My two-channel video Erasing the Contemporary Woman was screened recently at Double Vision II at the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University.

Artists include: Charmaine Ortiz—Carolina Beach, North Carolina; Philippos Kappa—Athens, Greece; François Macré—Arrondissement of Gap, France; Adam Forrester—Athens, Georgia; Rembrandt Quiballo—Tempe, Arizona; Douglas Gast—Pullman, Washington; Stefan Petranek—Indianapolis; McLean Fahnestock—Long Beach, California; Malena Barnhardt—Tempe, Arizona; Thomas Lewis—Indianapolis; Emily-Jane Robinson—London, UK; Inese Verina—Riga, Latvia; Paul Wierbinski—Germany

Curated by Flounder Lee

My work is close to home!

See Particles on the Wall at Washington State University’s Tri-Cities Art Center, in Richland, WA from March 5 – April 5, 2013.

As part of Particles on the Wall my work is on exhibit at Central Washington University, in Ellensburg, WA. The exhibit will be open for viewing in the Museum of Culture & Environment on Wednesday through Saturday, from September 19 – December 8, 2012.

My new performance/installation at L.P.E.P. in Buenos Aires, Argentina:

As part of Whistling in the Dark, my short film Some Things to be Scared Of: was shown at the Kings Artist Run Initiative in Melbourne Australia.

About the exhibition:

Stomper is proud to present Whistling in the Dark as part of the 2012 Kings Artist run Initiative Flash Night Series. This film and video based group exhibition dealing with contemporary fears brings together artists, photographers, animators, filmmakers, and documentarians, with themes ranging from terrorism, psychiatric illness, homicide, our over-reliance on medical science, the loss of the natural environment, and the threat of female sexuality.

The fears explored through Whistling in the Dark range from the whimsical minutiae endemic of modern living, to the more serious fears that truly threaten members of various societies. The artists approach the topic of fear with integrity of both medium and voice, with pieces that both shock and draw empathy from the viewer, and works that are imbued with humour and wit. Whistling in the Dark allows for a cultural critique of society’s psychological state by bringing the physical emotion of fear to the viewers self-consciousness. This awareness of the what of fear allows for an objective rational critique of the why…

Featuring the following international artists from the UK, Europe, USA, Latin America, Africa, and Middle East:

Bill Aitchison (UK), Phoebe Boswell (Kenya, lives and works in the UK), Catrin Davies (UK), Douglas Gast (USA), Max Hattler (Germany, lives and works UK), Aline Helmcke (Germany), Dominic Lippillo (USA), Jeannette Louie (USA), Catherine Maffioletti (Brazil, lives and works in the UK), Mayumi Nakazaki (Japan, lives and works in the Netherlands), Guli Silberstein (Israel, lives and works UK), Cat Tyc (USA), Daniel Warner (USA), Kristen Wilkins (USA),Worm Hotel (Chris Hayward and Nat Sunders) (UK)

 

An installation of mine, 67 Are Confirmed Leakers, will be featured in the next Particles on the Wall exhibit at the Odegaard Library at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA:

Opening Reception- Particles and Half-Lives: Hanford through the eyes of artists and poets

Date: January 26, 2012
Time: 6:30-9:00pm, Program and Reading at 7:30
Location: Room 220, Odegaard Library

From the organizer:

“The program provides a unique opportunity to hear from artists, poets, and scientists who have been inspired to create a wide variety of art by Hanford. From poetry readings, to discussions on the inspirations for their art and their impressions on Hanford, the panel of artists will shed a new and interesting light on the site that created the bomb dropped on Nagasaki and is now the most contaminated place in the Western Hemisphere.”

A new dual projection, Erasing the Contemporary Woman, will be exhibited as part of the Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition at the WSU Museum of Art August 25-September 24, 2011.  If you in Pullman, WA stop in and check it out!

A film that I completed a few years ago, I LIKE AMERICA AND AMERICA L is going to be shown in the User Generated Content exhibition in Manchester England June 3-16.  A preview will be held June 2.  The exhibition is in association with Blank Media Collective and MadLab.

“User Generated Content is an exhibition about social media, self-publishing and the virtual environments that we create for ourselves. [It is] an exploration into the deepening relationship we now have with technology with regards to the social aspects of our lives.

The term ‘social media’ has been defined by Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein – and has been categorised into 6 different forms. These have been identified as collaborative projects, blogs and microblogs, content communities, social networking sites, virtual game worlds, and virtual communities. User Generated Content is a term to describe the various interactive online activities.

[The Curators] are interested in how these ‘highly accessible’ self-publishing tools and ‘user generated content’ has had an affect on creative practice in conjunction with the recent explosion of such sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogspot, YouTube, Vimeo etc. [They sought] creative practitioners who are responding to the recent developments by removing them from the interface and transforming into a tangible form or experience.”

I am honored to report that I have been awarded tenure and have been promoted to Associate Professor of Fine Arts.  Thanks to WSU Tr-Cities and the Department of Fine Arts for the support and recognition.

One of my short films, Some Things to be Scared OF:, will be shown in Whistling in the Dark, a film festival organized by STOMPER.

About Stomper:

“Stomper is curatorial project exploring the collaborative possibilities for art, music and moving image. With a history of carrying out events both nationally and internationally, it was originally launched in New York and has since expanded to the London art community. Stomper probes the convergence of art music and moving image by morphing between exhibition format, DJ, live performance and screenings. Using this intersection as a platform for creativity Stomper provides a forum for artists, musicians and film makers to come together and showcase their works.”

The fest will explore the concept of fear:

“In approaching the topic of fear we are looking for artists and filmmakers who:

• are innovative in their approach to the aesthetics of fear;
• explore the fascination that our culture has in fear and being frightened;
• have a psychoanalytical approach to the subject of fear or explore how psychiatry has attempted to rationalise and understand fear;
• look at fear and its direct relation it has to our corporeal state and how an individual may actually feel fear;
• have an understanding of fear as both a destructive and a preservative force to both the individual and the society in which that individual lives; or
• approach fear from a position of the political, gender-based issues, or from a position of race.”

In the off chance you are in London, visit Stomper’s website for more information.