"Snow" video at Running Rebel Studio

Still from "Monotonize Series: Snow"

A video piece I filmed in February and edited together during my first week at Nes Artist Residency will be screened at now what #2, an evening of film, video, new media, and moving image performances presented by Microscope Gallery at Running Rebel Studio.

now what #2 
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Doors are at 7PM, the program will start promptly at 7:30PM (mine is in the 10pm screening)

Running Rebel Studio
6 Charles Place
Brooklyn, NY 11221

Exhibiting Artists:
Filipe Afonso // Sandra Araujo // Rachelle Beaudoin // Jason Robert Bell // Molly Bradbury // Byron Chan // Scott Cramer // Clint Enns // Angela Ferraiolo // Melissa Fielding // Scott Fitzpatrick // LJ Frezza // Jeymer Gamboa // Tim Geraghty // Rocky Horton // Jonathan Johnson // Ted Kennedy // Cory Kram // Jonas Lozouraitis // kevvy metal // Jolene Mok // Jeremy Moss // Ellen Mueller // Zach Nader // Kristin Reeves // Liz Roberts // Richard Sylvarnes // Matt Town // Laura Trager // Douglas Urbank // Video Club // John Wilson // Stephanie Wuertz // The Youngrrr // Xiaowen Zhu // Jeff Donaldson // Bradley Eros // Jeanne Liotta // Kristin Lucas // Erica Magrey

Expanding Mobile Screen Tour in Seattle

The Mobile Screen Tour by Interstitial Theatre has been expanded by 1 stop: Inscape Seattle.

Manifest Destiny I will play at Inscape during an their open house:

Noon-6pm PST
Saturday June 2, 2013

Artists featured in this mobile tour:

Erin Elyse Burns, Seattle
Rodrigo Valenzuela, Seattle
Dakota Gearhart, Seattle
Sean Deckert, AZ
Jesse Sugarmann, CA
Ellen Mueller, WV 
Cody Groom, Seattle

Mobile Screen Tour - Seattle Area

Map of the tour

Fun news - Manifest Destiny I and Manifest Destiny II will be included in Interstitial Theatre's 2013 Mobile Screen Tour.  Interstitial Theatre received over 85 video art submissions from 4 different countries and 11 states. Over the course of the 6 month long Mobile Screen Tour, Interstitial Theatre will exhibit 17 video art pieces by 14 different artists across 8 neighborhoods in Seattle.  My work will be on view at all 8 stops!

Participating Artists:
Erin Elyse Burns, Seattle
Rodrigo Valenzuela, Seattle
Dakota Gearhart, Seattle
Sean Deckert, AZ
Ellen Mueller, WV
Cody Groom, Seattle
Joana Stillwell, Seattle
Maggie Schneider, MD
Sarah Bliss, MA
Daria Baiocchi, Italy
Michael Lorefice, Seattle
Jim Rolland, France
Yves Ackerman, France


SCHEDULE:
Pioneer Square | April 4 | TK Building 5-8pm
Capitol Hill | April 11 | Vermillion 5-8pm
PhinneyWood | May 10 | Urban Light Studios 6-9pm
West Seattle | June 13 | ArtsWest 6-9pm
Georgetown | July 13 | Brass Tacks (pending) 6-9pm
Ballard | July 14 | Tractor Tavern (pending) 6-9pm
International District | September 5 | Prole Drift (pending) 6-8pm
Columbia City | September 20 | Columbia City Gallery 4-8pm

Please consider contributing to their KickStarter!  It's a really fantastic program!

Practical Preparedness in Iceland Screening

Fun news! It looks like my video work will make it to Iceland before I do (I'll be doing a 2-month residency at Nes Artist Residency in Skagaströnd, Iceland in June in July). In the meanwhile...

A VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE
Curated by Eva Olsson & Jonas Nilsson (of artscreen.se)

7-10 February 2013

Nordic House
Reykjavik, Iceland

Artists Included:
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France
Aaron Oldenburg, USA
Andres Pineros, Columbia
Ellen Mueller, USA 
Nicola Bergström Hansen, Sweden
Black & Jones, USA
Evelin Stermitz, Austria
Max Hattler, UK

Recent Works at the Sleeth Gallery

Enid Series: Partners by Ellen Mueller, mixed media on canvas, 3’ x 4’ 6", 2011

Ellen Mueller: Recent Works
October 10 - November 1, 2012

Opening reception: Oct 11, 2012 4:30pm
Artist Talk: Oct 11, 2012 6pm

Hours: Mon - Fri, Noon-5pm
(or by appointment)

Sleeth Gallery
The Sleeth Gallery is located on the first floor of McCuskey Hall at West Virginia Wesleyan College, at the intersection of East Main Street and College Avenue in Buckhannon, WV.
Admission is free.

Mueller — an intermedia artist — focuses on humans' resistance to change and a struggle for control. How these efforts display themselves is the subject of the works collected in this exhibition, which includes large-scale paintings and video works. Recurrent visual themes include corporate management structures, cult dynamics, and Sisyphean tasks. Although these works share many specific, personal associations and a dry sense of humor, the audience is invited to develop personal narratives and explanations for each piece.

LOL in Sweden

art:screen has been invited to curate a screening program on the theme 'LoL' (Laughing out Loud) for Onskoldsviks Museum & Konsthall 'Black box', Örnsköldsvik, Sweden from September 18 - October 5, 2012.

The program consists of works from art:screen’s archive. My video 'Preparing for Bioterrorism' has been selected and will be shown during the event.

art:screen is a platform that showcases new, compelling, innovative and contemporary video art and moving image from Swedish and international artists. art:screen is, for many artists, the window for showing their work in Sweden and Europe.

art:screen shows single-channel screening programmes which have tempo and flow. To create this, the duration of works are at maximum five minutes long. The programmes explore new ways of seeing reality from a cultural, social and individual perspective and often employ humour to give new insights.

art:screen is an artist-run, non-profit initiative organised by Eva Olsson and Jonas Nilsson who are both practising professional artists with an extensive experience of curating screening programmes. 

'Ladders in the Desert' closes Fri, Apr 6

If you haven't been able to catch my solo exhibition, "Ladders in the Desert," currently on view at the CSU-Pueblo Art Gallery, you still have until Friday, April 6, 2012.  For those who can't make the trip, here are a couple installation shots to give you a feel for it.  You can also view the 2 videos in the exhibition here and here.  All photos are by Kevin Malella.  

Manifest Destiny III - Campaign Update

Remarkable!  In just 3 days we raised over $1000 for
Manifest Destiny III!

I wanted  to point out that for every $150 raised, above and beyond our goal, we can add another cheerleader to the performance.  So if you didn't get a chance to contribute, please feel free to do so - it will go towards expanding this project!  The campaign will be open for 13 more days.

Here is a list of all the fantastic funders so far, AND links to their projects online:


Sabrina Hughes - sabrinahughes.com
Phil McCollam - philrules.com
Robb Fladry - robbfladry.com
Vincent Kral - vincekral.com
Chad Rabinovitz - newplays.org
Vida McCollam
John Goebel
Emily King
Leslie Nichols - studionichols.com
Theo Schweitz
James Austin Murray - jamesaustinmurray.com
Christopher Zenner - http://www.pledgemusic.com/artists/christopherzenner/widgets/2542
Ky Matthes
Vincente Lozano - vicentelozano.com
Samantha Hookway - samanthahookway.com
Jan & Keven Mueller
Victoria Skelly - victoriaskelly.com
Kimberly Adams - kimberly-adams.com
Laura Mueller
Keith Thomas
Bruce Monroe - brucebmonroe.com
Joe Iverson -  www.tinyurl.com/TEAMCURjoe
Mary Williams - mwilliamsdrawings.com
Neil and Nancy Jordheim
Daniela Mora
Ben Shannon - benshannonmusic.com
Jesse Henderson
Vladimir Vukicevic
Mike Bittner
Erik Harmon
Stacy Holman Jones
Christine Pinney
Sarah Vanyo


Again, thank you!

Emergency Procedure for The Hole - Video

"During an emergency situation, waste & rations should be kept in opposite corners of The Hole"

SomArts just posted video from their December 2011 event, "100 Performances for The Hole."  My performance, "Emergency Procedure for The Hole," (presented by the beautiful proxi, Victoria Skelly) is now available to view:

Visit this link (around the 33 min mark)

Enjoy :)

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

9/11 Memorial Exhibit

If you will be in Reading PA between November 6 and December 15th, swing by the Freyberger Gallery on the Penn State Berks campus.  Five of my Practical Preparedness videos will be on view.

In honoring the 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, and the heroes who have fallen, the families torn apart, and those volunteers who gave hours of their time to help, the Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks is hosting a multi-venue exhibition.

Part 1: Crises/Reaction (Sept. 11 through Oct. 20) and

Part 2: Response/Healing (Nov. 6 through Dec. 16, 2011).

Over 80 artists submitted work for the exhibition with 40 selected. The Jewish Community Center located at 1100 Berkshire Blvd., and Penn State Lehigh Valley are partnering to exhibit work for this important event.  Refreshments will be served at the reception on Sunday Nov. 6, at 4 p.m. where guest speakers will include:

Loren Ellis, founder and director, Art for Healing, NYC
Dr. Jennifer Hillman, Professor of Psychology, to discuss PTS, causes, symptoms, healing  

Diana Kurz , exhibiting artist on the healing power of animals        
Dr. Bill Ellis, PSU Emeritus, to entertain the role of humor in healing 

Nov 6 - Dec 16

Freyberger Gallery

Penn State Berks

Tulpehocken Rd

Reading PA 19610

Tampa's Neighborhood Watch: A Projection Walk

Neighborhood Watch will take place Saturday, August 27 in Hampton Terrace (link to map) a division of Seminal Heights Neighborhood in Tampa FL. The walk will begin at 1400 Comanche, and wrap around to 1221 Powhattan. This is a one-night-only art exhibition running 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM. Admission is free.

For one night only, Hampton Terrace is transformed into an alternative exhibition space. Various forms of Fine Art will be projected throughout the neighborhood.  Over 25 local, national, and international artists will be featured in this exhibition.

Featured Artists include Felici Ancatar, Toni Danette Billick, Jaime Bird, The Church of Holy Colors, Michael Covello, Vanessa Diaz, JD Durham, Stephen Ellis, Dave End, Kale Roberts, Robb Fladry, Adam Hill, Aaron Hutcheson, Reiko Kawahara, Vincent Kral, Sarah Krupp, Culture Laboratory, Ben Lewis, Chalice Mitchell, Desiree Moore, Ellen Mueller, Brinson Renda, Selina Roman, Noah Simblist, Kirk Ke Wang, and many more.

Both my Practical Preparedness videos and the Book of Enid will be projected at this Neighborhood Watch.  

The Neighborhood Watch was originally designed after the classical all American drive-in theatre, and aimed to share art by creating an accessible space outside of the traditional museum setting. For the past five years this event has been exchanging and projecting artwork in various neighborhoods and in multiple countries. Participating countries are Bhutan, Australia, France, Mexico and cities in the United States including Tampa Florida. The Neighborhood Watch is a global simultaneous one-night event of projected art, performance, and sculpture brought to your own lawn.

Paradoxes in Video 2

If anyone is going to be in San Diego on July 9th, be sure to check out this exhibition, which will feature a few of my Practical Preparedness videos.

Saturday, July 9, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Paradoxes in Video 2
Garage
4141 Alabama Street
San Diego, CA

“Paradox” investigates 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”. 1500 submissions have been screened and the selection showcase will take place 07/09/2011 from 7pm-9pm. Go ahead and mark it as an international event within global proportions.

Artists:
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
Angela Washko
Neil Ira Neddleman
Cara Marisa Deleon
Benjamin Funke
Shahar Marcus
Lauren Marsden

FILMIDEO at Index Art Center

If you're going to be in Newark NJ on Saturday, April 16th, swing by Index Art Center to take in the 6th Annual FILMIDEO, a screening of independent short films and videos.

I will have 5 videos from my Practical Preparedness series in the mix.

Index Art Center
585 Broad Street

Newark, New Jersey 

Refractory Show at The Trolley Barn

REFRACTORY

October 15, 2010

New Media and Installation Art Show Transforms the Beautiful Tampa Armature Works Building

 

Tampa, FL – REFRACTORY will take place Friday, October 15 at the former Tampa Armature Works building in Tampa Heights (1910 N Ola Ave). This special, one-night-only show runs from 8PM – 11PM. Admission to the show is a suggested donation of $5.

For one night only, an abandoned factory on the Hillsborough River will be transformed into a kaleidoscope of moving images and media art in an exhibition that engages the historic nature of the building and explores the interstitial space between. This beautiful industrial setting will be the backdrop for more than a dozen local and national new media and video artists. Add to this the installation of the largest Dream Machine ever constructed and you’ve got an amazing visual experience and artistic product that may be the most exciting art event of the Fall season.
Featured artists include Robert Chambers, Genesis P. Orridge, Richard Kern, Gerhardt Gruen, James Johnson, Clem Crowder, FaFa, Gean Moreno, Michael LeMieux, Kurt Piazza, Robb Flandry, Brian Taylor, Noelle Mason and Ellen Mueller.

Some highlights of REFRACTORY include:

Dream Machine Installation  A stroboscopic flicker device pioneered by the late artist Brion Gysin comes to life in massive proportions. While originally designed as a table-top meditative device, this version is a giant pillar of moving light that creates a striking visual display.

Genesis P. Orridge  Recently retired from his involvement with Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle, musician and artist Genesis P. Orridge is a contemporary of Brion Gysin and William S. Borroughs and has spent recent years focusing on art and writing. Orridge is represented by New York gallery Invisible-Exports

Robert Chambers  Best known for his contemporary sculptural installations, the art of Robert Chambers has been exhibited across the country at locations including Miami, Philadelphia, and New York. He has been featured in Art in America, artnet and Arte al Dia and has work in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City.

Sound Installation by Tetromino  Sound artists John Russell and Yousef Danak team up to create a site-specific sound installation piece based on the cut-up technique of William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and other Beat Hotel-era artists.

REFRACTORY is organized by a collaborative of well known Tampa Bay cultural activists including Ken Cowart, Joe Griffith, and T. Hampton Dohrman with assistance from Adam Kitzerow, Gregory Green and Bradley Askew. This event is made possible through the hard work and generosity of ASD, Experimental Skeleton, Hampton Arts Management, SuperTest and The Heights of Tampa.

For general inquiries, please contact T. Hampton Dohrman at thdohrman@gmail.com or 813.784.2972.

Call for Video and 2D Artists

VIDEO

I am looking for filmmakers of all levels of experience to help in a collaborative video project.  I have a script divided into short scenes, and I would like a different person/group to shoot each scene.  In the end, I will be editing all the scenes together to create the entire script.  Filmmakers have total creative freedom to use whatever medium they like (digital video, stop-motion animation, clay animation, puppets, actors, real or imaginary props/costumes/settings, etc). All participants will be given credit for their work.

The script is very fantastical and follows the time traveling main character, Enid, as she attempts to stop a violent action before it occurs.  The scene breakdown, as well as character profiles can be found here.

I will need something from you to create the end product - a miniDV tape, DVD, a file, etc.

To participate or ask questions, please email me at Ellen@EllenMueller.com

2-Dimensional

I am looking for artists and non-artists of all levels of experience to help in a collaborative art project.  I would like to gather as many depictions of five characters as possible. Profiles of these characters can be found here.  These characters can be depicted in two or three dimensions.  I will print images of these depictions and decorate an altar-like space where people will be able to sit and watch a movie about the characters.  Some of the images may be integrated into the afore mentioned movie.  All participants will be given credit for their work.

Please scan or take a photo of your work.  The recommended file formats are PSD, AI or TIFF. The recommended resolution is 1024x768 or 300 DPI and at least 2.75"x3.75".

To participate or ask questions, please email me at Ellen@EllenMueller.com

Fashion show wrap-up

PHOTO CREDIT: April Waldman-Slone

PHOTO CREDIT: Photochick

PHOTO CREDIT: KDIVAPHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTO CREDIT: KDIVAPHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTO CREDIT: April Waldman-Slone

The fashion show was a great success!

In the end, 3 articles were written:

Student fashion show models a deeper purpose - USF Oracle

USF students inspire sustainable fashion show - Tampa Tribune

Fashion speaks - USF Oracle

We have a growing bank of photos on Flickr.

And you can view the whole event on Vimeo.

If you're interested in taking a closer look at the clothes, visit this page, and click on the design of your choice.

Thanks again to everyone that helped out!

More Videos for The System

As I mentioned before, I'm catching up on archiving some of the video footage from this past semester. Here we have "How The System Works" along with shots of the endorsers (1, 2, 3). All of these videos were used during the live infomercial performance, "Complete With Illustrated Manual"

How The System Works from Ellen Mueller on Vimeo.

Video of my commercials

Check out the video at the top of this Art Squeeze Blog Post. Around the 2 minute mark, you can see the video of my commercials for "The System" playing on a screen in the background.
Also, more towards the beginning of the video you can see a long shot of Robb Fladry's video about Star Wars.
Go USF grads on the internet!

Vote for my video!

I entered this contest, Sensory Overload, and I'm hoping to get a lot of people to vote for me. Just click the link below, and then vote for my video entry. Quick & easy!
Thanks for your help!
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