3 projects at Version08, all occuring at
NFO XPO at VIADUCT
3111 N Western Chicago ILThe Fair opens at 1pm. I am presenting:COVER STORY: Through the Looking Rox
(Outsider Internment Process Mural )"Is anyone innocent of cultural piracy? Is maintaining an ethnic or [sub]cultural identity within the larger social stew advantageous, necessary, or even possible?This installation of 2D works on paper- mainly black and white but with highlights of color appearing sporadically- is comprised of drawings, photocopies and prints depicting Navajo rug designs as well as the artist’s own ’outsider’ interpretation of such, drawn in ink, charcoal and pencil. Interspersed therein are drippy ink abstractions in layers of wash, tending towards the style of sixties rock poster psychedelia as churned and regurgitated by contemporary ’prog punk’ graphical lexicon. The interplay of
these various elements provides interference or ’static’ within the logic of the arrangement, obscuring a clear and easy reading of the whole.References
are made to ideas of Authenticity,Representation, and the migration and cross-pollenization of cultural tropes (occuring both temporally and geographically, and often in a less than equitable manner).The resulting artwork represents a collapse of said authenticity, calling into question the manner in which each of us comes to understand and/or assimilate The Other into our own worldview." -JWTlater in the evening (sometime after ten):Jason Wallace Triefenbach presents
NINETEEN INCH NAILS
Midget Hitler VS Dance Jihad: a psycho-sensual invocation and distribution of dark energies. DIZZY MUTAGEN returns to the windy city for ONE NITE ONLY. Prog Punk meltdown. Break your honey shaker.after which I play a lawn toilet with ferns growing out of it in:Skarekrau Radio: Second Lamentation of the Saimese Tapeworm"You too, can feel the power of Kuuness, take a step and join us in our celebration of freedom and noise and become part of Skarekrau Radio’s Warning Orb. Become a student and a teacher for the love within your scuzz and all things Kuu wit you and grab somthin’ and feed the poo. Aw Yeah. "
-skarekrauradio.bizland.com/FOR MORE INFO ON THE CITYWIDE FESTIVAL: www.versionfest.orgHERO, Compromised (trailer for the film)
Add to My Profile | More VideosContemporary Art Museum St. LouisDream Warfare 2
Add to My Profile | More VideosBELOW: Images from DISCO MUTATION at VERSIONFest 07, Chicago IL. April 28,29 2007An installation of drawings, objects, and ephemera with corresponding sound and action elements. The "improv sculpture" environment and happening, also dubbed "temporal venue and instal-action party", dealt with issues of communication through pop media, as well as consumption, excess, and the ever-changing landscape of urban America.Photos by Julie Kamp. Thanks to Leper’s TV and Matt from SHED SHOT, Nicole Northway, Sandra Marchewa, Mike Pagano, Joe Deutch, Barry Johnston, Lyndsey Scott, and Jenna Bauer for their support and participation........................................MySpace
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