Sigmar Polke Exhibition (2011, 48MB, 6:20 min.)
From VernissageTV.
Emily Hubley – Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes (1981, 4.2MB, 2 min.)
Animator Emily Hubley, known for the iconic animations
in the movie –Hedwig The Angry Inch made this video
for 1980’s pop band The DBs.
By Mica.
Eleanor Suess films Christopher McHugh
Painting 01 (1998-2001, 58MB, 2:51 min)
More from Eleanor Suess, this time an exploration of a painting
by UK artist Christopher McHugh.
She get’s the usual basics of this sort of thing – fidelity to McHugh’s wonderful colour
sense in particular – spot on, but, as I’m beginning to realise with all of Suess’s
work, there’s a good deal more to it than initially meets the eye.
(Which expression strikes a philosophical note when applied to two
predominantly visual practices)
It’s the modesty (in the best sense) of the that work does it.
The work refuses either to ingratiate or ambush.
We could do with more of this.
Interview with Ubermorgen.com at DAM Gallery Berlin
Interview with Ubermorgen (2011, 41 MB, 6:51 min)
In Berlin, DAM Gallery presented two projects by the artist duo Ubermorgen.com.
The show featured a temporary WOPPOW flagship store featuring fashion with bullet
holes as trademarks and the Deephorizon project that presents oil paintings that are
directly linked to the BP oil spill. On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition,
VernissageTV met with ubermorgen.com
Two Short Movies from Nick Fox-Gieg
Disarmed (2002, 15.8 MB, 2:42 min.)
Mother of All Bombs (2003, 9.5 MB, 1:45 min.)
Nick Fox-Gieg is an animator and theatrical designer.
His short films have been shown at the Rotterdam and Ottawa film festivals,
at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and on Canada’s CBC TV.
Robert Ashley/John Sanborn/Kit Fitzgerald
excerpt from ‘Word Music Fire’ (1981, 8.7MB, 7:45 min)
Found at newmusicbox ,which also has lots of interesting interview footage
with the composer. Despite the low quality of this clip, it suffices to indicate
what a thrilling piece of work this (originally made for TV by Channel 13/WNET)
must be in its entirety.
I’ve been a bit of an Ashley agnostic until now, but this has really whetted my appetite
for more.
Partly it’s that, music aside, the vid by John Sanborn in collaboration with
Kit Fitzgerald is so great.
Frank Zappa on ‘Crossfire’
Frank Zappa on Crossfire (1986, 49MB, 21:17 min)
from – del.icio.us
Nam June Paik: Venus / Art Cologne 2009
Nam June Paik: Venus (2009, 62 MB, 5:28 min)
At Art Cologne 2009 Hans Mayer Gallery showed a piece by Nam June Paik,
a painted aluminium infrastructure with a multi painted satellite dish,
24 color TV sets and laser disc player. In this video, Hans Mayer gives us a
short introduction to the work. From VernissageTV.
Eleanor Suess –Arlene
Beautiful and delicate, yet somehow tough, bit of
performative portraiture from 1994 by Eleanor Suess.
I really like the fact her work doesn’t scream look-
at-me-how-clever-I-am but when one does look
carefully, there is art enough to engage,
reward and move.
More Unmonumentality
Found Art (West Village) Unmonumental 503 (2011, 48 MB, 35 secs)
Found Art (Chelsea) Unmonumental 504 (2011, 43 MB, 32 secs)
Two more gems from Joy Garnett’s splendid Unmonumental
project on Flickr.