[H&R] some virtual show

Thu Oct 11 17:11:45 PDT 2007

AWESOMENESS!!!

On 10/10/07, Joseph Gray <josephgray at grauwald.com> wrote:
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> ;) yeah, I was planning on it.   Following in your footsteps ;)
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> On 10/10/07, iole alessandrini <iole at blarg.net> wrote:
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> > Clearly the message is Awesome!
> > Hey, I think you should apply to this:
> > http://www.jackstraw.org/programs/asp/2008/Gallery2008_application.html
> > Iole:-)
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> > On 10/10/07 12:10 PM, "Joseph Gray" <josephgray at grauwald.com> wrote:
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> > > Apparently I've been included in an on-line exhibition, on Rhizome,
> > > which is apparently only available for paying members to see, however,
> > > here is the complete text (breaking all sorts of copyright laws etc):
> > >
> > > Curated by Corey Davis
> > > Opened on Oct 10, 2007
> > >
> > > "Weird, I don't get it. What are they thinking?! Cool. Ugly. Awesome.
> > > There's a message here."
> > >
> > >  Art I feel, should invoke responses as well as be seen by as many
> > > people as possible. Creating art is accomplished in many ways and
> > > different media. With all the technology, it is easy to acheive art as
> > > well as get it out into the world. Art for the masses is now possible
> > > and people who may never step into a working studio, gallery or art
> > > museum can now virtually tour the world of art simply by the click of
> > > a mouse. This has also enabled artists who otherwise would have
> > > trouble getting the exposure they desire. The internet has changed how
> > > artists can get word out as well as photos and videos of their work.
> > >
> > >  Art, too, has been transformed from stagnant displays to interactive
> > > intrepretations of color, form and even sound. Most art incorporates
> > > some of these elements in order to achieve responses. The new urban
> > > art that we are seeing so much of is innovative, bold, simple and
> > > complicated. It's not just about scenery, animals, Greek sculpture.
> > > It's our art. Now. It's youthful and in-your-face. It is not your
> > > parents' art.
> > >
> > >  Yamashita and Kobayashi. Joao Santos. Joseph Gray. As curator of my
> > > online show, I have chosen these three artists because I feel that
> > > they exemplify some of the latest urban art. To me urban art is art
> > > that is the art of the people. It is timely, but not pretentious.
> > > These pieces are thought-provoking, innovative, colorful, employ
> > > unique materials or common items, yet all contain interesting themes.
> > > They are edgy, but approachable. The world is their canvas and the
> > > viewer is drawn into the playful, yet sophisticated space these
> > > artists have created. Sound coupled with movement, scattered with
> > > color are all integral and common themes of the artists I wish to
> > > present.
> > >
> > >  Diversity is what makes the world work. The work of these artists is
> > > truly diverse and promises the viewers that they will see the ordinary
> > > in a new way. None of these artists show any timidity or meekness with
> > > their work. They are bold and forward thinking.
> > >
> > >  I have always preferred simple and minimalist artwork. Art, to me,
> > > should  should command its own space, but involve the viewer as well.
> > > Art should also explore different ways of looking at things. These
> > > different styles of art put new twists on the ordinary and show
> > > different views of things that we often take for granted, yet alone
> > > take the time to think about. With so much going on in our busy world,
> > > it is refreshing to stand back and look at life through a creative
> > > eye. Words carry weight, but art shoulders the responsibility of
> > > taking the viewer on a visual journey that sometimes involves the rest
> > > of the senses.
> > >
> > >  All of the artists I have picked use simple themes. The complications
> > > or intricacies of the art are in the intrepretations as experienced by
> > > the viewer. You can read much more into these pieces or you can accept
> > > them simply at face value. Therein lies the theme.
> > >
> > >  The three (four)  artists I have chosen use every day objects or
> > > themes and transform them into a thinking person's show. For example
> > > the Japanese team of Yamashita and Kobayashi, now living and working
> > > in Berlin (graduates of MFA Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and
> > > Music) use ordinary objects in their art. They go beyond the normal
> > > observations, however, by making common objects into art- things that
> > > normally would go unobserved by most of us.
> > >
> > >  For example, I chose Yamashita and Kobayashi's organic exhibit which
> > > portrays  the symbol of infinity. Instead of creating the path of
> > > infinity by drawing it or laying down material of some sort, they walk
> > > the path. Feet and earth literally become the mediums of this art
> > > exhibit. The path is created in a grassy field over a period of five
> > > days. Watching a path become a work of art through basically walking,
> > > running, stomping is a creative way to achieve the symbol. It's not an
> > > every day event to see a path become one. Yamashita and Kobayashi show
> > > this to us. The artists say, "Paths are made by walking. In order to
> > > determine whether the phrase was actually true, we kept running in a
> > > park for five days. In the fast-forward movie compiled from digital
> > > photographs taken one per second, a path ...gradually emerges..."
> > > Paths are often taken for granted when one is using it, but to see the
> > > work that goes into the path and the process of many footsteps, you
> > > could say footwork, involved is an original concept for a very
> > > ordinary, often overlooked, thing. In 2006  Yamashita and Kobayashi
> > > were finalists of the Japan Media Arts Festival, excellence award in
> > > the Art Division/Visual Image category. Asaba Katsumi, art division
> > > head jury says that "the entries for this category ...strike a good
> > > balance between technique level and artistic expression." He also
> > > states, "these works are converting advanced digital techniques gently
> > > and beautifully into analog; this may be the equation of modern media
> > > art."
> > >
> > >  Another artist I have decided to add to my exhibit is Joao Santos,who
> > > lives and works in the fast-growing, lively city of Dubai, Portugal.
> > > Santos' work displays a surreal almost chaotic plethora of light and
> > > colors. When viewing abstract/urban artwork, especially photography it
> > > is difficult to keep a variety of shots. This is especially true when
> > > photographing the same subjects while using the same techniques as
> > > usually what occurs is chaos and confusion. Yet with Santos art, the
> > > result is diverse and each piece is a unique statement of color, light
> > > and movement. All the photographs I have chosen are the lights from a
> > > city, but when looking at them from different, fresh points of view,
> > > they become something else entirely and the viewer has the pleasure of
> > > interpreting the art any way they choose. With the color and
> > > excitement of these pieces, 600 photos (High Resolution - from 4 to
> > > 12MB each) the viewers seem to forget that what they are seeing are
> > > things they see every day. Santos says this about his art, "A person
> > > can buy the latest car, residential property, or flashy hi- tech
> > > mobile, but it doesn't necessarily mean that he has improvbed his mind
> > > like art can." Through color and movement Santos shows the pulse of
> > > the city through its lights. "What's New Magazine," writer, Reshma
> > > Mehra, says "...in Dubai for just 14 months..his facination with
> > > Dubai's rapid-fire growth has led him on a photographic journey that
> > > delivers..."
> > >
> > >  The final artist I have added to my exhibit is Joseph Gray. A BFA
> > > graduate of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Gray studied video
> > > and sculpture. He is a graphic designer and web developer. Gray
> > > creates a truly unique experience (from what we can see from the
> > > photograph) by "painting" three-dimensional paper surfaces with video
> > > projectors. The paper takes on a new, exciting form and begins to
> > > evolve with the addition of color. Gray cuts, folds and twists the
> > > paper is  into shapes, dipping, curving and bending. He almost does a
> > > free form type of orgami. The paper when twisted and folded and bent
> > > holds a sculptural form on its own. Just the white paper itself is
> > > interesting to look at. But Gray takes it further with his projected
> > > images of color and movement. He uses three video projectors, software
> > > he has created and three computers to create his work. Gray says,
> > > "Light, Paper Sound is constructed of paper cut-outs folded and curved
> > > into three dimensional forms and suspended in the gallery space. The
> > > paper is used as a sculptural canvas..." Original music is then
> > > produced specifically for each sculpture. The result is a blend of
> > > jazz and video.The room in which the installation is placed
> > > transforms. Four walls become another world as the viewer travels
> > > beyond the museum into an almost underwater and alien world.
> > > Additionally the work of Gray is a multi-sensory exhibit where the
> > > viewer not only sees the art but hears it as well. The "Vroom Journal"
> > > of Seattle has this to say about Gray's work, "... the artist has
> > > built an environment that puts time back into time-based media arts.
> > > Once inside the installation, time stands still. The visual and aural
> > > completeness of this piece makes this effort an important seminal
> > > event for video installation in Seattle and points east and west."
> > >
> > >  Each one of these artists' work, I feel represent a fresh and new
> > > look at our world. Technology aside, most of these works can be
> > > created purely through basic means but not without creativity. All of
> > > these artists have taken a chance. A chance that they are too weird,
> > > too minimalist, too colorful, too loud. If these artists chose not to
> > > take a chance, none of these pieces could have come to life. Each of
> > > them stepped out of the box and found a place where we can be
> > > entertained, confused, delighted and most of all, think. Why, how,
> > > when? Click on a mouse and enter the world of art. You might find that
> > > you want to stay there a while.
> > >
> > >
> > > CityLights
> > > By Joao Santos
> > > CityLights mostly deals with random night shots that are meant to be
> > > worked on the computer in order to reenact its original meaning/shape.
> > > The traces of Light and its colours make the central composition of
> > > the whole work. As in the music of Brian Eno (Ambient Music)
> > > CityLights also aims to create new Landscapes to be interacted by
> > > everyone's impressions. CityLights is a fully High Resolution Digital
> > > Wall Art and Design work which can be applied in many different Art &
> > > Design Projects. I use a NIKON digital camera, and I work the pictures
> > > on my laptop in order to achieve different results: its original
> > > content is no longer traceable - therefore not important, and what it
> > > becomes is much depending on everyone's idea of it. When I take those
> > > random shots I just think about the exquisite effects of light and
> > > colours and all the ways of creating new atmospheres. (Joao Santos)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?job_seeker_id=151701&t=&
> > > specialty=5&sort_by=1&&page_no=1&c=1
> > >
> > >
> > > infinity
> > > By Mai Yamashita + Naoto Kobayashi
> > > "Paths are made by walking" In order to determine whether the above
> > > phrase was actually true, Yamashita and Kobayashi kept running in a
> > > park for 5 days. In the fast-forward movie compiled from digital
> > > photographs taken one per second, a path the shape of ƒ (infinity)
> > > gradually emerges as they move with high-speed. (Mai Yamashita + Naoto
> > > Kobayashi)
> > >
> > >    http://www.galerie-roehr-ripken.de/yamashita.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Light Paper Sound
> > > By Joseph Gray
> > > This exhibition is an installation using randomly selected video
> > > projected on three dimensional paper surfaces synced with audio tracks
> > > played on speakers in the environment. The overall effect creates a
> > > unique environment of dynamic color and sound. The works collaborators
> > > are artists Joseph Gray (sculpture/video) and Gabriel Herbertson
> > > (audio) with original music by Beth Fleenor (clarinet) and Paris
> > > Hurley (violin). (Joseph Gray)
> > >
> > >    http://www.vroomjournal.com/articles/Timebandits.php
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> > >
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> > > exhibit from works in the ArtBase. Go to
> > > http://rhizome.org/art/member-curated/ to see a list of all open
> > > exhibits.
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