SHOW CAVE Video Series #6

I will premier a new video as part of SHOW CAVE Video Series #6
gallery opening this Saturday December 12,2009 in Los Angeles.

SPREAD EAGLE
SHOW CAVE Video Series #6

December 12, 2009
9pm screening and after party!

SPREAD EAGLE is the next chapter in SHOW CAVE’s
ongoing video series curated by Hazel Hill.

SPREAD EAGLE is also the inaugural event at SHOW
CAVE’s new location 3501 Eagle Rock Blvd. in the
beautiful Glassel Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Contributing artists include:
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Tommyboy
Cornrow Rider
Hazel Hill
DGTRK09
Ashley Huizenga
Kathleen Daniel
Telefantasy Studios
Jacinto Astiazaran
Eric Nordhauser
Milton Melvin Croissant III
Nic Chancellor
Bobbi Woods

POST-IT SHOW !!

This Saturday December 5 6:30 - 10:00
Come down to the Post-it show at Giant Robot
2062 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles,CA 90025

The show is slated to feature nearly 2,000 works by noted contributors for only $20. These pieces will be on standard-sized 3" x 3" Post-It notes.

I will have 20 one of a kind 3x3 Prints for sale.

Other artists in the show include

APAK!, Andrice Arp, T. Edward Bak, Scott Bakal, Gary Baseman, Drew Beckmeyer, Marc Bell, Mike Bertino, John Black, Jill Bliss, Jon Boam, Aaron Brown, Jeffrey Brown, Chris Buzelli, Brian Cairns, Lilli Carre, Christine Castro, Martin Cendreda, Katherine Chiu, Chris Cilla, Greg Clarke, Josh Cochran, Tim Cochran, Allison Cole, Jen Corace, Jennifer Daniel, Eleanor Davis, Luke Davis, Skinner Davis, Vanessa Davis, Ryan De La Hoz, Bob Dob, Doodles, Seth Drenner, Evah Fan, Korin Faught, Nina Frankel, Shannon Freshwater, Jordan Fu, Matt Furie, Nicholas Gazin, Leif Goldberg, Frieda Gossett, Katherine Guillen, Peter Hamlin, Lisa Hanawalt, Pam Henderson, Tim Hensley, Jaime Hernandez, Ryan Heshka, Paul Hornschemier, David Horvath, Mina Horvath, Patrick Hruby, Rama Hughes, Yellena James, Jeaux Janovsky, Levon Jihanian, Hellen Jo, Mark Johns, Sun Min Kim, Kinoko, Olaf LaDousse, Travis Lampe, Will Laren, Le Merde, Daniel Lim, Ben Marra, Jacob McGraw, James McShane, Brendan Monroe, Mark Murphy, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Tom Neely, Andrew Neyer, Tru Nguyen, Anders Nilsen, Saelee Oh, Martin Ontiveros, Christina Paulos, Carlos Ramos, Luke Ramsey, Ron Rege, Jesse Reklaw, Joe Rocco, Zachary Rossman, Johnny Ryan, Souther Salazar, Brooks Salzwadel, Scrappers, Chris von Szombathy, Raymond Sohn, Zack Soto, Bwana Spoons, STO, Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Deth P. Sun, Shirl Sun, Team Macho, Daria Tessler, Peter Thompson, Jeremy Tinder, Aiyana Udesen, Steven Weissman, Gilian Wilson, Ben Wolfinsohn, Connie Wong, Jamie Zollars, and MANY MORE

WELCOME TO SAVINI LAND

TOM SAVINI IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 HUNKS OF SPECIAL FX AND HE TOTALLY KNOWS IT!

QUANTEL PAINT BOX

I grew up watching Night Flight. No wonder I thought it was possible to be a video artist. Recalling this clip makes me reminiscent of the days when video art was something they would actually show on television. John Sanborn and Dean Winkler are such cool guys! Act III: Music: Philip Glass is still mind blowing and beautiful today. Thanks dudes.

TIMOTHY ARCHIBALD LECTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO TONITE!!

Tonite Timothy Archibald will be speaking at The Apple Store at One Stockton Street, San Francisco from 7-8pm. For more on Mr Archibald : http://timothyarchibald.blogspot.com/

FUTURE WAR

Future War is a 1997 direct-to-video American science fiction film about an escaped human slave fleeing his cyborg masters and seeking refuge on Earth.(Kind of like the film, Cyborg but with a Swiss Van Damme)

EDINBURGER IN CALIFORNIA -CALIFORNIAN IN EDINBURGH

GARY'S ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY 4 "M 57, M 15, NGC 891"

Taken Thursday evening by my father in his back yard.
(Because the photos blend in with the busy background, please click them to look closer)

CHRIS VERENE at DNG Gallery

Chris Verene’s new book and series “Family,” published in 2009 by Twin Palms Publishers, is the sequel to his critically acclaimed monograph about his birthplace, Galesburg, Illinois, where his family has lived for three generations. Galesburg is a central Illinois town that has fallen on hard times, much like other small towns across the United States. This series conveys his bittersweet fondness for the now decaying community in which he grew up, which still holds lessons about aging, disability, unemployment, alcoholism and other difficulties.
Verene has been photographing his family and friends since 1984 and has committed to this project for the duration of his life. “The key to my artwork,“ Verene has written, “is that it can only be born out of real and deep friendships and bonds with the people in the pictures.” Each image, whether it is of his family at Christmas breakfast, or of a rundown trailer of two of his friends, is accompanied by a hand-written, sincere text, giving the viewer an insight into Verene’s relationship to his subjects.
For more on Chis Verene: http://www.chrisverene.com/


Currently at DNG Gallery
154 N. La Brea
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Show ends November 7, 2009
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday 10-6

ESTHER PEARL WATSON ON T.V.

Esther Pearl Watson was recently interviewed on KERA television, a local channel in Texas, near her hometown. I really enjoyed watching the down home television style and hearing her talk so comfortably about her work. You should watch it too!
Interview on KERA television - CLICK THESE WORDS



*Remember the good-old days when television was like this everywhere?

"GOING WHERE I'VE NEVER BEEN"

A very personal documentary about the photography of Diane Arbus

There... Are... Four... Lights... !!!!

John Maus is currently on tour. Check him out if he comes to your town.He is one of the finer entities currently residing in a human body. I caught his show last night and it was tear worthy!

Sep 17 2009 8:00P Bottom Of The Hill San Fransisco, California
Sep 18 2009 8:00P Holocene Portland, Oregon
Sep 19 2009 8:00P The Vera Project Seattle, Washington
Sep 24 2009 8:00P UW Madison Memorial Terrace Madison, Wisconsin
Sep 25 2009 8:00P Schuba’s Tavern Chicago, Illinois


And if you haven't yet please see the video we made in collaboration :

ENTERPRISE by John Maus from Telefantasy Studios on Vimeo.

Buy his albums here http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/johnmaus.shtml

HIJACKED PHOTOGRAPHERS IN TV DOCUMENTARY

Exciting news! A documentary film based on the Hijacked Photobook is in the works! Producer Jack Pam has been flying around the world interviewing everyone from the book and taking a look into the way in which they approach their work. When Jack came to interview me, I happened to be shooting Francois Sagat for a segment of my sci-fi show,"The Multinauts" ( In the segment Francois will be advertising a futuristic perfume....and that's all I'm gonna say about that for now) Don't know when the documentary will air, but I sure am looking forward to it.

"AS USEFUL AS AN INFLATABLE PIN CUSHION"

A few years ago my friend Francesca Baglione asked me if I would participate in a small show she created for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival called "Miss High Leg Kick's Fashion Bus". Based on the structure of a high fashion catwalk, caricatures of everyday London people would emerge from a double-decker bus onto a catwalk with all the pizazz and confidence of a supermodel. It's goal; to entertain the viewer but also to remind the world that everyone is fabulous. (this realization must only take place after you are done laughing hysterically) I figured if Im going to photograph this show, I absolutely have to be in it as well.

The first year we did the show, it was a "failure". Failure meaning the shows were somewhat empty often having to perform for an audience of two people. When the reviews came out,one in particular read "FASHION BUS- As useful as an inflatable pin cushion" 1 star. Francesca burst into tears. In an attempt to comfort her I said, "Who ever said art was useful? A blender is useful" and from then on we took being an inflatable pin cushion as a compliment.

We pressed on in all that supposed failure. A years later, The British Arts Council saw the show and decided to back us up. With their help and everyone at the Colchester Arts Center, for the past two summers we have been able to take this show on the road and turn it into a spectacular celebration of everyday people.

This summer we went back to Edinburgh to prove ourselves. To reclaim and redefine inflatable pin cushions. Yet by the time we got there, we realized it didn't really matter what people thought. The cast was so involved in the mere act of performing that the show was not strictly assigned to the stage. Everywhere we went was a stage...what more can you expect of a bunch of show offs? Taking photographs was easy.

Rather than show my own photographs of our recent time in Edinburgh, the above photos are the work of my friend and fellow cast mate Steve Nice, who picked up a camera after we met during the first run of Fashion Bus in 2006 and is now studying at Kingston University in London. I am so excited for him and his emergence into the world of photography.

*click on photographs to see them in detail