by Paddy Johnson on October 4, 2016
Today’s GIF by Andrej Ujhazy comes courtesy of dump.fm and Tom Moody’s blog. On his blog, Moody writes that he liked the suggestion of “a battlefield via the insertion of ambiguous “tracer fire.” This could also be strange electrical fields in a parallel Earth scenario.”
Oddly enough, when I saw this, my first thought was that it was a piano in a dessert wind storm. I rather liked the reference to destroyed pianos—something of a trope in the fine art world—but one that more than gives back in this case. This is the rare GIF that actually suggests sound, (as opposed to being manually paired with it.) And that suggestion works whatever you think the object is, be it a piano, a truck, or unidentified remnants on a battlefield.
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by Michael Anthony Farley on August 31, 2015
Skip the blockbuster museum shows and blue chip galleries; what makes New York so great is access to the under-exposed. Tonight, hear a lecture at Asia Art Archive in America about the little-known influence of Seattle modernists on the career of art star Yayoi Kusama. Tuesday, go check out poetry and art at Outlet—part of an exhibition I’m convinced is on the cutting edge of a sea change regarding artists’ relationship with place. Wednesday, traverse a secret garden for a chance to see a performance by Otion Front Studio artist in residence La Martelle, which will be performed for just two groups of twelve people at a time. Thursday, go play a quick game of basketball with the New Art Dealers Association. Then, head to Rhizome for a lecture about the emerging ontology of digital painting or hop on the F train to check out off-the-beaten-path art spaces in DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk. Friday night, head to Tender Trap in Greenpoint, where bi-coastal gallery Superchief is throwing a pop-up exhibition of Penelope Gazin’s trippy horror-pop illustrations. And Saturday, load up on affordable multiples and zines from DIY presses from across the East Coast at The Silent Barn. Some of the most talented young artists aren’t Instagram celebrities, they’re distributing their work with Xerox machines and silk screens.
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