by Michael Anthony Farley on July 15, 2015
Highlights from the 10th annual Janet and Walter Sondheim award exhibition: installation, painting, new media, old dirt, and more.
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by Michael Anthony Farley on July 13, 2015
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Wickerham & Lomax (formerly known as DUOX) were selected on Saturday as the winners of the $25,000 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize. It’s one of the largest art awards in the Mid-Atlantic, and by my estimation, the most prestigious. This year’s jurors were curator Naima Keith of The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Dia Art Foundation’s Kelly Kivland, and Harvard professor/artist Matt Saunders. We’ll have more about the Sondheim Prize exhibition and other finalists in an upcoming post.
In recognition of the duo’s win, here are some GIFs culled from duoxduox.com. Most of these images come from the web-based project BOY’DegaEdited4Syndication—a sprawling artwork produced for the New Museum’s First Look: New Art Online series. It’s a GIF-tastic rabbit hole that combines elements of promotional materials and fan fiction for a forensic drama that never actually happens. It’s populated by Baltimore personalities and weirdos (Full disclosure: myself included) who navigate a jumble of web detritus, queer theory, nightlife, and omnipresent (both in the city’s media portrayal and streets) crime scene aesthetics.
If that sounds like an information overload, that’s because it is. Picture what The Wire would have been if it had been directed by John Waters for the net art generation. These GIFs are just a sneak peek of the whole artwork, and if you’re ready to let yourself get lost for a few hours, I highly recommend seeing them in their intended context.
Wickerham & Lomax also have a page full of free downloads including GIFs, video clips, desktop wallpapers, and even ringtones HERE.
And, ironically enough:
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