Pecha Kucha Pueblo - Apocalypse Preparation

Image Credit: Phil McCollam

Don't miss Pecha Kucha this coming Thursday, Jan 26, 7pm at the CSU-Pueblo Fine Art Gallery, ground floor of the Arts/Music Building, (click for the CSU-Pueblo Campus map).  Suggested contribution of $5; CSU-Pueblo students - free (no-one turned away, though!).  Check out their Facebook page and like them!

I'll be doing a Practical Preparedness presentation on the impending Apocalypse of 2012.

Here are the presenters:

Brian Spillman, B.Vant.Garde
JoLynn Westerholt, Keyhole Lingerie and Harlequin Aces Burlesque
Ye (Charlotte) Ming, Photographer
Sam Sumeracki, Raconteur
Gilbert Ortiz and Dena Abeyta, Pueblo County
John Wark, Airphoto
Mathias Valdez, LastLeaf Print and Design
Ellen Mueller, Artist-in-Residence
David Bemis, Chemist
Jacqueline Stroud, Historian

Live Footage from Performance Art Institute

This live performance of "Navigating a Riot" at "Micromanagement," an evening of performance curated by Sean Fletcher and Isabel Reichert, took place October 15, 2011 at the Performance Art Institute in San Francisco, CA.

The performance consisted of a PowerPoint presentation covering step-by-step instructions for navigating any riot situation, an instruction card for each audience member, and audience participation. I performed as the helpful “Practical Preparedness” guide from my series of videos of the same name. After viewing the presentation, I told the audience to take up their instruction cards, and follow along with basic movements as we went through the top ten tips for navigating a riot.

This body of work focuses on the fear generated by a chaotic world of non-stop technological revolution, impending global climate change, and hyperactive news media. I use humor and absurdist situations as a method for dealing with these challenging topics in an indirect way, resulting in an element of escapism.

Paradoxes in Video moves on to Tehran

Turns out "Paradoxes in Video," which was shown in San Diego earlier this year, has moved on for a brief 1 week engagement at the Mohsen Gallery in Tehran, Iran.



Wednesday at 4:00pm until Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 8:00pm

Sazmanab Project, Tehran | Mohsen Gallery
Mina Blvd., Farzan St., Nadji St.
Zafar, Tehran, IRAN

"Paradox" investigate the contradictions between documentary and performance, fact and fiction, order & chaos. What is real and what is staged? The absurdity of real life, the ambiguity of movement and the enigma of space are some of the perceptions raised in "Paradox".

...Curated by Larry Caveney and Sohrab Kashani
Organized in collaboration with Sazmanab Project, Tehran; and The Garage, San Diego

Artists:
Krista Caballero, Arthur Tuoto, Ellen Lake, Ellen Mueller, Eric Knowles, Ezra Wube, Kim Engelen, Mel Edelman, Nisha Duggal, Richard Gleaves, Toby Kaufmann Buhler, John Anthony, Yoni Goldstein & Meredith Zielke, Angela Washko, Neil Ira Neddleman, Cara Marisa Deleon, Benjamin Funke, Shahar Marcus, Lauren Marsden, Juan José Herrera

Third Strike: 100 Performances for The Hole

If you're in the San Francisco area, you won't want to miss "Third Strike: 100 Performances for The Hole."  I'm collaborating with Victoria Skelly on a presentation of one of my Practical Preparedness videos for the hole ("How to Use the Hole in Case of Emergency").

If you're wondering what an array of such brief performances might look like, check out this video.

December 10, 2011, 5:58pm–midnight

SOMArts Cultural Center

934 Brannan Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103

WATCH IT! at Taubman Museum of Art

If you're going to be around Roanoke, VA on Friday, Dec 2, please stop by the Taubman Museum of Art to catch "WATCH IT!," a showcase of contemporary video art curated by Virginia Tech students from the School of Visual Arts (SOVA) under the direction of Dr. Simone Paterson.

"Isolation," from my Practical Preparedness series of videos will be on view.

A printed catalog & DVD will be available for the exhibition (they received 134 submissions and 13 were selected for the exhibition - exciting!).

If you can't make it for this opening event (5-10pm on Fri, Dec 2, 2011), the exhibition will be on view December 2, 2011 through February 26, 2012.

Taubman Museum of Art
110 Salem Avenue SE
Roanoke, VA 24011

Video of Duluth Billboard

Check it out - at the 7:30 minute mark is my work.

This footage is from Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 12 a.m. and running for 48 hours until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 21, 2011.

"TWO" at XYandZ Gallery

Celebrating two years of business, XYandZ Gallery presents TWO an exhibit that focuses on the relationships that have been developed between artists both inside and outside the space.

Turning back the clock to our earliest exhibits and those throughout the past two years, XYandZ has invited former exhibitors to curate their own section of the gallery by presenting two artists of their choosing: One emerging artist and one established. From internationally recognized street artists to locally-bred art darlings, the exhibit will offer a truly eclectic array of work, hand-selected by XYandZ artists.

Kicking off on Nov. 25th as a nod to Black Friday, TWO will offer an artistic alternative to waiting in line at Walmart at 5am with special prices on one-of-a-kind art works, one day only. A traditional opening will occur on Friday Dec. 2nd.

BLACK FRIDAY SALE Nov 25: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION Dec 2: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

TWO runs November 25-December 17 at XYandZ Gallery

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: buZ Blurr aka Colossus of Roads, Allan Packer, Adam Garcia, Mia Nolting, White Cocoa, Jennifer Davis, Ellen Mueller, Michael Gaughan, Oakley Tapola, Dane Klingaman, Alex Chitty, Lee Relvas, Eric Ruby, Charlie B. Ward, Ben Lafond, Brian Aldrich, Nick Howard, Paul Kaloper, David De Boer, James Boyd Brent, Rachel James, Matt Yaeger, Ryan Brink, Jesse Peterson, Vaughn Bell.

CURATORS former XYandZ exhibitors: Eric Burke OverUnder/Reno, NV, John Grider & Mike Fitzsimmons Broken Crow, Drew Peterson Chicago, IL, Keegan Wenkman Portland, OR, Tonja Torgerson Syracuse, NY, Dane Johnson Los Angeles, CA, Dan Luedtke Chicago, IL, Brian Borlaug Los Angeles, CA, Josh Winkler, Carrie Thompson, Anna Tsantir, Sean Connaughty, and Nate Young.

XYandZ Gallery / 3258 Minnehaha Ave S / Minneapolis, MN 55406

www.thexyandz.com