Last year I had the distinct pleasure and was deeply honored to be invited by Richard Chartier to again provide a visual experience for one of his incredible sound art works. It is my pleasure to share the results of this collaboration with you (above) and the link in the caption provides you even more listening goodies and a review from Cyclic Defrost. Enjoy.
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Short excerpt of headspace(s) which screens as part of an exhibition featuring seven video artists, titled Going Dark, at the Brentwood Arts Exchange in Brentwood, Maryland. This exhibition, though closed to the public due to Covid-19 precautions, runs online and virtually from July 23rd to August 27th, 2020.
A viewing schedule is available by email (see below), and various works will be highlighted across multiple online platforms throughout the duration of the exhibit. A closing Facebook watch party will feature all videos streamed in their entirety and additional comments from the artists.
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The full version of headspace(s) will be posted here later in August after it debuts during the online exhibition.
I am very excited to share news of Room40‘s upcoming release of Pinkcourtesyphone’s exquisite Leaving Everything to Be Desired on September 25, 2020.
I am also proud to have contributed a video compliment to the beautiful another interior on this richly enveloping album, recorded and produced by Richard Chartier.
Check out this review in Fact magazine and enjoy a full-length screening online while there.
This composition excerpt (< 3 minutes) is from a ~ 22 minute composition exploring a visual interpretation of the broad concept of personal space.
As I learn about the anatomy and the biochemical “magic” that occurs inside and among the nerve cells of our brains, along the spinal chord, and throughout the body, I create artwork that resonates with what I learn. Its never meant as a diagram or a scientific illustration per se but rather as an homage to the known and the unknown neurochemistry that is at play in our sentience.
This clip shows about a minute of a rotating slideshow which includes images form my 2D portfolio. All images shown in various configurations on the screen are randomly organized purely for display and review purposes. Its one way to help visitors understand the style, variety, cohesion, and scale of works available for display and for collecting. This is only a small subset of the many images I’ve produced as 2D extractions from time-based video art projects. The bulk of the images shown in this clip are from an ongoing artistic exploration of the wonders of the neuron. These are not intended as strict illustrations but rather a visual appreciation and exploration of what we know and what we don’t know (yet) about how these amazing cells function, both internally and as part of a vast network of similar cells, to form our sentience and our identity.
Please reach out to me if you have questions or leave any questions or comments here on the blog.
Narrative Threads (excerpt below) continues screening through July 27 at IA&A @ Hillyer in Washington D.C.
I just went to see Narrative Threads…Alan, I am so impressed (though not surprised) … I was so moved— it felt tortured and exhilarating at once.
—viewer comment
There are narrative threads that bind us, those that unite us, and those that obscure our inner selves. These threads run through our psyche and impact our perceptions and how we are perceived. Those threads that bind us help us feel whole and secure. Help us feel in control and in command of our destiny. Those narrative threads that obscure our inner desires and our inherent rules for behavior tend to make us suspicious, untrusting, feel vulnerable and alone. These threads coexist and interact with each other, sometimes strengthening confidence, and sometimes weakening it. This art is homage to those threads. Threads of sexuality, disability, logic, intelligence, fear, loss, hopelessness, hope, biology and psychology, pride, happiness, joy, anger, and pain. My pieces, each of interest to me for what they represent alone, are merged, juxtaposed, layered, and each changes the layers above and below in time. This is an allegory to my experience of life and living and struggling and loving and feeling and thinking.
Nine Signals (ed. 1 of 1)
This is a 12″ x 12″ signed print on aluminum base, an edition of one, and comes pre-assembled with hanging hardware attached to the print making for very easy wall installation. UPS standard shipping within the continental United States is included in the purchase price of the artwork.
$500.00
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Signals of Hope (video installation, 5 min 24 sec) joined more than 100 other artists at a benefit exhibition for the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center. The exhibition titled Alchemical Vessels 2018: Our Common Thread, ran from March 16 to May 5, 2018 at 1632 U St NW in Washington DC.
Signals of Hope (video installation, 5 min 24 sec) joins more than 100 other artists at a benefit exhibition for the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center. The exhibition titled Alchemical Vessels 2018: Our Common Thread, will be open from March 16 to May 5, 2018 at 1632 U St NW in Washington DC.
Opening reception: Friday, March 16, 2018 7—9pm
Alchemical Vessels benefit: Friday, April 27, 7–10pm
On display at Studio 1469 in Washington DC through July 8th, 2017, In the Blink of an Eye: Faith is an installation piece assembled in my friend Faith Flanagan’s memory. It shares the gallery with works by nearly two dozen other artists as part of a memorial exhibition titled, In the Eye of Faith Flanagan.
With a footprint of about 15″ x 15″ x 36″ (46″ with the laptop open) the laptop atop the custom pedestal displays a 2 minute, 20 second audio-video loop, screening at this exhibition for the first time. This specific device was chosen because it was used over the past few years to review work in-progress with Faith and was used last fall to project photos from Faith’s life at her memorial gathering.
Although it returned from that event “broken,” the laptop can still play video, though it struggles to do so. For me, that struggle has a kind-of perfectly meaningful quality to it and was a fitting way to share this particular composition; that despite whatever hurdles and challenges life throws us, art must go on.
The complete installation piece: laptop, video, and pedestal, form the entire work. In this form, and with all these parts, it is an edition of one. The video clip above shows a short excerpt (video portion only) of the full installation loop and simulates the actual performance of the file used on the “hobbled” installation device. For comparison, if you like, the same clip is displayed at its original 24 frames per second here.
Washington Post’s Mark Jenkins review of “The Eye of Faith Flanagan”
The Studio Floor 