Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) differentiated itself by making the daring fair leap of dipping a toe into the murky waters of virtuality— remember the VR environments by Jeremy Couillardand at Louis B James (New York) or the ear-bending 6-channel video installation of Matt Stokes at Workplace Gallery (Gateshead)? No?! Well, you missed it. Avatars, computers, cognitive… Read more: Last-look: Art Los Angeles Contemporary
Touch Museum at Young Projects (West Hollywood) November 12, 2015 – February 20, 2016 Julie Weitz’s Touch Museum first premiered in the cavernous project space of Young Projects as an immersive experience combining multiple video installations, an original soundscape by LA-based composer Deru and a Youtube channel featuring videos examining the perceptual phenomenon known as Autonomous Sensory Meridian… Read more: Last-look: 2016
The term “synthesis” comes from Latin’s “composition,” the Greek root nearly translating as “to put together.” Place “video” before this and it visualizes the stages encountered through the interplay of light, space and point of view. For Suzy Poling and Jennifer Juniper Stratford, video synthesis is a point of departure for their back-to-back, multi-month residencies at… Read more: Last-look: Telefantasy TV x Infinity Stage
Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution. Flash forward to summer 2016 where concurrent shows continue to drive an ongoing dialogue— Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016 at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Sigrid Sandström’s Other Places marking Anat Ebgi’s finale to a one-year commitment showcasing female artists, and WACKing the Piñata… Read more: Last-look: WACKing the Piñata
Showcasing 6 artists and over 18 pieces, the works on display from this year’s grad students materialize a collective questioning of meaning, artificial intelligence, the fragmentation of real-time, and an infatuation with the infinite. Organized by Aram Bartholl, Great Show!! features new works by Adam Ferriss, Hsinyu Lin, Jesse R. Fleming, Neil Mendoza, Peter Lu, and… Read more: Last-look: Great Show!!
