BLK River 2009 Groupshow Opening
Impressions from BLK River Festival's groupshow opening on October, 22nd 2009
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The artistic approach of the New
York-based newcomer Aakash Nihalani is minimalist - in the best sense of
the word. With radical consequence he has reduced his pictorial
language to geometrical forms, lines and planes.
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The works of Albin Ray speak for themselves and for their creator.
Implicitly, they must, as little is known of this nomad who moves
between Vienna and New York.
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In
his
work,
the
media
artist
Aram
Bartholl
examines
the
relationships
between
the
network‐data‐world
and
our
everyday‐life‐space:
"In
which
form
does
the
network‐ data‐world
manifest
in
our
everyday‐life‐space?
What
flows
back
from
cyberspace
into
our
physical
space?
How
do
digital
technologies
influence
our
everyday
activities?"
Emerging
from
these
questions,
Bartholl
eagerly
searches
for
a
humorous
approach
to
the
phenomena
of
being
digital.
And,
in
this
way,
the
imaginary
borders
between
the
virtual
and
the
real
are
constantly
questioned
‐
the
mutual
relativity
of
both
categories
shifts
into
the
foreground.
Aram
Bartholl's
works
have
had
international
exposure
at
festivals
such
as
Ars
Electronica
Linz,
Futuresonic
Manchester
and
Transmediale
Berlin.
Since
1995,
Aram
Bartholl
lives
and
works
in
Berlin.
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The multitude of signs and signal-systems which influence the appearance
of and imperceptibly determine our everyday movement in urban
environments, serve as the primary material for the Louisville,
Kentucky-born artist Brad Downey.
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Chris Sugrue is an artist and programmer
from the United States. Her works experiment with the often magical or
illusory possibilities of technology creating fictional worlds that
bleed into reality. These software-driven artworks have taken the form
of interactive installations, live audio-visual performances, and
algorithmic animations.
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There is hardly anyone in Vienna or in
the small Styrian community of Semriach, who has not encountered at
least a single pictorial or sculptural intervention of Christian
Eisenberger.
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By scratching on the surface of reality DEEP INC. uncovers new levels of signification in the every day surroundings. DEEP INC. is not inventing, just revealing what is already there. By minimal interventions DEEP INC. challenges common perception patterns - and the transformation of reality. The idea for every intervention emerges from the actual environment sourrounding us all, correlative the implemented materials, methods and techniques are generated site-specificly.
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"In just a few moments, the Berlin-based
writer, Dtango creates complex murals, which consist of a single
continuous line
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Evan Roth is an American artist based in Paris who visualizes, subverts and archives transient and often unseen moments in public space, popular culture and the Internet.
He applies a hacker philosophy to an art practice that often involves technology, humor and activism. In 2012, Roth was awarded the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.Roth's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art NYC and has been exhibited at various institutions, including the Centre Pompidou, the Kunsthalle Wien, the Tate, the Fondation Cartier and the front page of Youtube.
Roth is also co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab and the Free Art & Technology Lab (F.A.T. Lab), a web based, open source research and development lab.
To find Roth's work online, just google "bad ass mother fucker".
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Founded by the artists James Powderly and Evan Roth, the international
network Graffiti Research Lab., is preoccupied with the mission of
providing cheap, open-source communication technology to artists,
graffiti-writers, communications-guerillas and political activists.
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The artist labels himself "a maverick hobbyist dabbling at the fringes
of robotics, chemistry, writing, pyrotechnics, graffiti, art, tattoos
and rock n roll."
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Know Hope is internationally known for his poetic and often melancholic
artworks, which pertain to the precarious nature of human existence and
revolve around the world of feelings connected with the human
predicament. In this context one finds in his work the recurring motifs
of hearts and hour-glasses, suggesting the fragile and easily broken
nature of existence.
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The American artist, Mark Jenkins (b.
1970) is predominantly working with the profane material of packing
tape, he employs to take casts of his body and everyday objects, such as
children's playthings.
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Born in 1985 in Santiago de Chile, Max
Schaffer discovered his ability and passion for the arts in public
spaces in his teenage years. His early murals on school buildings in
Mexico and Cuba would be the prelude to his career in the arts.
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The
omnipresent, multi-talented Busk belongs to the most prominent activists
in Viennas Street Art scene. In the mid-90s the Vienna-born artist
developed his passion for character sets, fonts and styles through
graffiti.
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The formation "Sabotage" was founded by artist Robert Jelinek in the
area of the Documenta IX in Kassel in June 1992.
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In 2003 the Los Angeles-based artist Tony Quan aka Tempt One was
diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). ALS, also known as
Lou Gehrig's disease, rapidly progresses throughout all systems. In some
cases, the brain loses its ability to control all muscles, resulting in
the progressive inability to physically move about or function various
parts of the body. The disease may or may not have a known causal factor
and may not even have a medical cure.
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