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Through August 25: Summer of Video Art 2012 – Futuring the Past, Pasting the Future at Krowswork. This show is nothing less than a crash course in what is most inspiring in contemporary video art. Julia Litman-Cleper’s crudely-mapped organs grow and contract in response to the movements of the viewer and are juxtaposed poignantly with Evie Leder’s nearby Object Number One, a single shot of a naked man seemingly floating in space. Farley Gwazda’s amazing animation Model Earth (Part One) holds court in the back corner of that same room with a hypnotic meld of renderings of scientific processes, glitchtastic mosaics of assaultive color, and a perfectly pitched soundtrack. I also loved Anne McGuire and Karla Milosevich’s uncanny and slyly humorous installation Classic Rock with its recontextualization of a very familiar tune, and I spent much quality time on the floor of the gallery with a projection piece by Paul Clipson that inhabits two oil barrels near the front entrance. Liz Walsh and Dickson Schneider invite audience participation with live video mixing and a clever take on QR codes respectively, while Torsten Zenas Burns masterfully blends the macabre and the transcendent in his brand new video Familiars. Sofia Cordova and Will Erokan each use the format of the video triptych to great effect, Cordova to create a journey through sound and landscape and Erokan through memory itself. And last but definitely not least I encourage you to stand as close as you dare to Christine Ancalmo’s minute-long piece Witch Doctor and let it do its thing on your senses. The perfect time to stop by? This Friday night, when Krowswork will be hosting a special program of screenings and live performances in conjunction with the exhibition.

KQED reviewed the show and Object Number One got a mention!

“A meditative and simultaneously unsettling piece is Evie Leder’s Object Number One. A nude male torso hovers horizontally at eye level, suspended at an uncanny angle, twitching slightly. The life-sized presence, along with the very accurate tones of his (projected) skin, is a perfect companion to Litman-Cleper’s piece. Tiny movements become magnified and unfamiliar at this angle.”
Read the entire review here:

http://www.kqed.org/arts/movies/article.jsp?essid=105111

Object Number One is included in the 2012 Summer of Video Art at Krowswork Gallery in Oakland.

“Krowswork is very pleased to present its 2nd Annual Summer of Video Art. This year’s edition includes work by Anne McGuire & Karla Milosevich, Liz Walsh, Torsten Zenas Burns, Christine Ancalmo, Sofia Cordova, Dickson Schneider, Will Erokan, Evie Leder, Farley Gwazda, Julia Litman-Cleper, and Paul Clipson. The gallery part of the exhibition will be on view throughout the month of August.”

Read more here: http://www.krowswork.com/sova2012.html

June 20th Periwinkle Cinema will be showing First Comes Love as part of a series of queer shorts. More info to come.

Just got an email from Gary Varro from Queer City Cinema in Saskatchewan, Canada that First Comes Love will be the short film in front of the closing night film! Very excited! The festival is June 7-9. You can keep an eye on QCC website to see the program here http://www.queercitycinema.ca/media2012/

My video installation, Object Number One will be part of the Man as Object show at the Kinsey Institute in April and May. Opens April 13.
http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/gallery.html

Upcoming Exhibitions
Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze
Juried Art Show 2012 will be on exhibit May 18 to July 21, 2012 at the Grunwald Gallery of Art.
Eric with Flowers, by Laura Hartford.
April 13 – June 29, 2012

Man as Object presents works of art that examine the visibility of men and masculinity from female/feminist/transgender perspectives. By surveying the ways men are represented in contemporary art by women, this exhibition opens new dialogues regarding the myriad of ways women view men in today’s culture and society. It marks an important development in feminist art, which has long concentrated on images of women meant to challenge stereotypical notions of womanhood. A gallery filled with works depicting men, created by women, actively resists the prevalence of the male gaze in art. This traveling exhibition will be accompanied by a selection of artworks by female artists depicting men that is drawn from the permanent collection of The Kinsey Institute.

Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze was organized by Karen Gutfreund for the Women’s Caucus for Art. Prior to coming to Bloomington, it was shown at the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco.

An opening reception will be held at The Kinsey Institute on Friday, April 13, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.

A panel discussion, A Dialog with the Artists on Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze, will be held prior to the show opening, April 13, from 4:00 to 5:00, in Morrison 007 (ground floor).