Links | implicit art

Archives

11 July 2007 by nathaniel

Opening of The pre-Crapalites at David Krut Projects

belated re-blog about upcoming Top Billing feature:

Artists, celebrities, fashionistas, various creative types and practically anyone swarmed to The pre-Crapalite opening at David Krut Projects this past weekend. Artists Johan Engels and Robert Whitehead have transformed the space into their own pre-Crapalite universe that includes various flamboyant installations; their combined Tele-Pathetic Conception; Engelsâ€™ extraordinary Word of Mouth cover designs; Whiteheadâ€™s enigmatic monotypes and range of limited edition prints and art works. The enormous crowd that gathered at David Krut Projects on Saturday appeared to be overwhelmed not only by the art works but also by the theatrical antics that were arranged by the pre-Crapalite duo. Such antics included â€œDaphne de la Reyâ€ perched on a strawberry-decorated pedestal with an outfit to match at the entrance to the space; opening presentations by both Grethe Fox and The Right Honourable Pamela, The Lady Harlech and custom-made hors dâ€™Å“uvre designed by the pre-Crapalites themselves.

For those that missed the event or are fascinated by this creative duo, The pre-Crapalites will feature on Top Billing Thursday the 28th of June at 19:30 on SABC 3

Continue reading →

Archives

22 June 2007 by nathaniel

DATA returns!

The Dublin Art and Technology Association, originally founded by Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Nicky Gogan, was re-launched after a year-long hiatus, as as part of this year’s Darklight Festival, last night.

Featured works / artists included:

Paul Makepeace, a technologist who donates much of his income to artists, and encourages others who make decent cash to do the same (we love that); Blackletter.ie, self-publishing for Irish contemporary artists (has not yet reached its full potential, but already a fabulous resource, and I’ve watched it get better already in the short time I’ve been using it…); John Buckey and David Walker – The Kingdom, a 3D space akin to Second Life, but prettier and more art friendly; and Benjamin Gaulon, some of the coolest public art I’ve seen in a while, especially his de pong game, highly recommended by following the relevant links above.

Per usual, folks were invited to “bring your new videos, websites, works in progress!” but I had to jet home to help with the babe befre we got to that part… DATA is a great presentation, resource and discussion group – congrats to the organizers for breathing life into it again. Looking forward to more…

Archives

20 June 2007 by nathaniel

Thank you, Tom Moody

Tom Moody defends Sentimental Construction #1 after Paddy Johnson’s initial slate. Although I tend to take criticism well, and Paddy and I are “still friends” (we met through professional channels, and now I like to think of us as such), I was very pleased to see my name on Tom’s channel in my RSS reader, and I’m a little less mopey about the initial bad review – what with Tom’s taking her to task. (Intellectual Property Spokesperson Tom Chance also had good things to say on the iCommons site, but it means more to me coming from an artist, and on an arts blog I read / like.) Above are better pics of the installation view than Tom (Moody) managed to find (he was just looking in the wrong place – it was on my camera, rather than online anywhere…), and there are direct links to the video and images on the lower right, here.

(Here are another set of parentheses, just to drive home the point that I think in little node-like bubbles.)

Archives

16 June 2007 by nathaniel

the art happened there

Opening went really well last night in Dubrovnik (still open for 2 days if you missed it)! There are a constant stream of pictures on flickr from the iCommons Air stream, as well as write-ups (more coming) on the iCommons site (we love you Paddy). Great turn out and response, and several net stars made the artists giddy (Jimmy Wales, for example, writing “edit this art” in chalk on Joy’s mural).

While this was going on, Sitearm Madonna and Cory (Linden) were finishing up the SL build for that iteration of the exhibition (mostly live now), and M.River, the other half of our AiR team MTAA, is in NYC re-mixing the photo stream, live (check out his copyright story on that here).

Archives

03 June 2007 by nathaniel

Landscapes, Icons and other tidbits

blossom on the dodder, 220 x 300mm (2007), nathaniel stern & angel shoreditch, 780 x 100 mm (2007) Paul La Rocque

My first Irish exhibition, a duo show entitled Landscapes and Icons, opened at the new Haydn Shaughnessy Gallery for Innovative Contemporary Artists in West Cork on Thursday evening, and it was a great party – drinks, food, 70 or so peops… I even convinced Ralph and a few others to drive out and join, which made for some friendly faces amidst a foreign crowd. I produced a dozen new Compressionist digital prints, which will likely travel to a bit of Europe with Haydn after the summer ends — will post some pics of the opening and more info when my life slows down a bit (may be a while), but click the link above for images, info, etc. Haydn is a rad guy and I hope to be working with him more in the future:

Haydn Shaughnessy Gallery, based in rural Cork, Ireland, specialises in contemporary art created through computing and allied technologies. The gallery’s artists share a common philosophy of using digital technology to encourage us to look again at the world around us.

This week, I’m prepping some new work for the iCommons Summit, residency and exhibition in Croatia and Second Life – which will be a video diptych (a new language lapse) as well as the first in a new site-specific series I’m tentatively calling ‘sentimental constructions.’ Watch this space for more on both of those… Oh, and there will also be reciprocal interviews between me and Paddy Johnson (artfagcity) on the iCommons blog in the coming week or two :) Other Commons artists-in-res include Cao Fei (China), Joy Garnett (USA), Ana Husman (Croatia), Kathryn Smith (South Africa), Tim Whidden (representing MTAA, USA) and Jaka Å½eleznikar (Slovenia).

Let’s see, I’m also presenting at a conference this Friday at UCD – ‘perpectives on the body and embodiment’ – in the philosophy department, so things are a bit crazed (can only go to one day of the proceedings, then I leave for Dubrovnik!)… Other exhibitions and residencies go on for the rest of the summer, both exciting and exhausting – plus visits back to both homes in SA and the USA (tho the latter is very brief, on route to a workshop/residency in Colorado) – before I buckle down again and start writing the PhD in Dublin in October. Check out the front page of the site for links to some of my planned hot spots.

More soon, likely from Croatia!

Archives

17 May 2007 by nathaniel

in the metaverse messenger

Gearing up for an Artist Residency in Croatia, before and at (as an exhibition) the iCommons Summit ’07. Artists / art bloggers include: myself, Paddy Johnson , Joy Garnett, Ana Husman, Kathryn Smith, MTAA, Jaka Å½eleznikar. There will be simultaneous exhibitions, live feeds, and interactions in Second Life, so we’ve got a front page feature in the Metaverse Messenger this week. Direct download of the magazine here (PDF, just under 6MBs).