4’33” Mixtape / The Silent Killer
a 2SMAN Production
0 Intro (DJ Jekey)
1 David Tudor 2x 4’33”
2 Andrew WK 4’33” live
3 DJay Steve Bird (4’33” smash mix)
4 Danny Burns and Tom 4’33” live
5 Bachlives2 4’33” organ mix
6 John Cage plays John Cage 4’33” live
7 Keith Jarrett x Chick Corea double live 4’33”
8 egyptiansushi slowed down 4’33” (!) mix
9 Eighth St Orchestra 4’33” live
10 GVSU New Music Ensemble 4’33” performance
11 Friends of Old Puppy live at Nabolom Bakery 4’33” performance
12 Palla9696 (pajama performance 4’33”)
13 Gilbert Smith (Guitar Hero 4’33” mix)
14 OHNO Inc Mario Paint 4’33” rendition
15 Glenn Weyant/SonicAnta.net US and Mexico Border & Ephemera 4’33” performance
16 Milkdudds92 A Capella 4’33”
17 Andres Torres 4’33” (Bus Line 333 mix)
18 Das Racist 4’33” Refix
19 BBC Symphony Orchestra broadcast 4’33”
20 keyboard cat (edit)
Re:Cycle-Bike Culture in Southern California
Reception: October 7, 6-10PM
Sweeney Art Gallery
I’m excited to be a part of the inaugural exhibit at the Sweeney Art Gallery. My installation includes a newspaper zine of Riverside-specific commentary and photography (see photo below); a video work from Burning Man 2010 titled Grit City; and a selection of medium format holga photos also shot at Burning Man. Using cycling as my primary mode of transportation, I mainly use lightweight toy plastic and lo-fi digital cameras to document and celebrate objects, people and places. The video work Grit City, filmed on a bike, presents the mystery and freewheeling sense of wonder in a bike-centric desert city oasis, including its dust storms, spontaneous parties, and mutant bike vehicles. The Untitled (Biketography) photograph selections display excerpts shot during rides around Grit City. Riverside Bicycle Monthly imagines a monthly alternative paper that includes photos primarily shot by cell phone camera in Riverside, CA that documents people, street installations and scenes found by cycling, as well as local bike tips and ride information.
Exploring the effects of bicycles on art and culture, Re:cycle-Bike Culture in Southern California includes artists and collectives that use the bicycle as both a metaphor and a realization for restructuring the urban environment. It is a reflection of a shifting value system that looks towards alternate means of transportation, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, and a cultural shift from consumption to sustainability. Organized by UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, and curated by Tyler Stallings, Artistic Director, Culver Center of the Arts & Director, Sweeney Art Gallery, Re:Cycle inaugurates Sweeney Art Gallery’s relocation in UCR’s new Barbara and Art Culver Centor of the Arts, both of which open to the public with a gala weekend from October 7 to 9, 2010.
Hang Then Decay
Terrace London, UK
Opened September 25. Remains on view until it disappears (see below).
Super Mario Cloudz (by Lee T)
Super Mario Cloudz is a lo-fi patchwork reworking of Cory Arcangel’s Super Mario Clouds sans computer/software/console. Arcangel’s Super Mario Clouds is a minimalist video work appropriating an already aged technology. Rather than use software or hardware to remix the original, my appropriation uses older, base technology. I’ve sewn a quilted (pixelated) background blue sky, clouds and use a fan for wind. Instead of digital animation or programming video game sprites, the clouds (which appear in the order of appearance, and size from the original piece) are animated using blued-out “unseen” stagehands, like the stage crew that move props between acts or bands during performances, or the invisible code that renders the action on a computer screen. The audio is a live recording of the sound in the studio during the filming mixed with a decayed, frayed loop that has been played back through a cheap amp and aimed at the camera’s microphone.
This video will be exhibited as part of Lost Levels v.2010 in conjunction with Meta Data Phile: The Collapse of Digital Information at the Begovich Gallery at California State University, Fullerton, curated by Jennifer Frias and Lilia Lamas, opening Aug 28, 2010.
Two recent works created. Direct from the studio to new homes. The top piece is called Don’t Anticipate The Command and the bottom is There’s Only One Way To Succeed At Anything And That Is To Give It Everything. Both works are t-shirts, assorted fabrics, assorted paper, lace, thread, 2010.
I participated in the Wickerbasket Pop-Up Shop on the weekend of July 30-31 by sewing a dressing room (that was complete with Vacant / Occupied sign).
Photo/video by Joy Newell.
Some more cell phone photos (!) of my show Quiltzenjammer at J and J Test Only, curated by Jeff Ribaudo.
photos by Jeff Ribaduo
Artist and curator Jeff Ribaudo is the curator of J and J Test Only Center, a California-licensed smog testing center and gas station. He invited me to have a solo show in the space. Pictures below. Enjoy!
Jeff Ribaudo outside the waiting room/gallery
Gallery at J and J Test Only
early, 2010, discarded fabric, found paper, batting and thread
OT Database, 2010, discarded fabric, found paper, batting and thread
Apt 12, 2010, discarded fabric, found paper, batting and thread
miscreants quilt
miscreants (reverse)
us versus them
in each of us there is a little of all of us
stop the initiative
no rugs
dead or alive
petroleum pipeline
Riverside, CA 2009
Hwy 1 2009
Rubidoux, CA 2009
SF, CA 2008
SF, CA 2008
Riverside, CA 2007
William, 2009
Riverside, CA 2009
JANKY, 2010 (currently in production. more info on this project can be found on its own website here.)
Zines are independently-produced small-circulation publications, often photocopied or screenprinted, and distributed outside of mainstream distribution networks. There is a long tradition of artist-produced zines. My zines are created as stand-alone works of art, often in collaboration with others, or as documentation for exhibits and projects. These zines range from small photocopied and folded pieces to elaborately-produced professionally-printed publications with accompanying photos and albums.
Recession Special (excerpt), 2009
This zine was printed in conjunction with an event called Recession Special that documented artistic and creative contribution to free culture and provided a space for free exchange of goods and services. The zine includes excerpts on 60s Dutch counterculture movement Provos and their White Bicycle Plan; the Bolinas Free Box; the public commons; and online free culture.
Quiltz (excerpt), 2009
This zine was printed in conjunction with an album of music connected to fabric works. It documents my studio production, live concert at Padlock Gallery, as well as other fabric-related works.
Quiltz (excerpt), 2009
Cats (cover), 2008
This is a collaborative zine with 12 contributors sharing cat photos. It focuses on the colony of stray cats of Riverside, CA centered around the warehouse district and art studios, as well as other contributors’ cat-related phenomena.
Cats (excerpt), 2008
Bikes, 2009
This zine documents alternative biking culture and homemade bike projects. Printed in blue ink on pink paper.
Olga’s Account, 2008 (released on Jewish Noise Records)
Although technically an album, Olga’s Account is a 40-minute recording of Musician/Scholar Daniel Hantman’s interview of his grandmother’s immigration to the United States. This album was packaged with an essay by Hantman and a forward by myself.
