Perestroika was a movement calling for reformation within the Communist Party in Soviet Union, that probably, not many people (unfamiliar with Russian history) have heard of. What Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen have done is by presenting a physical archive of materials, documenting ephemeral works that were mostly performance based, is allow for an active dialogue between the contemporary viewer and a movement, politically under the radar, that was occurring during the years of the Soviet Union (1922-1991). Perestroika means restructuring in Russian and was brought about in the 1980s by Mikail Gorbachev, who was the last Soviet leader. During this time, the country was in a state of crisis and Gorbachev's attempt to assert certain policies led to the growth of national and separatist movements. It was also a the perfect time for artists of the Perestroika to commence upon their own physical interventions in public space.
In an article dating from 2008, the curators presented the questions:
From curator Ivor Stodolsky:
At a time when the plight of the performance group Pussy Riot has brought much attention to contemporary Russia, its issues, politics, and religion (according to Stodolsky is Re-aligned) it is also relevant to look back to the artists who came before them, artists who unable to document most of their work due to the political climate and instead made oddly beautiful and extensive paper archives. Stay tuned to The Arts Assembly project, holding conferences in several countries including, Latvia, Norway, France, Finland, China and the list is growing.
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another vacant spaceU8 Pankstrasse, S-Bahn Bornholmerstrasse, Tram M23 Osloer Str./Prinzenallee
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| Poster made for the exhibition: NON-ALIGNED / RE-ALIGNED Photograph courtesy of another vacant space, 2012 |
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| Installation view of artist Vladimir Semenov’s Archive of Leningrad Conceptual Art another vacant space Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
In an article dating from 2008, the curators presented the questions:
"How do you excavate an 'alternative' past, one which historians have not yet brought into existence, one which is 'hidden' from view by influential gatekeepers, 'lost' in far-flung provinces far from the public eye? How can one 'revisit' history? "The exhibition NON-ALIGNED / RE-ALIGNED in Berlin is a continuation of the extensive research that the curators have put into the Perestroika movement and are continuing the process now, still discovering work never before seen by the public. During this period of Soviet history, many artists were restricted by the government, however as is the case with most periods of repression, a rich cultural energy was released onto the scene. The scene however, as with most historically important movements, was mostly underground.
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| Archive from the performance group “Seminar” of art actions carried out between 1986 and 1988 Photograph courtesy of another vacant space, 2012 |
In the case of Russia, [Leningrad Conceptualism] and the [contemporary concept of "Street Art Assembly"] represent examples of the shift from what we call the "non-aligned", apolitical, anti-ideological generation of the late 80s to the re-aligned, highly politicised moment we are experiencing now (vid. Chto Delat, Pussy Riot, Voina).
In the contemporary political turmoil in Russia, we are continuing this [research and exhibitions] with the current RE-ALIGNED thematic project. Following the Another Vacant Space show, we are planning a sizable conference (see the discussion paper on our website www.PerpetualMobile.org) which will lead up to our museum-scale exhibition at Tromso Art Hall in Norway. We hope to make that full-scale show travel and grow.Also included in the exhibition amongst the paper documents was a screening of Yuris Lesnik, Vladislav Mamyshev “Monroe” and Timur Novikov’s pirate t.v. reporting from the Leningrad-St. Petersburg art scene in the early 1990s. New Yorkers who were around in the late 1970s might be familiar with the infamous No Wave movement and TV Party that was on public access television and the brain-child of Glenn O'Brian. T.V. Party featured many well known artists of the time including Andy Warhol and Basquiat. The pirate t.v. from the Leningrad era was similar in vain, a combination of reportage and interviews with artists of the time, also featuring avant-garde performance based projects.
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| Installation view from NON- ALIGNED / RE-ALIGNEDFilm projection directly onto the wall Photograph courtesy of another vacant space, 2012 |
At a time when the plight of the performance group Pussy Riot has brought much attention to contemporary Russia, its issues, politics, and religion (according to Stodolsky is Re-aligned) it is also relevant to look back to the artists who came before them, artists who unable to document most of their work due to the political climate and instead made oddly beautiful and extensive paper archives. Stay tuned to The Arts Assembly project, holding conferences in several countries including, Latvia, Norway, France, Finland, China and the list is growing.
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another vacant spaceU8 Pankstrasse, S-Bahn Bornholmerstrasse, Tram M23 Osloer Str./Prinzenallee
THE A R T OF MUDFEST @PRATTSVILLE, NY
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What happens one year after a natural disaster has ravaged a small town in upstate New York? You have Mudfest! The residents of Prattsville organized a weekend of events, book signings, lectures and an art exhibition, organized by Nancy Barton. Nancy and her husband Michael Cohen have had a cabin in Prattsville for ten years. They were in the town when Hurricane Irene hit and caused flooding whose unwanted presence in the town is still evident throughout homes and businesses on Main Street, still in need of repair. Upon witnessing the devastation the town suffered Ms. Barton decided to help in the best way she knows how, through contemporary art. The former chair of the NYU Steinhardt Art Department, she was able to create a growth based possibility by bringing young and more established artists to the town to participate in workshops along with a residency appropriately called the Prattsville Art Residency. Invited residents were offered accommodations in a spacious cabin near the center of town and given the chance to work on his or her own art projects or interact with the locals in art related discussion, assignments etc. The residency just came to fruition this summer and participants, mostly based in Manhattan or nearby Brooklyn, were able to work around their schedule to create a situation that was best suited for them.
Having worked to attain the lease to a former hardware store in the center of town, a hand painted sign now hangs above the door declaring it the "Art Center". The building had been already stripped before the floods and even tho further damaged, it is not necessarily in the condition to be utilized once again in the same way it was previously. However, Nancy and her team of artists worked hard scrubbing away mud residue from flood damage the best they could and art was installed, salon style on the bare, wood exposed walls. Juxtaposing well-known established artists with those just starting out, the assortment of participants in the exhibition range from Lyle Ashton Harris to a local high school student whose painted self portraits were a colorful addition. Many Prattsville natives have never had the opportunity to experience a contemporary art center in this way, raw, open, available, yet also featuring sometimes hard to decipher artwork. The result was a mixed bag, as during the event, some people chose to stroll by the venue, mysteriously peering into the now cleaned, yet somewhat dusty windows, while others curiously entered the space, reminded of their own childhood having spent time in the hardware store and found inspiration in the transformative process underway. The other demographic of people who arrived were art lovers and artists themselves who were not only curious about the undertaking, but willing and excited at the opportunity to participate in future events.
Conjuring a mixed bag of artworks and related activities, the art center in time, promises to provide the community with art specific events, exhibitions, lectures and workshops. Still in the incubation period, the agenda is likely to change and evolve as more discussions are had. For now, at the finale of the first ever Prattsville residency, the exhibition was held in two separate venues; the art center, and the Reformed Church which was gutted post-flood. Artists were allowed to choose his or her ideal location and proceed to install their project as they saw fit. Some of the artists chose to respond directly to the community and the strife that they had and are experiencing while others continued to pursue an individual practice and install work that would allow for opening a dialogue, benefiting all who were willing to participate, ponder and debate. Neither one method or the other seemed superior, as each provided the opportunity for an active, thought provoking discussion.
One artist who chose to react directly to what he recognized as need-based, is Jonathan Wang. After having spent time in South Africa, Jonathan has used his process to interact with the people that he has met. His spatial interventions are usually directly related to the surrounding environment as is (or was) his site-specific installation in Prattsville. Upon arriving at the church, Jonathan and several of the other residents found the interior to be filled with donated goods. Rather than (re)move the items out of the interior space, the artist chose to organize the materials in a subtly sculptural way, making an installation that was symbiotic, giving people the opportunity to take whatever they wanted upon arrival and departure.
Another great instance was witnessing one of the young local participants waltz into the art center with her friends in toe and proudly show off her conceptual fabric wall piece. The work was made during one of the workshops and although initially bored or disinterested, the media attention and individual praise allowed for the teen to change/adapt her own opinion about the work she made, recognizing it's value in a different way. This is what fine and contemporary art can be about. Largely speaking, the art making process lends itself to decision making and choices that may not otherwise come about. Given the opportunity to expand one's thinking in a way that initially feels foreign or unnatural can be a gift in disguise.
Artists who participated in the group exhibition include but not limited to: Damien Davis, Nancy Barton, Jane Ruby, Jason Martin, Lyle Ashton Harris, Michael Cohen, Paco Marcial, Carrie Pollack, Jonathan Wang,
Marissa Mandler, James Woodward and Nadja Marcin. Local artists and resident participants included Michelle Petricini, Rayven Analice, Alexis Marsh, Darcy Jaeger Brand, Lacey
Brand, Ashleigh Rose Brand, and others.
As is common with a large group show, the artwork varied in style, technique and individual vision. Each artist, like a unique fingerprint, brought something different to the table or in the case...wall and floor space. The interior of both the church and the art center carried a faint, damp odor proof of the unwanted river water that plagued the many buildings only one year prior. The town is full of survivors and Mudfest was a celebration of tenacity and will for those who have remained and are looking to better (or expand upon) the existence they have.
Stay tuned for future updates on the Prattsville Residency and art center, which looks to fill and create a niche that many might not have known was even missing, the spirit of hope and visual aesthetic transcribed though the many processes and practices of art making. The exhibition will be open to the public for several weekends in September and by appointment, be sure to check their website and facebook page for additional information.
More soon.
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| Nancy Barton in front of the Prattsville Art Center Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
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| Installation view including work by: Upper left, Jason Martin, Lower left Michelle Petricini, Lower right, Lyle Ashton Harris Prattsville Art Center Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
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| Installation view of works by James Woodward Prattsville Art Center Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
Conjuring a mixed bag of artworks and related activities, the art center in time, promises to provide the community with art specific events, exhibitions, lectures and workshops. Still in the incubation period, the agenda is likely to change and evolve as more discussions are had. For now, at the finale of the first ever Prattsville residency, the exhibition was held in two separate venues; the art center, and the Reformed Church which was gutted post-flood. Artists were allowed to choose his or her ideal location and proceed to install their project as they saw fit. Some of the artists chose to respond directly to the community and the strife that they had and are experiencing while others continued to pursue an individual practice and install work that would allow for opening a dialogue, benefiting all who were willing to participate, ponder and debate. Neither one method or the other seemed superior, as each provided the opportunity for an active, thought provoking discussion.
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| Installation view at the Reformed Church by Jonathan Wang Prattsville, NY Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
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| Artist Paco Marcial with his sculpture Reformed Church, Prattsville, NY Photograph by Katy Hamer |
Artists who participated in the group exhibition include but not limited to: Damien Davis, Nancy Barton, Jane Ruby, Jason Martin, Lyle Ashton Harris, Michael Cohen, Paco Marcial, Carrie Pollack, Jonathan Wang,
Marissa Mandler, James Woodward and Nadja Marcin. Local artists and resident participants included Michelle Petricini, Rayven Analice, Alexis Marsh, Darcy Jaeger Brand, Lacey
Brand, Ashleigh Rose Brand, and others.
As is common with a large group show, the artwork varied in style, technique and individual vision. Each artist, like a unique fingerprint, brought something different to the table or in the case...wall and floor space. The interior of both the church and the art center carried a faint, damp odor proof of the unwanted river water that plagued the many buildings only one year prior. The town is full of survivors and Mudfest was a celebration of tenacity and will for those who have remained and are looking to better (or expand upon) the existence they have.
Stay tuned for future updates on the Prattsville Residency and art center, which looks to fill and create a niche that many might not have known was even missing, the spirit of hope and visual aesthetic transcribed though the many processes and practices of art making. The exhibition will be open to the public for several weekends in September and by appointment, be sure to check their website and facebook page for additional information.
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| Damien Davis, Installation view at the Reformed Church Prattsville, NY Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
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| H O P E, sign on Main Street Author unknown Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
T O P TEN PICKS for SEPTEMBER 2012, NY
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It's been a long hot summer but watch out New York...things are about to change! Fall is right around the corner and the gallery scene is ready to explode. Here are my ten top picks for the start of the season, September 2012. Also, Berlin travels coming soon. Stay tuned!
(1) ANDREA ZITTEL @ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, NYFLUID PANEL STATEOpening September 13th on view until October 27th, 2012
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(2) OLAF BREUNING, HOME 3, @SWISS INSTITUTE, NYInvite only on September 4th, 2012(one night only!)
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(3) WENDY WHITE @LEO KOENIG, NYWendy White | Pix Vää
Opening September 13th on view until October 20th, 2012
********************************************************************************(4) JASON GRINGLER, JORDI ALCARAZ, GREG ALLEN-MÃœLLER, and ALEXANDER DURAVCEVIC@GALERIE STEFAN ROPKE POP-UP GALLERY, NYOpening September 5th, 2012Located at Site 109 Norfolk Street, NY
********************************************************************************(5) LUISA RABBIA @PETER BLUM GALLERY, NY Opening September 13th on view until October 27th, 2012
********************************************************************************(6) JOEY FRANK, NEW and FULL MOON OPENINGS@THE INTERCOURSE (at Dustin Yellin's Studio)Opening September 15th and 29th, 2012
********************************************************************************(7) YESTERDAY AMPHORIC, GROUP EXHIBITION Featuring Ginny Cook, Rosemary Mayer, and David Merritt@REGINA REX GALLERY, BROOKLYNOpening September 8th on view until October 14th, 2012
********************************************************************************(8) PHIL WAGNER @UNTITLED GALLERY, NYOpening September 9th, 2012
********************************************************************************(9) THE FEVERISH LIBRARY, @FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, NYGroup exhibition in cooperation with Matthew HiggsOpens September 6th, 2012
********************************************************************************(10) GUIDO VAN DER WERVE @LUHRING AUGUSTINE, CHELSEANUMMER VEERTIEN, HOMEOpening September 7th on view until October 20th, 2012
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(1) ANDREA ZITTEL @ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, NYFLUID PANEL STATEOpening September 13th on view until October 27th, 2012
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| Andrea Zittel, Gouache painting, Gouaches and Illustrations Image courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery |
(2) OLAF BREUNING, HOME 3, @SWISS INSTITUTE, NYInvite only on September 4th, 2012(one night only!)
********************************************************************************(3) WENDY WHITE @LEO KOENIG, NYWendy White | Pix Vää
Opening September 13th on view until October 20th, 2012
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| Wendy White, El Rocko Lounge, 2012 Image courtesy of Leo Koenig Gallery |
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| Jason Gringler, Collage 22, 2012 Image courtesy of Galerie Stefan Ropke |
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| Luisa Rabbia, "Worlds", Free-standing Sculpture White pencil, blue acrylic paint, papier-mâché, fabric, stones Image courtesy of the artist, 2012 |
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| Joey Frank, Train portrait of the artist, 2012 Image courtesy of The Intercourse and Dustin Yellin |
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| David J. Merritt, Template KH, 2012 gypsum cement, unfired ceramic clay, graphite, wood Image courtesy of the artist |
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| Phil Wagner, Untitled (with ladder), Mixed media, 2012 Image courtesy of Untitled Gallery (not yet confirmed if this work will be in the exhibition) |
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| The Feverish Library, Still from Twilight Zone Image courtesy of Friedrich Petzel |
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| Guido van der Werve, Video still from Nummer veertien, home Image courtesy of Luhring Augustine, Chelsea, 2012 |
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GO! S T U D I O VISIT WITH N O A H BECKER
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Noah Becker is a renaissance man, if you will. He is the founder and editor of the contemporary art magazine Whitehot, a jazz musician, frequent panel participant, independent curator, and yes, artist. Noah has been busy working on his new series of paintings, For Men Who Appreciate History, based on British hair models from the 60s and 70s. While dividing his time between Canada and New York he has returned to New York with impeccable timing not only for the start of the September gallery season but also for GO Brooklyn Art, an open studio event. GO is a Brooklyn-centric event involving over 1,800 artists who have opened their studios the weekend of September 8th-9th. The event is a community based project organized by the Brooklyn Museum and visitors have the opportunity to vote for his or her favorite participating artist. At the time of this article, over 23,000 people have "checked in" to vote for his or her choice on the GO website. The top ten artists will receive studio visits by Brooklyn Museum curators and have the chance to participate in an exhibition at the Museum, December 1st, 2012.
It's incredible to think of over 1,800 artists living and working in Brooklyn, almost daunting yet inspiring. Visiting Noah's studio was enjoyable. We spoke about his work and choice of limited color palette, somber, minimal facial affect of his subjects, and his agenda of making a painting that is really banal and not about "anything". In observation of the reduced color choices, one can't help but be aware of the soft rosy pinks and strange fleshy tonalities of peach. The subjects are almost expressionless. They stare blankly and at something outside of the picture plane. Each figure appears aloof to his or her own existence, almost existential, yet oddly coy and somewhat seductive in their absence. An almost comical, satirical thread weaves its way through the line-up of perfectly coiffed, larger than life-size heads. They are both painterly and naively subtle. A focus on hair was the original agenda and purpose of the black and white portrait photographs the artist used for reference. While Noah has put a focus on individual strands of hair and styles that are obviously outdated, the shear number of works make for an interesting dialogue. Only a few women are currently included in the series, but their limited presence somehow lends itself to recognition of the reversal of stereotypical beauty or desire. When traveling outside of the United States, specifically in third world countries, it's not uncommon to see painted male portraits outside of barber shops advertising a look. In the U.S. it seems that a emphasis and societal pressure has been placed on female representation of what beauty is even if men feel the same pressure from the media, Hollywood, etc. The odd portraits of these men, serious in their task, reveal a cross-section of time and a peek into a moment of recent history, focusing on a silent, masculine presence and a caricature of what could be an imaginary protagonist.
On this new body of work the artist states:
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| Noah Becker, Studio installation view, Dumbo, Brooklyn, 2012 Photograph by Katy Hamer |
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| Noah Becker, Host, Oil on canvas, 2012 Photograph by Katy Hamer |
It's incredible to think of over 1,800 artists living and working in Brooklyn, almost daunting yet inspiring. Visiting Noah's studio was enjoyable. We spoke about his work and choice of limited color palette, somber, minimal facial affect of his subjects, and his agenda of making a painting that is really banal and not about "anything". In observation of the reduced color choices, one can't help but be aware of the soft rosy pinks and strange fleshy tonalities of peach. The subjects are almost expressionless. They stare blankly and at something outside of the picture plane. Each figure appears aloof to his or her own existence, almost existential, yet oddly coy and somewhat seductive in their absence. An almost comical, satirical thread weaves its way through the line-up of perfectly coiffed, larger than life-size heads. They are both painterly and naively subtle. A focus on hair was the original agenda and purpose of the black and white portrait photographs the artist used for reference. While Noah has put a focus on individual strands of hair and styles that are obviously outdated, the shear number of works make for an interesting dialogue. Only a few women are currently included in the series, but their limited presence somehow lends itself to recognition of the reversal of stereotypical beauty or desire. When traveling outside of the United States, specifically in third world countries, it's not uncommon to see painted male portraits outside of barber shops advertising a look. In the U.S. it seems that a emphasis and societal pressure has been placed on female representation of what beauty is even if men feel the same pressure from the media, Hollywood, etc. The odd portraits of these men, serious in their task, reveal a cross-section of time and a peek into a moment of recent history, focusing on a silent, masculine presence and a caricature of what could be an imaginary protagonist.
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| Noah Becker, Studio installation view, Dumbo, Brooklyn, 2012 Photograph by Katy Hamer |
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| Reflection, a mirror in Noah Becker's studio, Dumbo, Brooklyn Photograph by Katy Hamer, 2012 |
"I wanted to do a series of shallow paintings, superficial paintings that could resonate with deeper meaning later on."Noah Becker has an exhibit opening at Launch F18 on October 8th, 2012 and is also working on his documentary follow-up to New York is Now, titled The Secret History Of Contemporary Art cast highlights include: Olaf Breuning, Sean Landers, Amy Phelan, Anthony Haden-Guest, Marc Dennis, Ornette Coleman and more.
More soon!
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28 Eylül 2012 Cuma
Monday Night on the Lower East Side: SummerStage presents The Faux-Real Theatre Company's "Jason and the Argonauts" at East River Park
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Tonight at East River Park we saw another great SummerStage presentation by the Faux-Real Theatre Company, Jason and the Argonauts, a wildly innovative and dramatically compelling adaptation of Apollonius Rhodius's epic The Argonautica as translated by Aaron Poochigian. 
Directed by Mark Greenfield, the narrative of the digressive and oddly postmodern poem, with a seemingly endless number of characters and adventures, works spectacularly well in making this semi-obscure work of the third century B.C.E. comprehensible and truly exciting for a contemporary audience. 
As the retelling of the legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece, a kid's story it's not. (But it also is.)
Tonight at East River Park we saw another great SummerStage presentation by the Faux-Real Theatre Company, Jason and the Argonauts, a wildly innovative and dramatically compelling adaptation of Apollonius Rhodius's epic The Argonautica as translated by Aaron Poochigian. Directed by Mark Greenfield, the narrative of the digressive and oddly postmodern poem, with a seemingly endless number of characters and adventures, works spectacularly well in making this semi-obscure work of the third century B.C.E. comprehensible and truly exciting for a contemporary audience. As the retelling of the legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece, a kid's story it's not. (But it also is.)
Saturday Afternoon in Chelsea: Horrific Subway Accident at 23rd Street-Eighth Avenue Station
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At noon today we had just finished teaching our class at Fashion Institute of Technology and were on our way to the subway entrance at Eighth Avenue and West 25th Street for the 23rd Street stop when we saw the tragic aftermath of what looked like a horrific subway accident.
Some people in the crowd said a person was hit by a train, and we saw firefighters and paramedics bring up someone on a stretcher, transfer the person to a wheeled cart, where some began the movements of CPR and hustled the person into an ambulance.
There were dozens of fire trucks and other vehicles, a couple of ambulances, and several police cars, along with many, many first responders.
They all looked grim. What a horror, whatever happened. We haven't been able to see anything anything about it on the news. 
An old woman with a granny cart came over and said, "You're taking pictures of this? You should be ashamed of yourself!" We said nothing and walked to Sixth Avenue, where the A, C and E trains had been rerouted.
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UPDATE: Gothamist said the person died, that it may have been a suicide. Very sad.
At noon today we had just finished teaching our class at Fashion Institute of Technology and were on our way to the subway entrance at Eighth Avenue and West 25th Street for the 23rd Street stop when we saw the tragic aftermath of what looked like a horrific subway accident.Some people in the crowd said a person was hit by a train, and we saw firefighters and paramedics bring up someone on a stretcher, transfer the person to a wheeled cart, where some began the movements of CPR and hustled the person into an ambulance.There were dozens of fire trucks and other vehicles, a couple of ambulances, and several police cars, along with many, many first responders.They all looked grim. What a horror, whatever happened. We haven't been able to see anything anything about it on the news. An old woman with a granny cart came over and said, "You're taking pictures of this? You should be ashamed of yourself!" We said nothing and walked to Sixth Avenue, where the A, C and E trains had been rerouted.* * *
UPDATE: Gothamist said the person died, that it may have been a suicide. Very sad.
Death was defiance. Death was an attempt to communicate; people feeling the impossibility of reaching the centre which, mystically, evaded them; closeness drew apart; rapture faded, one was alone. There was an embrace in death.
Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
Richard Grayson Wins Nomination of Americans Elect Party in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District Primary
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This afternoon the office of the Arizona Secretary of State released its official canvass of the August 28 primary. It shows that we won the Americans Elect Party primary in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District and says we have been nominated by that party to be its candidate on the November ballot.
We received 11 write-in votes. Sincere thanks to the four voters in Mohave County, the three voters in our home county of Pinal, the two voters in Yuma County, the one voter in Yavapai County and the one voter in La Paz County for writing in our name on the primary ballot.
The other candidates running are Republican Congressman Paul Gosar; Libertarian Joe Pamelia; and the winner of the recount in the Democratic primary between Johnnie Robinson and Mikel Weisser, currently separated by just 19 votes.
In 2010 we won the Green Party primary in Arizona's Sixth Congressional District but were promptly sued by the Arizona Green Party in federal court, alleging we were a "sham" Green Party candidate. We won and were on the November ballot in 2010, getting about 1.4% of the vote in another heavily Republican district.
This afternoon the office of the Arizona Secretary of State released its official canvass of the August 28 primary. It shows that we won the Americans Elect Party primary in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District and says we have been nominated by that party to be its candidate on the November ballot.We received 11 write-in votes. Sincere thanks to the four voters in Mohave County, the three voters in our home county of Pinal, the two voters in Yuma County, the one voter in Yavapai County and the one voter in La Paz County for writing in our name on the primary ballot.The other candidates running are Republican Congressman Paul Gosar; Libertarian Joe Pamelia; and the winner of the recount in the Democratic primary between Johnnie Robinson and Mikel Weisser, currently separated by just 19 votes.In 2010 we won the Green Party primary in Arizona's Sixth Congressional District but were promptly sued by the Arizona Green Party in federal court, alleging we were a "sham" Green Party candidate. We won and were on the November ballot in 2010, getting about 1.4% of the vote in another heavily Republican district.
Tuesday Afternoon in Lower Manhattan: Port Authority Police Bagpipers Commemorate September 11, 2001
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At 1:20 p.m. we were coming out of the subway on Murray and Church Streets on our way to teach creative writing at Borough of Manhattan Community College when we stopped to watch and listen to the mournful sounds of the Port Authority police bagpipe band commemorate the dead of September 11, 2001.
Our class meets at the newly rebuilt Fiterman Hall, which opened two weeks ago, replacing the old Fiterman Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by the collapse of 7 World Trade Center. It was very hard not to think about that day eleven years ago.
At 1:20 p.m. we were coming out of the subway on Murray and Church Streets on our way to teach creative writing at Borough of Manhattan Community College when we stopped to watch and listen to the mournful sounds of the Port Authority police bagpipe band commemorate the dead of September 11, 2001.Our class meets at the newly rebuilt Fiterman Hall, which opened two weeks ago, replacing the old Fiterman Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by the collapse of 7 World Trade Center. It was very hard not to think about that day eleven years ago.
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