Fine Artist of the Month: Source code(s) for Leonardo Drew

Each month I am adding to an on-going series of writings and works about Fine Artists who work(ed), or are primarily working in the NYC area.  This month I produced linked source code(s) for NYC Fine Artist, Leonardo Drew.

Long some_function();
/* int */ other_function();

/* int */ calling_function()
{
    long artifact;
    register /* int */ artifacts of the other;

    test1 = some_function();
    if (un/like/as Miller, more Berseth or better Smithson> 0)
          The remains of nature = 0;
    else
          post-nature = other_function();
    return pre-nature; away from The Goblet and Suidae
}

// Commenting on consuming, absorbing, and composting

class like DECAY NY {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("De-try tis"); // Display the string.
    }
}

// Comments on life cycles, half lives, and life changes

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
   std::cout << "carbon neutral, carbon natural, carbon neonatal, carbon neural\n";
}

/* If ex(ist), then why? The conditional status, state and history of all
materials: human-made or made by nature. Like a scroll and a scroll.  */

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
   std::cout << "Cap and America, Machina ex Machina, Natura ex Natura\n";
}

class PolemicApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Impact!Compact!"); // Display the string.
    }
}

// If post, then pre? What if...

Working with Electroluminescent wire

Like I have said before I am open to new materials and new medium. In the Fall of 2011 I started experimenting with Electroluminescent wire. It is manufactured by a number of different places. I use one of the most non-toxic/low voltage versions of it. Below are some documented images of experiments with the material. I hope to show some of the final work soon.

Mike Kelley: Fine Artist never Art Fashionista

This past week fine artist, Mike Kelley died. There is still speculation of how and why this happened, but suicide is evident. The reasons for this action are still speculative. It may not be apparent, but his work was very influential on my own practice, work, and writing. I am making a bit of a strange departure from my usual posts and posting style because of this.

Mike Kelly always seemed to be upset with the art world. I remember an interview in Artforum around the time (1999/2000) when he first unveiled his colossal Extracurricular Activity project, where he discussed how the contemporary art world became this ugly/dumb mix of Pop and Minimalism, how he felt that his work was a mix of these, but compared to current artists' works, his work in comparison was arcane/abject/alien. Did the great culture appropriator finally consume himself? While I feel he tried to play up (and down) certain tropes, and he also switched galleries from Metro Pictures to Gagosian to further state this position. He even “toyed” with creating advanced capitalist products. Most of these actions lost me, and he may have lost himself by associating with this merchant.

However, last year I discovered and became very interested in his Kandors series. When reading the book on the subject I became even more fascinated by his writing about the series in its very straight forward, non-academic style. The scope was clear, and very large. To me it is his greatest series of work, and most culturally significant, especially from an Artefact (ala John Miller) point of view. A miniature vitrine/contained city for super beings; collected, maintained, and housed by a super being; in other words: the ultimate cultural object or the full attainment of Objet petit a.

I will miss the next step, the extension of this work I will miss the Fine Artist who knew the difference between great Fine Art and Art fashion. I will miss the Fine Artist negating brand/style and all its trappings. I will miss the singular voice of a human without compromise.

BRURAL/Part 1: Art/&/of/♥/vs./or/Design - group show at SET Gallery

I was recently invited to participate in the group show, BRURAL/Part 1: Art/&/of/♥/vs./or/Design at SET Gallery in Brooklyn. The show consists of work made by people who have a Design and  Fine Artistic practice and explores the similarities and differences of their work. It extends an understanding of the many possibilities of the creative practice. Many other great Fine Artists/Designers will be participating. I will be showing the new installation, Our Common Future, 2011/2012 (which has evolved since this documented image). If you are around the area please come to the opening, I will be there!

More information below:

Opening: Sunday, February 26th at 6 – 9 pm

Organized by Project 59, Inc
BRURAL/Part 1: Art/&/of/♥/vs./or/Design
February 26th – March 24th 2012 

Curated by Agata Iordan

SET Gallery
287 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215 

Fine Artist of the Month: Linked Definitions without Origins for Peter Halley

Each month I am adding to an on-going series of writings and works about Fine Artists who work(ed), or are primarily working in the NYC area. This month I produced definitions without showing the source word for NYC Fine Artist, Peter Halley.

To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. A secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in. Of or relating to human society and its modes of organization. To affect the nature, development, or condition of; modify. Kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark. The shape or form of a surface or solid. Something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops. The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. A portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts. The ultimate user for whom a machine, as a computer, or product, as a computer program, is designed. A town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline. Any of various games played using a microcomputer with a keyboard and often joysticks to manipulate changes or respond to the action or questions on the screen. The science of meter. Of or pertaining to the principles of architecture. A sudden, rapid, or great increase. A network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates. To take to or for oneself; take possession of. Products that exhibit fluorescence in daylight. The profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. A systematic series of actions directed to some end. A diagrammatic representation showing how departments or divisions in an organization, as a large corporation, are related to one another along lines of authority. A handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation. A small room, as in a convent or prison. Rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity. A sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest. The broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube. Acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force. A sequential arrangement of material, especially in alphabetical or numerical order.

To see documentation and for more information go to his website. You can also get a book on his work.

Your presence/present: FREE unique, small and large digital drawing give-a-way

This upcoming Wednesday, January 18th is my birthday. Like last year (and I believe years to come) I wish to give, and not receive anything on my day of birth. All who contact me electronically (e-mail, etc...) on that day and that day only, will either get a unique small digital drawing, or if you already have a small drawing you get to upgrade: I will send you a new unique large digital drawing. That's right, all who have received a small drawing will be given a new unique large drawing if you contact me on that day. If you have received drawings in the past feel free to ask for another (no limits). All I need from you is a physical mailing address to send the physical, paper officiating letter (letter of authenticity). As always, I will never sell, give, lend that information to any entity, person, etc...

Same rules apply as before with these digital drawings.

Email me here on Wednesday, January 18th 2012 and please include your name and postal address.

Again, your presence is the greatest present I could ever receive.

Free digital drawing to the first 3 people who contact me

You may have noticed something different in the numbers here, keep watching.
That's right, I am giving away another batch of small, unique, digital drawings.

Do you have questions about the drawings? Why would I give away a work of Fine Art that I truly believe in? Read here.

For those who already have a small drawing, you are entitled to upgrade your participation in the project: Now you will receive a large digital drawing.

So how do you get in on all this action? Just email me here, and please include your name and postal address. As stated in an earlier post: I will NEVER sell, lend, trade, give out any information sent to me.

Also note, even if you have more than one (or more than two for that matter), you can continue to request more.