{"id":32298,"date":"2017-02-27T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=32298"},"modified":"2017-02-27T23:46:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T04:46:24","slug":"tommy-malekoff-perennial-shadows-screens-at-jeffrey-stark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2017\/02\/27\/tommy-malekoff-perennial-shadows-screens-at-jeffrey-stark\/","title":{"rendered":"~TOMMY MALEKOFF: ‘PERENNIAL SHADOWS’ . . JEFFREY STARK"},"content":{"rendered":"

THEN AGAIN, surprise, surprise.<\/p>\n

ALL THAT IS ‘GREEN, leafy & organic’ – is not . . . GOLD !!<\/p>\n

KUDZU – THE GREAT INVADER.<\/p>\n

on the other hand,
\nTOMMY MALEKOFF . . . set the tech ‘gold’ standard for video clip running time: 6 minutes !!! <\/p>\n

‘PERENNIAL SHADOWS’ – a film by TOMMY MALEKOFF
\nfeaturing original music by JOE WILLIAMS & a poetry reading by rapper PROJECT PAT.
\npoem by TOMMY MALEKOFF.<\/p>\n

This was ‘new video’ screening . . .
\nin 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.
\nthe 6 minute film, projected on the back wall of a small steel & glass futuristic mini-box of venue . . was a . . visual knock-out.
\na break-out. break-down, lyrical. factual. on point & . . cutting edge.
\nvisual ‘dream’ . . of a living nightmare.<\/p>\n

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.
\nwe are taken for an overview – made by a local insider.
\na lovely, leafy death sandwich, munch on that. <\/p>\n

Presented last THURS FEB 9 – SUN FEB 19, 2017 . . .<\/p>\n

‘PERENNIAL SHADOWS’ . . .<\/strong>
\nran 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.
\nthe sound track was audible though a small exterior speaker. <\/p>\n

JEFFREY STARK, which seems to be the brainchild of ANGELO LANZA,
\nis actually an ‘alternative’ to a pop-up, (as well as to the mainstream art scene in general) in that – the venue is ongoing<\/strong>, but without the need to ‘staff’ itself on a regular basis, being that all <\/strong> the shows at the small box-like space, are visible – through the glass storefront every day, 9am – 9pm.<\/p>\n

as well<\/em>, there is an online<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

check it out: read more, see past & upcoming agendas \/ watch the action, or non-action as the case might be: JEFFREY STARK GALLERY, CHINATOWN<\/a><\/p>\n

JEFFREY STARK GALLERY gets its name from the former occupant of the underground mini-mart . . ‘booth’.<\/p>\n

\"TOMMY-MALEKOFF---Perennial-Shadows-screening\"<\/a>
\nFilmmaker TOMMY MALEKOFF . .
\npresents 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’.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff-kudzu-#2\"<\/a>
\ntruth be told, it was kind of thrilling<\/em>.
\nboth the film & . . the mini-mall viewing locale.
\nthe 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.
\nwith no preaching, bye the way.
\nTOMMY MALEKOFF, is just showing it . . like it is. the imagery just simmers along. and makes its point.
\nthe camera’s gaze – is as light as a bird.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Screening: in the midst of teeming inner-city commercialism.
\nit was, for an incredible moment, an experience of what I can only term as . . . cultural ‘intersection’.
\nthough the film could be shown in a cardboard box, and it would still weave . . its magic.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff--Kudzu-creeps-along\"<\/a>
\nthere it goes, the interloper Kudzu . . creeping along.
\nTOMMY 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. <\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff---steam-shoel-vs-kudzu\"<\/a>
\nman vs nature.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff-Kudzu-shadows\"<\/a>
\nrelentless . . <\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff---abandoned-Kudzu-take-over\"<\/a>
\nthe . . ‘living’ DEAD.<\/p>\n

\"TOMMY-MALEKOFF,-JEFFREY-STARK-mini-mall-Chinatown-\"<\/a>
\nthe industrial crowded mini-mall environment, would<\/strong> make you think . . all that is ‘green’ is preferable<\/strong>, – but NOT !!
\nbut still, all the better<\/em> – to see . . the ART.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff,-montage\"<\/a>
\nthat is a montage of ‘stills’ or otherwise related photos, from the film – on the opposite wall, in a display case, the kind ‘realtors’ use. <\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff-photo---boy-w-bat\"<\/a>
\nboy with a bat, sinister undertones. photo detail, display case.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff---nature-walk\"<\/a>
\nnature walk. photo detail, display case.
\nyour typical ‘real estate’ or ‘tour company’ display, not.<\/p>\n

\"Tomy-Malekoff---photo-display-case\"<\/a>
\nKudzu: an organic ‘destroyer’, a green ‘interloper’ originally sourced from Japan, now eating up North Carolina . . .
\ncaptured 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.
\nif that’s not . . .
\nGLOBALIZATION, and the face of the future, I don’t know – what is.<\/p>\n

\"TOMMY-MALEKOFF,-JACK-IRV-&-ASPEN\"<\/a>
\nTOMMY MALEKOFF at the right.
\nfrom left, artists: JACK IRV and ASPEN.
\nAspen also hails from North Carolina, Greensboro. as does Tommy.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

\"screening-venue\"<\/a>
\nthis where they hung a large screen & projected the film for the opening.
\nright next to the escalators, and all that shiny metal and glass.
\nand industrial red Chinese signage.
\ndeep ‘mall’ space. =may as well be . . deep outer space.
\nit’s so far out – from the usual gallery scene.
\nhuge. cavernous. commerce & tech-oriented ambience.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy-Malekoff---Perennial-Shadows---opening-crowd\"<\/a>
\nthe opening night – crowd, on Tommy’s phone.
\nthey knew they were encapsulated – in a special moment.
\nit was the night of the big storm – or I never would have missed it.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. SUN FEB 18, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32298"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32342,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32298\/revisions\/32342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}