by Corinna Kirsch on August 10, 2015
Thank the sound gods for Undervolt & Co. When the most sublime, high-tech, and generally aesthetically engaging graphics tend to come from commercial content, there’s value in seeing how the audio-visual contingent of contemporary art grapples with the same issues. For Undervolt’s summer 2015 sampler, artist Brandon Blommaert created a sound-graphic synthesis, a preview of which comes from this green-screen gem-like GIF; it reminds me of the graphics you’ll see with opening-screen credits, when words get shoved away. For a fuller insight into Blommaert’s 2015 commission from Undervolt, the interview with AFC contributor Rea McNamara happens to be very thorough.
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by Michael Anthony Farley and Rea McNamara on August 10, 2015
This week, work up a sweat learning the art of “waacking” at Otion Front Studio from dancer Coco Motion. Then, reward yourself with dinner and a movie at Postmasters Gallery. Are you the kind of person who Instagrams your food? If so, you might learn a little something about social media and our capacity for connection from AFC friend Molly Soda. Her show SAME opens Thursday night at Stream.
But really, the weekend is all about painting, painting, painting. It kicks off Friday night with paintings on cardboard and paintings of plastic at Trestle Gallery. From a Conor Backman solo show upstate to an all-painting exhibition of 50 artists in Bed-Stuy, there’s painting everywhere on Saturday. There’s so much paint happening, cans of it are starting to bulge out of canvases.
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