This week’s Weekly has my review of the summer shows at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Below’s the copy with some pictures. Ryan Trecartin’s video projections are the wildest thing to come to the Fabric Workshop and Museum since Virgil Marti’s black-lighted Bullies Wallpaper appeared in the men’s bathroom in its old space in the Gilbert Building. Trecartin’s three lengthy narratives (clocking in at 68 minutes, 50 minutes and 31 minutes) are installed in separate prop-strewn screening rooms that mimic the colorful chaotic worlds in the videos.
Snippets from Conflation. 1 minute 12 seconds. One of the best collaborative installations we’ve seen in a while is down at UArts’ Hamilton/Arronson Galleries right now. Conflation/Living Above the Store brings together sculpture, video and sound in a rendering of a pre- and post-apocalyptic city. Mark Campbell, who builds installations about suburban sprawl here has created a floating city in a void of black space. Peter Rose, projects video that suggests the real world at its most lyrical — and apocalyptic. Anthony Angelicola‘s soundtrack evokes sounds of the city run through a deep sea Cuisinart. The team also included ... More » »
Peter Rose, Transfalumination. This is a low resolution screen grab and doesn’t do it justice. Peter Rose, wizard of film/video whose works screen nationally, internationally and (too infrequently) locally, emailed to say he’s got new work (along with some older work) on YouTube. “I’ve recently concluded that the best way to show work these days is to avoid waiting for the right gallery/museum context to present itself and, instead, to just put work up on youtube,” wrote Rose, a comment so interesting I just had to follow up with him (see Q&A at bottom). I love YouTube and think it’s ... More » »
This week’s Weekly has my review of Out of Frame, the HD video exhibit at the Art Alliance. Here’s the link to the art page and below is the copy with some images. And you can see more images at flickr. Dreaming in HDMoving pictures take you away at the Art Alliance. Ben Jones of Paper Rad’s Dr. Doo TV Document, from Out of Frame at the Art Alliance. Give artists high-definition video equipment and the opportunity to show their work on television, and the results will be amazing. That’s the hypothesis proven by the 18-artist HD video extravaganza at ... More » »