Fountain Art Fair: Next Week

By vanjaymes | Published: February 25, 2010

I will be heading to Manhattan next week with my friend Dana for the Fountain Art Fair. I will be exhibiting my new animated Music Video for Transformazium.

If you will be around; it opens to the public Friday March 5, 2010. My work will be exhibited through Christina Ray Gallery.

I would love to grab a pastry with anyone interested, while I am in town, you know what to do…

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Tonight at Pittsburgh Filmmakers

By vanjaymes | Published: February 15, 2010

3 new videos! Tonight 5:30pm

Join me Monday evening, February 15th for an screening of Josh Tonies’ new work. He will be screening three shorts.

The first, Frontier Diminishing was described as a “psychoarchitectonic animation” by Jerstin Crosby of Acid Rain Production . In Frontier Diminsihing viewer journeys through an unfamiliar, minimal landscape, full of patterns and rainbows, hauntingly scored with a chip-tune soundtrack.

The second piece is a motion study shot at Coney Island, with dancer/choreographer Ken Leigh Rogers.

The third piece is a travelogue from my recent time in the Pacific Northwest.

Please bring a friend, and your critical eyes. Discussion is welcome and encouraged, the work is fresh and new, and in need of feedback.

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Book Invite: Institute of Extraterrestrial Sexuality

By vanjaymes | Published: February 15, 2010

I was recently invited to contribute to Suzie Silver & Encyclopedia Destructica’s book project:

THE INSTITUTE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL SEXUALITY
exploring non-humanoid alien sexuality through art and speculative science

Re-Posted From the I.E.S. Blog

Blog is here

This project asks you to think beyond male and female, beyond queer, beyond any notions of gender, beyond the anthropomorphic to erotic possibilities as vastly varied as the universe itself. What kinds of sentient beings, what types of sexualities, how many erogenous zones and types of erotic pleasure exist out there in the cosmos?

I am excited about what is brewing/fermenting, related to this project. I am currently looking at animation options, and finding a way to publish stills from the animation with prepared text. Very exciting stuff.

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Dark Flow: Wall Painting at Fe Gallery

By vanjaymes | Published: January 14, 2010

Documentation of my wall piece: Dark Flow
…from my show at Fe Arts Gallery.

p.s. dark flow is more than a wall painting of course…

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Dutch Masters: Now Online

By vanjaymes | Published: December 22, 2009

Goedemorgen,
Documentation of my favorite collaborative relationship is online. Dutch Masters is the name of the activity between Matthew D. Wellins and myself. It mostly results in improvised sound recordings and more deliberately considered compositions. We have been working together for the past 4 years; with varied results. Check out the project section of my website to see whats been going down:

Young dutch designer Patrick Schuur created this one and only cassette tape closet.

click here & have a listen

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Acid Rain Production December!!!

By vanjaymes | Published: December 10, 2009

Im very pleased to announce that my cut-out animation Frontier Diminishing will be screened as part of Acid Rain Production this month.

acidRain_logoAcid Rain Production is a televised video-art series. It airs on The Peoples Channel and Durham Access Media, cable access channels servicing Orange and Durham Counties in North Carolina. Acid Rain Production is an unique venue for contemporary video work in which a single video art piece loops consistently for one hour, several times a week, for one month, on community-based tv stations that reach over a 100,000 households and businesses in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill region. We hope that through the medium of television we can successfully link new-media artists to the community at large and bring about a better understanding of contemporary issues of artistic practice and social concern. For questions or comments concerning this program please contact Jerstin Crosby at acidraintv@gmail.com

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Follow me home…

By vanjaymes | Published: December 10, 2009

A zine, featuring my drawings and the stunning work of Thad Kellstad and Jerstin Crosby

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image courtesy of jerstin crosby’s website

“I am Alive. More Soon. Please Stay Tuned.”
20 page , xerox

Josh Tonies
Thad Kellstadt
Jerstin Crosby

2009

…thanks to people that saw/bought one at Little Berlin

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Driftwood @ Fe Gallery

By vanjaymes | Published: December 10, 2009

A very small snippet of an evening at Fe Arts Gallery. While my show was up in November, I programmed an evening of Driftwood ( a performance and screening series). Matt and Sarah were a highlight of that evening. Matt making electronic sounds while sarah projected multiple hand painted film loops. The screening also included the remarkable time based work of Tess Allard and Merissa Lombardo.

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Friday, Oct 16 at Fe Gallery

By vanjaymes | Published: October 9, 2009

Good Afternoon,

Jill Larson of Fe Arts Gallery invited me to work with two extraordinary artists Anna E. Mikolay & Laura Tabakman in a three person show 3-Way. With installation well underway, we are working on three collaborative site specific sculptures. Involving video projection, contact microphones, water and hidden details. The show will also feature our individual bodies of work.

paper works

Opening Reception: October 16, Friday from 7-9pm
New Gallery Hours: Thurs-Sat 12-3pm
Dates: October 16- December 2, 2009

4102 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

412.860.6028

Free and Open to the Public

Come check out the work; it would be great to see you at the opening.

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“1.5 Million” @ the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Wednesday, October 7th

By vanjaymes | Published: October 4, 2009

Greetings,

Here is some information about a show I was invited to by fellow artist and friend Corey Antis:

Inspired by a 1970 exhibition by Lucy Lippard, 1.5 Million will feature new works by 71 artists, curators and writers in the Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Tyler Hall at Temple University. Focusing on the space between imagination and practice, the exhibition will feature proposals for works that could – but don’t necessarily – exist.  As in the original show, each proposal will be represented by one index card.
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1.5 Million is:

Stefan Abrams, Amy Adams, Anita Allyn, Joshua Aster, Leah Bailis, Tim Belknap, Jeremy Boyle, Adam Blumberg, Frank Bramblett, Kimberly Brandt, Gerard Brown, Ian Burns, Mark Campbell, Anthony Campuzano, Sheryl Conkelton, Roderick Coover, Andrew Criss, Daniel Cummings, Kevin Curran, Micah Danges, Rachel Dobkin, Philip Glahn, Adam Grossi, Michael Grothusen, Walsh Hansen, Austin Heitzman, Jane Irish, Ianthe Jackson, James Johnson, Rini Yun Keagy, Thad Kellstadt, Karen Kirchhoff, Nicholas Kripal, Naima Lowe, Jacque Liu, Margo Margolis, Ian Markiewicz, Ryan McCartney, Jesse McLean, Dustin Metz, Chad Muthard, Eileen Neff, Anna Neighbor, Alex Paik, Nick Paparone, Richard Purcell, Pete Rangel, Justin James Reed, Isaac Resnikoff, Maha Saab, Rebecca Saylor Sack, Martha Savery, Dan Schank, Anne Seidman, Matthew Sepielli, Jennie Shanker, Mark Shetabi, Brandon Som, Dustin Sparks, Chad States, Jeffrey Stockbridge, Mark Stricker, Jim Strong, Andrew Suggs, Josh Tonies, Christopher Ulivo, Thomas Vance, Eva Wylie, Nami Yamamoto, Mauro Zamora

Curated by Corey Antis

Exhibition Dates:  October 7 – October 17, 2009

OPENING RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 7:00-9:00 PM

Gallery Hours: Visitors welcome Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm

Stella Elkins Tyler Galleries
Tyler School of Art
12th and Norris Streets
Lower Level South, B02
Philadelphia, PA 19122

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