‘YES’ . . . !!
NEW VIDEO by KYLE WILLIAMS & NICHOLAS STEINDORF, SUN FEB 19, 2017
at MICROSCOPE, in Brooklyn.
see more: background / ‘YES’ – KYLE WILLIAMS & NICHOLAS STEINDORF
YES . . . !!
MICROSCOPE . . did exactly that.
it took the usually / confined to web viewing, i.e. postage stamp sized . . innovative, and tech-centric videos of KYLE WILLIAMS and NICHOLAS STEINDORF, and blew them up, BIG.
and I mean . . really really big, on a 12 ft. screen, and to make matters even more intense and STUNNING – the huge screen was positioned right up-front & center / as in, zero degree / bulls eye close-up to the viewers.
and yes !!
both artists’ works greatly benefited, both from the large scale, and the intense, intimate venue.
put it this way: the audience got to go on an amazing, & dynamic . . video bender.
it was like sitting – in the first car of a super-charged roller coaster, but skewed to the eye of thinking man, of course.
no doubt about it.
SCREENGRAB: KYLE WILLIAMS – VIDEO
unlike the 2, really 3 previous video/film screenings I saw,
(1) MICHAEL FLEMING’S Instagram ‘micro’ screening / an installation ‘documentary’ of the . . .
(2) MICHI MEKO – vintage quilt / SAIGE ROWE – projection at DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS, in Atlanta Georgia – which was. quickly put: a ‘micro’ Mother Earth ‘narrative’ of a plant growing and being uprooted from rich dark soil, and
(3) TOMMY MALEKOFF’S ‘micro’ in running time, big punch . . landscape documentary on Kudzu the great green destroyer . .
KYLE, and NICHOLAS’ work . . was very different.
not at all rooted in documentary (kudzu), or even staged/edited (the quilt projection) – these guys live in the realm of FICTION, PERCEPTION, ABSTRACTION, MOTION, CURIOSITY, PAST, FUTURE, CONCEPT, TECHNICAL EFFECTS & . . PURE POETRY.
although, there was also this gorgeous conceptual split, even there:
because while Kyle creates his magic with real photo-based objects, Nicholas uses futuristic / totally imagined CGI animation.
While KYLE uses real life objects, they spin in a universe of their very own making – it’s a tale of physics, fiction and in a strange way: fusion.
fusion of the abstract . . to the real.
while NICHOLAS . . is just totally off the reality grid, altogether.
SCREENGRAB: KYLE WILLIAMS
while I can send you to Kyle’s website, to view his work, there is no way to share – just how profoundly gorgeous, these things were, projected onto that huge Microscope screen, upfront & very personal.
very intimate. very headspinning, very shape shifting.
see: KYLE WILLIAMS STUDIO – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
SCREENGRAB: KYLE WILLIAMS
the room went round & round.
KYLE . . also posts remarkable and very poetic / photographic video snippets on his Instagram feed / @kylewyllyams
I have to say, this is one of my faves, very classical – All-American photo / poetry.
KYLE’S works screened first, and then came . . NICHOLAS.
that very first image of a huge huge ‘ZACH’, his iconic imaginary science boy / nerd of the future, looming up in-you-face, on that huge Microscope screen is seared into my brain, forever.
what a . . pop.
meet . . ZACH, the STEINDORF – CGI bio ‘boy’ of the . . future, now !!
NICHOLAS STEINDORF, ‘SEIZE’, 2015. 6:11. seamless loop, with VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER preview.
see more ZACH: NICHOLAS STEINDORF, zachzachzach – on his portfolio website
LOL . . . x 1,000
when you are on Nicholas’ website, scroll to:
‘I ran out of Ketchup’, 2015. two-channel video, 9:45 with VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER preview.
this sequence is CGI on . . . ME !!!!!
did I crack up – or, what !!!!!!
that was so fun – doing that.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF . . also posts videos on his Instagram feed – @nicholassteindorf
the range swings far and wide – often purely as abstract – as they get.
‘lost’ – in motion.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF and KYLE WILLIAMS – at the Microscope opening.
ISABELLE RANCIER, and her twin sis, ALEXANDRA.
LANCE MARCHEL.
EMMY THELANDER and MARIE LORENZ.
HENRY CHAPMAN.
Henry currently has a show of paintings up at KATE WERBLE GALLERY – HENRY CHAPMAN.
JAMES MILLER – recently had a show of his paintings at SARAH MEYOHAS.
definite, check out: JAMES MILLER – MEYOHAS
TINA VADEN, and . . musician DARREN WILL – of the band, MOTHXR.
THEO CERIGO, in a MOTHXR T-SHIRT.
CHRIS WATTS.
Chris has a show coming up in March – at Gallery Twenty-Two in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He is also currently an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Councils Workspace program.
and I just did a studio visit with him, hope to post the pix – soon.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, unless otherwise noted.
~KYLE WILLIAMS & NICHOLAS STEINDORF, ‘YES’ . . MICROSCOPE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 2nd, 2017, 10:49am
THEN AGAIN, surprise, surprise.
ALL THAT IS ‘GREEN, leafy & organic’ – is not . . . GOLD !!
KUDZU – THE GREAT INVADER.
on the other hand,
TOMMY MALEKOFF . . . set the tech ‘gold’ standard for video clip running time: 6 minutes !!!
‘PERENNIAL SHADOWS’ – a film by TOMMY MALEKOFF
featuring original music by JOE WILLIAMS & a poetry reading by rapper PROJECT PAT.
poem by TOMMY MALEKOFF.
This was ‘new video’ screening . . .
in an alternative, surprising / ‘micro’ gallery venue, of a poignant film on the fearsome nature of ‘interloper/predator’ super species / micro/bio / ‘green’ engineering, gone – wrong.
the 6 minute film, projected on the back wall of a small steel & glass futuristic mini-box of venue . . was a . . visual knock-out.
a break-out. break-down, lyrical. factual. on point & . . cutting edge.
visual ‘dream’ . . of a living nightmare.
it presented the all-green, leafy Kudzu reality, for what is: a rolling landscape of territorial ‘take-over’. in a gently revealing, supremely edited & visually stunning . . ‘tourist’ ride.
we are taken for an overview – made by a local insider.
a lovely, leafy death sandwich, munch on that.
Presented last THURS FEB 9 – SUN FEB 19, 2017 . . .
‘PERENNIAL SHADOWS’ . . .
ran as a continuous loop, accessible through the storefront window of the alternative, minimalist JEFFREY STARK GALLERY, located in the basement lower level of a busy mini-mall – in the heart of New York’s Chinatown.
the sound track was audible though a small exterior speaker.
JEFFREY STARK, which seems to be the brainchild of ANGELO LANZA,
is actually an ‘alternative’ to a pop-up, (as well as to the mainstream art scene in general) in that – the venue is ongoing, but without the need to ‘staff’ itself on a regular basis, being that all the shows at the small box-like space, are visible – through the glass storefront every day, 9am – 9pm.
as well, there is an online real time surveillance camera focused on the storefront which also constitutes the homepage of the gallery’s website / & which lets you see what’s going on in there; the shows, the install, the openings, the down times . . . 24/7.
check it out: read more, see past & upcoming agendas / watch the action, or non-action as the case might be: JEFFREY STARK GALLERY, CHINATOWN
JEFFREY STARK GALLERY gets its name from the former occupant of the underground mini-mart . . ‘booth’.
Filmmaker TOMMY MALEKOFF . .
presents a short film on how KUDZU, a green leafy vine / an organic plant, once thought to be a ‘lifesaver’ turns out to be – not . . ‘so much’.
truth be told, it was kind of thrilling.
both the film & . . the mini-mall viewing locale.
the profound implications of the free-growing / no-stopping-it green ivy gone wild, as the camera catches it devouring everything in its path, obliterating the native plants & absolutely covering ALL historical & cultural footprints.
with no preaching, bye the way.
TOMMY MALEKOFF, is just showing it . . like it is. the imagery just simmers along. and makes its point.
the camera’s gaze – is as light as a bird.
Kudzu: the green super-ivy is a real death threat. a real migrant, if you want to put the ‘word du jour’, in a truly frightening context. an invasive ‘Mother Earth’ endgame, a globalization take-over, disguised as rolling greenery, poetry-in-motion – traced out for you, with a gorgeous, haunting photographic eye, a ghostly, ancient & delicate Japanese-inspired soundtrack, and a few words of spoken poetry towards the end.
Screening: in the midst of teeming inner-city commercialism.
it was, for an incredible moment, an experience of what I can only term as . . . cultural ‘intersection’.
though the film could be shown in a cardboard box, and it would still weave . . its magic.
there it goes, the interloper Kudzu . . creeping along.
TOMMY MALEKOFF who is now New York-based, grew up in North Carolina, where this ‘not-so-green-is-it’ nature endgame is taking place, and so he is by DNA, born & bred . . close to the subject at hand.
man vs nature.
relentless . .
the . . ‘living’ DEAD.
the industrial crowded mini-mall environment, would make you think . . all that is ‘green’ is preferable, – but NOT !!
but still, all the better – to see . . the ART.
that is a montage of ‘stills’ or otherwise related photos, from the film – on the opposite wall, in a display case, the kind ‘realtors’ use.
boy with a bat, sinister undertones. photo detail, display case.
nature walk. photo detail, display case.
your typical ‘real estate’ or ‘tour company’ display, not.
Kudzu: an organic ‘destroyer’, a green ‘interloper’ originally sourced from Japan, now eating up North Carolina . . .
captured in a photo-montage, in an industrial display case, in the lower level of a mini-mall in Chinatown, exhibited in a gallery with 24/7 online – surveillance.
if that’s not . . .
GLOBALIZATION, and the face of the future, I don’t know – what is.
TOMMY MALEKOFF at the right.
from left, artists: JACK IRV and ASPEN.
Aspen also hails from North Carolina, Greensboro. as does Tommy.
TOMMY MALEKOFF shows me where they screened the film for the opening night, right in the center of the mall on a large screen that hung from the higher level.
this where they hung a large screen & projected the film for the opening.
right next to the escalators, and all that shiny metal and glass.
and industrial red Chinese signage.
deep ‘mall’ space. =may as well be . . deep outer space.
it’s so far out – from the usual gallery scene.
huge. cavernous. commerce & tech-oriented ambience.
the opening night – crowd, on Tommy’s phone.
they knew they were encapsulated – in a special moment.
it was the night of the big storm – or I never would have missed it.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. SUN FEB 18, 2017.
~TOMMY MALEKOFF: ‘PERENNIAL SHADOWS’ . . JEFFREY STARK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 27th, 2017, 1:09pm
‘MICRO’ PROJECTIONS . . as in / VIDEOS – on INSTAGRAM – SAY A LOT !!
& TRAVEL . . FAR !!
what can I say . .
the world is getting smaller and smaller, viewing ‘screens’ are getting smaller & smaller, BUT !!
the opportunities for someone to see your work, are conversely getting: larger & larger.
& that’s a . . good thing.
I SAW 3 . . . NEW VIDEO SCREENINGS, this weekend.
one was via Instagram, of a larger video screening projected unconventionally onto a quilt block !!
in a gallery in Atlanta, Georgia.
kind of like . . those nesting Russian eggs.
it was a tiny ‘video loop’ . . of a larger ‘video loop projection’ in an installation, that caught my attention.
in a city far away, Atlanta, Georgia – so there was no way I could have caught it otherwise.
so, maybe I saw 4 new !!!!!! videos / this weekend ????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all different – SIZES !!!!!!!!!
the next video I saw, projected onto a good sized wall, in a very hardcore / innovative alternative ‘gallery’ space in Chinatown, I actually viewed through the mini mall/storefront glass window.
while the final viewing, took place in a more conventional gallery space, but with a ‘shockingly’ great big screen – upfront & personal !!
let’s start one with the one I saw, in a rather ‘new wave’ fashion / that is, by social media ‘remote’, as in:
I caught a digital / video clip glimpse of . . an installation, by way of a beautifully shot – video posted to Instagram by @mountain.bushwick . . aka MICHAEL FLEMING.
MOUNTAIN is an artist-run space, so why the shock, that it’s founder/director – can produce a pretty mean . . . video clip ?!!
the subject: the ‘lyrical quilt – video projection’ . . by MICHI MEKO & SAIGE ROWE, curated by SELENA GALLERY . . .
for a 2 part concurrent exhibition – now up at DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS, in Atlanta, Georgia.
SELENA GALLERY . . is an artist-run space co-founded by ANJULI RATHOD & OLIVIA SWIDER, located in Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y.
from . . .
‘TWO EXHIBITIONS from BUSHWICK to ATLANTA’
‘In Time of Silver Rain: MICHI MEKO and SAIGE ROWE’
curated by Bushwick’s . . SELENA GALLERY
runs thru MARCH 12, 2017
DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
read background & see images: ‘IN TIME OF SILVER RAIN’ – DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS
MICHI MEKO . . salvaged the vintage quilt / SAIGE ROWE . . made the video.
the video is projected onto one block – of the old farm quilt. quite a pretty idea.
especially because the video is all about greenery, & dirt & . . roots. the ’round’ circle . . of ‘life’.
the ‘sampling’ of organic growth.
very very moving. quick. graphic, fresh. & lyrical.
factual.
I quite liked this particular frame / because although the woman’s hand is about to pull up a ‘rooted’ plant, the gesture mimics a woman’s hand, sewing – a quilt.
the farmer & the quiltmaker – have very intertwining history.
the big picture / nature / mother earth.
in it’s best, and yet sadly . . most threatened ‘glory’.
please. don’t put up that damn parking lot.
NOTE ALL 3 IMAGES ABOVE: are screengrabs from a ‘micro’ video loop – of the DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS, ‘BUSHWICK TO ATLANTA’ exhibit / that was posted to Instagram by @mountain.bushwick, aka MICHAL FLEMING.
thank you !!
NOTE: the MICHI MEKO & SAIGE ROWE ‘quilt – video projection’, was curated by SELENA GALLERY, Bushwick.
MICHI MEKO, ‘Untitled’, 2017. found quilt.
SAIGE ROWE, (projection), ‘Exterior Engagements #3’, 2017 / 1:57 minute digital video
PHOTO: courtesy SELENA GALLERY
DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS
SELENA GALLERY
MOUNTAIN
~MICHI MEKO & SAIGE ROWE, quilt & video projection . . curated by SELENA (Bushwick), DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS, (Atlanta, Georgia) |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 21st, 2017, 4:08pm
1866 QUILT – by LUCY FROST . . .
@afamuseum / American Folk Art Museum: “This patriotic quilt features an embroidered image of ABRAHAM LINCOLN (center) with the inscription ‘Old Abe’ underneath.
Made just a year after his assassination, the quilt also depicts an embroidered pictogram featuring a pile of logs and an axe, representing Lincoln’s childhood home – a one-room log cabin, and image of the White House.”
Image: Abraham Lincoln Flag Quilt, Lucy Frost, Dubuque, Iowa, 1866. Cotton with cotton applique and embroidery, 61 x 75 inches.
Gift of Florence W. and Joe P. Rhinehart, 2002.13.1
Photo: Gaving Ashworth
Image via Instagram @afamusem / American Folk Art Museum
continues . . .
~YES !! Presidents Day: 1866 QUILT – by LUCY FROST |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 20th, 2017, 5:19pm
‘YES: NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS’ / ‘BLINN & LAMBERT’
SCREENING TO-NITE / SUN FEB 19, 2017 / 7:30 PM
MICROSCOPE GALLERY, 1329 WILLOUGHBY AVE, #2B, BROOKLYN
General Admission: $8
Members & Students with ID: $6
Program Running Time, approx 60 mins.
Q&A with the artists following the screening.
This screening is made possible with the underwriting support from the ROBERT D. BIELECKI FOUNDATION.
Still from ‘New Grey Planet: Library’, by BLINN & LAMBERT (2017) – image courtesy of the artists
MICROSCOPE . . “is very pleased to present as the first 2017 edition of our emerging artists series YES, a screening of new & recent video works by Brooklyn-based artists NICHOLAS STEINDORF and KYLE WILLIAMS, including those made under their collaboration . . BLINN & LAMBERT.
THE PROGRAM includes the premiere of a new BLINN & LAMBERT work ‘New Grey Planet: Library’ as well as the first work made under the pseudonym and other videos made by each artists individually . . .
The duo works in video, digital animation & practical special effects.” ~gallery website
read more: ‘YES: NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS’ – MICROSCOPE
Still from ‘exCarnation’ by NICHOLAS STEINDORF (2014) – image courtesy of the artist
NICOLAS STEINDORF . . “holds a BFA from Columbia College, Chicago and an MFA in painting from Yale University. His practice focuses on screen-based technologies with outputs in animations, installations, and digital-drawings. Recently, his project ‘Zach_Version_1.0’ was exhibited in the interactive online-exhibition space . . THE VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER, and ‘Zach_Version_1.1’ was exhibited at EXO EXO, Paris.
Steindorf currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
see: NICHOLAS STEINDORF – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
Still from ‘Untitled (moon)’ by KYLE WILLIAMS (2015) – image courtesy of the artist.
KYLE WILLIAMS . . “is an artist working with moving image, projection, and installation. His practice focuses on the exploration of the strange kinds of presence objects can have on screen. Williams holds a BA from Stanford University in Art History and an MFA in painting from Yale University. His work has been shown internationally and in various galleries in New York and San Francisco. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn and teaches video art at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA.
see: KYLE WILLIAMS – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
~’YES: NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS’ . . MICROSCOPE, BROOKLYN / SCREENING TO-NITE SUN FEB 19 / 7:30 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 19th, 2017, 9:05am
talk: about MICRO ART BUYING . . !!
don’t blink.
turn over – your card. & your cash !!
@boogiebrowntown / MELISSA BROWN:
tonight! Launch Party for the #skowhegantarot featuring designs by 74 artists, wands by yours truly.
Magic by TA DA #rossmoreno *What’s in the cards 4 U * ?
SAT FEB 18, 2017
6-9 PM
16 WEST 22nd ST. CHELSEA NYC.
IMAGE & TEXT: via @boogiebrowntown / MELISSA BROWN
MORE INFO: THE SKOWHEGAN TAROT LAUNCH PARTY
~SKOWHEGAN TAROT . . feat. wands by MELISSA BROWN / OPENS TO-NITE , SAT FEB 18 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 18th, 2017, 2:46pm
@metamercianwing:
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY to LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY,
born on this day, FEB 18, 1848 !!
ALTHOUGH TIFFANY worked in nearly every artistic medium, including painting, watercolor, ceramics, furniture, textiles, and metalwork, he is best known for his work in glass.
A TRUE VISIONARY, TIFFANY worked with expert glass makers to create new glass formulas that resulted in revolutionary colors and textures, such as the rough Lava or ‘volcanic’ glass used for this bowl.
Bowl, by Louis C. Tiffany and Tiffany Studios, ca. 1908.”
IMAGE & TEXT: via Instagram @metamericanwing / MET MUSEUM AMERICAN WING.
note: I’m thinking it should read, “worked in nearly every artistic medium”, . . . available during his life.
he handled many precious materials that not easy to get hold of today, and many skills have been lost; on one side – on the other . . digital imaging, or even acrylic, or even spray paint – was to be, born.
note: #UndertheVolcano
~HAPPY BIRTHDAY . . LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY / MET AMERICAN WING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 18th, 2017, 2:35pm
ZACH NADER: ‘STAGE BLIND’
OPENS FRI FEB 17, 2017 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru MARCH 26, 2017
MICROSCOPE GALLERY , 1329 Willoughby Ave, #2B, Bushwick, Brooklyn
HRS: THURS thru MON / 1 – 6 PM / or by appointment
MICROSCOPE GALLERY was founded in 2010 by artists & curators ELLE BURCHILL & ANDREA MONTI.
The gallery . . “specializes in the works of moving, sound, digital and performance artists.”
This is ZACH NADAR’s second solo exhibit at the gallery.
“IN new prints on aluminum and single-channel videos – many of which use advertising campaigns as their underlying sources – ‘stage blind’ considers notions of invisibility as reflected in content as well as with respect to the limits of the human eye and its technological extensions, including the camera, lens, software, and screen.” – gallery website
read more: ZACH NADER – ‘stage blind’
ZACH NADER, “tidal pull”, 2017. UV print on Dibond, 25 x 35 in.
Image courtesy of the artist & Microscope Gallery.
~ZACH NADER, ‘STAGE BLIND’ . . MICROSCOPE GALLERY, OPENING TO-NITE, FRI FEB 17 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 17th, 2017, 3:58pm
TWO EXHIBITS . . from BUSHWICK / ‘MIRROR, MIRROR’ & ‘IN TIME OF SILVER RAIN’
GOING TO: DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS / in ATLANTA, GEORGIA !!!!!
OPENS TO-NITE / FRI FEB 17, 2017 / 7-10 PM
DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS IS PLEASED TO PRESENT:
‘MIRROR, MIRROR: NICHOLAS STEINDORF & RAUL VALVERDE’ – curated by MOUNTAIN, BUSHWICK
‘IN TIME OF SILVER RAIN: MICHI MEKO & SAIGE ROWE’ – curated by SELENA, BUSHWICK
OPENING – FRI FEB 17, 2017 / 7 – 10 PM
the show runs thru MARCH 12, 2017
DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS, 585 WELLS ST. SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
MOUNTAIN and SELENA . . are both artist-run spaces in the Bushwock neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
MOUNTAIN . . introduces Atlanta viewers to New York-based artists, NICHOLAS STEINDORF and RAUL VALVERDE.
“This exhibition is about simulated realities, intangible form, and the reflective nature of abstraction.”
interestingly, although SELENA is a Bushwick-based gallery, they will be curating a show with 2 Georgia-based artists, and I guess there’s some inherent dialogue, just in that.
SELENA . . will pair Georgia artists MICHI MEKO and SAIGE ROWE, in a concurrent show whose title ‘IN TIME OF SILVER RAIN’ “shares the same title as LANGSTON HUGHES’ poem from 1947, which speaks to a time of change when winter is ending and spring is beginning.”
read more:DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS – ‘Mirror, Mirror / In Time of Silver Rain’ . . !!!!!!!!
where you can also find out – a little more about the artists – themselves.
~from BUSHWICK . . to ATLANTA, DAY & NIGHT PROJECTS / OPENS TO-NITE, FRI FEB 16 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 17th, 2017, 12:45pm
AUSTIN LEE . . also has a piece in the big drawing show at THE JOURNAL GALLERY, in Brooklyn.
AUSTIN LEE . . . DRAWING.
currently on view – in the big survey show: ‘DRAWING ISLAND’, at THE JOURNAL GALLERY.
up thru MARCH 26, 2017.
PHOTO BY @majadjordjevic / MAYA DJORDJEVIC
IMAGE via Instagram @austinlee
thanks to @katecerigo for the shout-out !!
I haven’t seen anything so haunting, since those first early / ghostly paintings . . of what looked to be early Shaker or Amish women by . . VANESSA BEESCROFT.
~’DRAWING ISLAND’ . . incl. AUSTIN LEE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 17th, 2017, 11:18am
