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Ed Winkleman's guide to success, Part I

John Yost Crit Preview

In preparation for my first graduate crit I wanted to supply the class with some examples of past film work and talk a little about where I thought I was going with my work thus far. I'm extremely fascinated with two things:

1) Manufactured histories (AKA, narrative drama, stories, etc...) OR in other words, narrative fiction, or work with a narrative story structure, but also based roughly on truth/the world we live in. (example...the film trailer attached is for my latest feature...a "bio-pic" about my family if terrible things were to happen...which they haven't.)


TBTK Trailer from The Brave and the Kind on Vimeo.

Or how about a short film/episodic pilot that is based on the idea of multi-universe. That everyone's history is like a deck of cards..each card is a path to creating what YOU think is history.


Us Ones In Between Trailer from The Brave and the Kind on Vimeo.

Which leads to where I'm heading with a new photo project. Hudson River like "paintings" made from photos the depict a war that has yet to happen. A manufactured universe that is not out of the realm of possibility. (side note: very much inspired by Radiohead's 4 minute warning song and Hudson river paintings.) I'll show you what I mean in class.;-)

2) An obsession with objects that appear to not change. Which is not possible...everything changes all the time. It started with documenting stumps in the Adirondacks and it has lead to a yearly ritual that I would love to get your take on.





thanks for checking things out. I hope I'm using this space the way it was intended...if not...let me know Danny.:-)
cheers
John

FLASH!

FLASH at Prospect Range
1226 Prospect Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11218

Fri – Sat, March 21 – April 5 by appointment (917-776-6834)
Readings and Reception Saturday, March 21 at 7:00 pm

Flash fiction readings, photo exhibit, video screening, trapeze performance, and dance party!
Sponsored by Juicebox and Six-point Beer

The Prospect Range is a performance and galley space dedicated to the creative talents of artists and their families, living and working in central Brooklyn. The Range is committed to serving this community of creative people, and supporting their families through performance, exhibitions, and salon-style discussions on topics relevant to sustainable urban existence.


VIDEO
curated by Denise Goins
o Justin Carty
o Mary Ellen
o Maduka Steady
o Timothy Pickerell
o Ingrid Rojas
o Shruti Ganguly
o Gabriela Duran
o Sasha Beatrice Kobow
o Lucinda Luvaas
o Tanika Goudeau
o James Bowman
o Danny Glix
o Melissa Ito
o Celia C. Peters
o Hollie Harperr
o Fitzjohn Tropnas
o Lina Plioplyte
o Damien Nieta
o Meighan Gale
o Brian Zeger

PHOTO
curated by Gina de la Chesnaye and Danny Goodwin
o David Shaw
o Victoria Rich
o Monika Sosnowksi
o Raymond Felix
o Phyllis Galembo
o Danny Goodwin
o Brad Miller
o Tara Fracalossi
o Reuben Cox
o Alberto Caputo

FICTION
curated by Gina de la Chesnaye
o Gina de la Chesnaye
o Ethan David Miller
o Kimberly Bliss
o Paul Feldman
o Jonathan Callahan
o Alanna Schubach
o Karl Greenberg

Everything Must Go

Opening tonight at Pierogi Brooklyn: David Shapiro. From a distance, "Everything Must Go," an exhibit of new work by David Shapiro, appears as though someone's wares laid on the street were moved inside a gallery. Is this a yard sale? A document of tough times presented as an exhibit? An artist throwing in the towel? Placed on a large drop cloth on the floor, the objects reveal themselves upon closer inspection—cast, drawn, painted, carved—to be handmade.

A miniature "Homeless Museum," pistachio shells and potatoes cast in bronze, a ship with obituaries sewn on the sails, miniature garbage bags, redrawn books and takeout menus, models for preposterous public sculptures—dissolving boundaries, misapplying process, materials, context and scale—with humor and technique, Shapiro reaffirms the vitality of art, and the pleasure and worth of making it. A sly comment and critique of art market mechanisms, an exploration of relative worth, "Everything Must Go" speaks to the cultural moment of anxiety, and the revaluation and realignment of priorities.

"Falling prices, galleries folding, funds drying up—like everything else, the art world is in trouble. The slick slides away. The fog has lifted. For the artist, the fantasy is over. All that remains is the work. When the business is bad, the art gets good." (Shapiro, 2009).

New York Art Fairs

Headed down this weekend. For those of you planning to attend, here are a few helpful links:

The Armory Show
Pulse
Scope
Volta
Bridge
Fountain
And here's an awesome Google map of the fairs

If you want to try to meet up on Sat., send an e-mail.

-dg

Photo Regional

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I think it is pretty cool that this incarnation of the regional is invitation only and that so many of my former MFA students are producing the best work in the region.

Hope you can join for the panel discussion Monday, March 23 at 7 pm. I'll be in conversation with Lesley Martin from Aperture, writer and critic Meisha Martin, and Ariel Shanberg from the Center for Photography at Woodstock.

31st ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY REGIONAL
curated by Elizabeth Dubben

Roy Arenella, Justin Baker, Liz Blum, Robert Cartmell, Catherine Chalmers, Colleen Cox, Tara Fracalossi, Daniel Goodwin, Melinda McDaniel, Ken Ragsdale, David Seiler, Stu Sherman, Laura Gail Tyler

March 6 - April 12, 2009

Reception: Friday, March 6, 5-9pm
Panel Presentation: Monday, March 23, 7pm

The 2009 iteration of the Photo Regional is curated by Elizabeth Dubben, photographer and Director of Amrose Sable Gallery. Dubben has earned the respect of critics, collectors, and artists for the quality of work she has chosen to present at Amrose Sable and other locales. Announcement/Invitation

The exhibition offers a fresh eye bringing together a diverse group of artists who are some of the strongest in the area who are using the photographic medium. Although these artists are only a small selection out of the population of very talented strong artists, they offer a fresh take on photography in the area. This fuels growth and opens the conversation up to many insightful and intriguing ideas. It questions, it discovers and it offers opportunity to reach beyond the scope of what we normally consider photography. Catalogue (606k pdf)

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Dave McKenzie to speak at University Art Museum

Tuesday, February 10
7 pm

"Being and Sometimes Not Being,"
lecture and screening
by artist Dave McKenzie
University Art Museum

Dave McKenzie, a New York-based artist who works in sculpture, video, and performance, will present a lecture about the connections between his work and the intersections of artwork and everyday occurrence. During the lecture, he will also screen some of his video works from the last several years. McKenzie's work has been exhibited at the Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Small A Projects, Portland; and Gallery 4000, Chicago. His work has also been included in PERFORMA 07, New York; Freestyle, Studio Museum in Harlem; Queens International, Queens Museum of Art; 24/7, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; and Listening to New Voices, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City. He lives and works in Brooklyn.

Supported by the University Commission for Diversity and Affirmative Action (UCDAA) and the Experimental Television Center's Presentation Funds Program, which is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.

The University Art Museum's Art & Culture Talks Program is made possible thanks to the generous and continued support of Marjorie L. Brandon.
All programs are free and open to the public.

Parking will be provided in the Visitor Lot #1
courtesy of the Provost's Office.

For more information, call (518) 442-4035, www.albany.edu/museum