Funded by the Mellon Foundation and the American Rescue Plan, The Providence Commemoration Lab is a program co-administered by The Department of Art, Culture and Tourism (ACT) and the Rhode Island Historical Society (RIHS). The Lab sites and stages new, temporary projects on public property that invite unexpected ways of understanding commemoration as a communal process of historical redress and spatial reclamation.
Read moreGallerie All Together
Gallerie All Together, which is the name of a room at the RISD Museum for one day only, is a space for kids to be curators. We collected a bunch of art from artists living and working around Providence, and kids get to look at it, decide what they like, and then put the art somewhere in the room.
Read moreatac
atac is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization in downtown Framingham, MA. Home to community-centered creative programs, artistic development, and work and volunteer opportunities, atac facilitates new possibilities for their community to access the transformative power of creativity. In different capacities, I worked at atac from the summer of 2022 to the fall of 2023.
Read moreSoft Opening
Soft Opening is a freeform music night with Deejay Robert Rhymin’ taking place on second Fridays at Myrtle in East Providence, Rhode Island. RR plays a loose mix of genres; things with a good beat. The venue is a friendly local bar with nice vintage decor; the kind of place you might meet someone new.
Read moreReinsulator
PLURAL
PLURAL
Recent paintings and digital images by Willa Van Nostrand and Ben Sisto
The Gallery at City Hall
25 Dorrance Street, Providence, Rhode Island
May 18 – August 15, 2023
Reception May 18, 2023 from 4–6 PM
Satellite Show
Satellite Show took place on April 24, 2015 and marked the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble space telescope. I wrote a loose score / set of ideas for Ben Greenberg to play off, with the idea being he’d perform improv, for up to 97 minutes—the duration of one Hubble orbit around the earth.
Performance Credits:
Live Music by Hubble (Ben Greenberg)
Mylar balloons by Confections Ltd: Mylar balloons
Reading of Carl Sagan by Denise Kupferschmidt
Video loop by super/colider
AV Tech: Ask out to Eric Sheppard
Photos by Seze Devres and Ben Sisto
Concept and score: Ben Sisto
Initial Score:
00:00:00 - A reading of Carl Sagan by artist Denise Kupferschmidt
00:01:00 - Hubble begins playing lightly in back of reading
00:07:00 - Begin movement 1: Mirror Mirror
00:07:00 - Consider initial planning, funding, and launch
00:20:00 - Consider error; a flawed mirror
00:30:00 - on the triumph of science, pushing through adversity
00:40:00 - Begin movement 2: Do the Butterfly
Consider images of the following celestial bodies while improvising
40:00:00 - Butterfly Nebula
50:00:00 - Horsehead Nebula
01:00:00 - Eagle Nebula
01:10:00 - Helix Nebula
01:20:00 - Carina Nebula
01:30:00 - Begin movement 3: Orbital Decay
For the final 7 minutes of the performance, imagine the telescope in the Smithsonian Museum in the year 2050. Score some background music for a visiting field trip of young students.
01:37:00 Performance ends
Helen
In 2017, I worked with atmospheric scientist Campbell Watson (IBM Research) to install a small weather station on the roof of Ace Hotel New York. With a great unobstructed view of the Empire State Building, Helen recorded local conditions and took photos of the sky. Helen was named after Helen Hunt, who portrayed Jo in Twister.
In 2018, Watson invited new-media artist Lee Tusman up from Philly for a live event called Live Coding the Weather, in which the duo interpreted atmospheric readings, live data streams and other inputs, sculpting them into a sonic / visual landscape via live coding.
Above: A sample of data saved by Helen
Downstairs Film Club
A few screenings to beat the heat, summer 2018
Downstairs Film Club featured a dozen free screenings on Sunday nights during the summer of 2018. Presented by Ace Hotel New York in partnership with The Breslin and a quartet of big-picture curators — Nordic International Film Festival, NewFest, POV by PBS and CLOG —the series showcases campy cult classics, science fiction, powerful docs and works by emerging indie talents in Liberty Hall. Two beers and a small popcorn for ten bucks.
Program Schedule
Nordic International Film Fest (NIFF) Shorts, June 3, 2018
NewFest presents: Wigstock: The Movie, June 10, 2018
POV presents Quest, June 17, 2018
CLOG presents Bladerunner, June 24, 2018
NIFF presents Till We Meet Again, July 1, 2018
NewFest presents But I'm a Cheerleader, July 8, 2018
POV Shorts, July 15, 2018
CLOG presents Her, July 22, 2018
NIFF presents The Salton Sea, August 5, 2018
An Evening of Films with NewFest, August 12, 2018
POV presents 93Queen, August 19, 2018
Clog presents Westworld (movie) August 25, 2018
Untouchable Numbers
I can’t believe they let me…
In 2017 I pulled off one of my all time favorite happenings: Untouchable Numbers. All nine then-existing Ace Hotel locations let me broadcast a 24-hour John Cage playlist in their lobbies, in partnership with Mode Records and the John Cage Trust.
216 total hours of Cage:
Chicago
London
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York City
Palm Springs
Pittsburgh
Portland
Seattle
Original Promo Copy
“In 1952 a composer called John Cage told us there was music in silence, and the world hasn't been the same since. Today, the gradual wearing away of stone by water, the echoes of gravitational waves, and the caloric metamorphosis of food into energy may all be understood as musical works, a privilege for which we are indebted to Cage.
September 5, 2017 would have been Cage's 105th birthday, and to commemorate and honor our favorite sonic philosopher, Ace Hotel and the John Cage Trust, in partnership with Mode Records, present Untouchable Numbers, a 24-hour listening event beginning at 12am. Cage's sounds, and silences, will play throughout public spaces of all nine Ace Hotels as the earth completes one full rotation, freely and open to the public. In New Orleans, you can hear the tunes playing back in our Lobby.
Learn more about where to hear Cage across our properties here, and consider booking a room with the promo code SILENCE, valid for stays from 9/4-9/6. RSVP suggested but not required. Seating in public spaces is first come, serve.
Listening is a radical act.”
Ace Hotel: Reader
When I began at Ace Hotel in 2013, the brand had already carved out a unique space for itself in the blogging world, thanks largely to the efforts of Valentine Freeman. Until about 2017, Ace maintained a Tumblr for all interviews, fun posts, and news. Then, I began helping transition away from Tumblr and more towards a stand-alone editorial platform called The Ace Hotel Reader. I left Ace in 2019, and it seems they got Reader up and running a short time later.
My initial pitch was to focus on longer-form editorial, in depth interviews, and to widen the scope of people we were talking to. I developed programs with Justin Strauss (Just/Talk), Sophia Cosmodopolous (Inside Job), and others. Below is a record of some of the subjects; I’m not sure if these are all archived somewhere by Ace.
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Caroline Polachek, January 2016
Anna Sui, February 2016
Joakim, April 2016
Kim Ann Foxman, June 2016
Imogene Strauss, July 2016
Wolfgang Tillmans, October 2016
Johnathan Galkin, November 2016
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Todd Terje, January 2017
Andrea Anarow, February 2017
Bethann Hardison, March 2017
Michel Gaubert, April 2017
Sparks, May 2017
Joe Goddard, June 2017
Trevor Jackson, July 2017
Nancy Whang, September 2017
Matthew Higgs, October 2017
BICEP, November 2017
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Lenny Kaye, January 2018
Fab 5 Freddy, February 2018
Honey Dijon, March 2018
Roisin Murphy, April 2018
Horse Meat Disco, June 2018
Jerry Schatzberg, July 2018
Inflagranti, September 2018
Kasper Bjorke, October 2018
Jenny Schlenzka, January 2019
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Raquel Albarran, January 2018
Michael Pellew, February 2018
Carlo Daleo, March 2018
Julia Ross, April 2018
Mary T Bevlock, May 2018
Tyrone Davis, June 2018
Chase Ferguson, July 2018
Myasia Dowdell, August 2018
Rudy Bansraj, October 2018
John Martin, November 2018
Frownfelter, December 2018
Hector Jones, January 2019
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Chen Chen, April 2018
Erika L. Sánchez, May 2018
William Brewer, June 2018
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, July 2018
Geoffrey Hilsabeck, August 2018
Hafizah Geter, September 2018
Jenny Xie, October 2018
Stephanie Burt, November 2018
Wendy Xu, December 2018
Jennifer Chang, January 2019
Ben Burkert, February 2019
Natalie Shapero, March 2019
Jose Olivarez, April 2019
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Got a Girl Crush, 2018
Roundtable Magazine, 2018
Quoted Magazine, 2018
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Marti Gould Cummings, March 2018
Peter Dunn, May 2018
Cory Camperchioli, June 2018
James Michael, October 2018
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Daniel Avery, April 2018
Claire Evans, 2018
Playlab, 2018
Mason Saltarrelli, 2018
Camen Winant, 2018
Bound by Chance
A dice-rolling zine for Ace Hotel, 2014, 2015
Concept and Production: Ben Sisto
Layout and Design: Peter Bowen
Author Curation: Word Bookstores and Book Riot
Dice and Staples
At the invitation of Ace Hotel New York and Word Bookstores, 16 authors crafted short works in the second-person narrative voice. Each begins and ends with the entering and exiting of a room. Where one story ends, the next starts. Quantum Leap-style, sort of. 200 copies of each were printed and assigned a number, 1 – 16. These stacks were positioned neatly down the grand study table in the lobby of Ace Hotel New York.
Local artists Dhemerae Ford & Sarah Awad designed a custom 3D-printed, large format dice which was placed on one side of the table. At the other, a stapler and some stamps. Event guests — a mix of people who came specifically for Bound by Chance and general passers-by — were asked to roll the dice 8 times. With each roll, they received a corresponding page. Those 8 pages got stapled together with some cover stock and, there you have it.
Since you are wondering, if a participant rolled the same number twice, that page was given twice. A return to a previously-visited location of the labyrinth. Possibly, one remain stuck in the same room forever.
If a “W” was rolled, then the participant won all 16 pages. If, over the course of their turn the letters A, C, and E were all rolled, we gave that guest a delicious coffee.
Live events took place on March 8, 2014 and August 29, 2015
2014 Photos
Participating Authors
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Bill Cheng
Myke Cole
Nick Douglas
Chad Felix
Rachel Fershleiser
Roxane Gay
Chelsea Hodson
Kat Howard
Edan Lepucki
Thomas Page McBee
Sarah McCarry
Dolan Morgan
Travis J Nichols
Raj Paremeswaran
Danniel Schoonebeek
Emma Straub
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Emily Asher-Perrin
Justina Ireland
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Liam Lowery
Nina MacLaughlin
Jenn Northington
Diana Pho
Stephanie Saulter
Bijan Stephen
Charles Yu
... (dot, dot, dot)
A digital artwork produced in response to the Media Archeology Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder’s open call for works produced with Kid Pix software. By Ben Sisto, 2022.
24/7 Jellies
A project with Luiza Dale for ‘BOOK FELL INTO OCEAN” by TXTbooks as part of their collaboration with Printed Matter and NADA (Miami) in 2021.
Read moreNow Dance (for Capri by Night)
A movement-video mixtape for Capri by Night, projected at Schauspiel Köln / Offenbachplatz in Cologne, Germany.
Read moreSeekonk Museum
Some ephemera related to the town of Seekonk, Massachusetts.
Read moreRhode Island QSL Archive
The Rhode Island QSL Archive preserves and celebrates the visual culture of Ocean State ham / CB radio enthusiasts from decades past.
Read moreInteraction of Interaction of Color
A survey of used books over time.
Read moreAs Is: Signs
June 2-4, 2017
Reception and zine release June 2, 7pm
Good Work Gallery, 1100 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
goodworkgallery.com
As Is (Signs) is my tribute to Jia Hua Trading Inc, importers and exporters of wholesale gifts and home goods. I purchased several LED storefront signs from Jia Hua just prior to their leaving their 15 West 28th St. location in 2016. The exhibition is accompanied a zine by the same title, with images produced by placing the aforementioned LED signs either directly on a scanner, or in close-proximity to the camera on a mobile phone.
Installation and Reception:
Zine Images:
PACS Gallery
PACS Gallery, a DIY project space named for having existed between Public Assembly and Cubana Social, existed for a short time in a loft space at 70 North 6th St. in Williamsburg. The room typically held rather wild parties on Saturday evenings and on Sunday AM I’d go in, literally shovel-out beer cans, give the room a quick repaint and by about 3pm, was installing that-evening’s one-night-only exhibition. PACS hosted about 25 events in all; the PACS logo was created by Cody Hoyt.
PACS at Paloma South
95 South 4th Street, Brooklyn NY
May 12, 2013
Sunday afternoon. Mothers Day. Paintings. Collections. Drawings. Ceramics. Artists handle their own sales. Paloma South is an apartment. Stop by on your way to Journal. Come after you visit Southfirst. Take a boat. Take a train. Ride a bike. Works on display by Scott Calhoun, Ariel Dill, Ryan Garvey, C.F., Maya Hayuk, Cody Hoyt, E.E. Ikeler, Denise Kupferschmidt, Helmut Smits, Ben Sisto, and Kim Westfall.
Shadow Pests
116 Bushwick Ave, Floor 2, Brooklyn NY
March 20, 2013
With the pairing of Suzy Coady and Yusuke Okada, viewers will meet a cast of playful, sometimes awkward and occasionally crass characters who, like those found in the early adult-themed drawings of Shel Silverstein, deal with sex, love, and life with a childlike humor and playfulness.
Apacsment Show
116 Bushwick Ave, Floor 2, Brooklyn
December 12, 2012
Works on display by Leah Beeferman and Pierre Le Hors, Phillip Birch, Reade Bryan, Elizabeth Ebright, Amanda B. Friedman, Garrol Gayden, Kenya Hanley, Cody Hoyt, E.E. Ikeler, Denise Kupferschmidt, Michael Pellew, Ben Sisto, Joshua Smith, Jeffrey Tranchell, and Joshua Caleb Weibley.
Sightings, Zs, Drainolith, Regression
September 29, 2012
LQQK & Bunce Present:
+ Regression (12:00)
+ Zs (11:00)
+ Sightings (10:00)
+ Drainolith (9:00)
8:30 PM, 21+ w ID
No BYOB, $10
Presentation Party Night
September 16, 2012
Presentations From:
+ Shannon Coffey - Mystery
+ Ryder Ripps - How to Design an e-Commerce Website
+ Erik Bergstrom - The French
+ Melissa J Frost - Architecture Out of Order
Presentation Party Night is a monthly lecture series combining a love of community and education with a taste for beer. Based in Bushwick, Brooklyn, they meet on the 3rd Sunday of each month to share and discuss various topics spanning history, pop culture, current events, and the utterly indescribable. Aesthetically, PPN is a bit closer to a DIY loft party than it is say, Ignite or TED talks. Presenters range from local pro’s to first-timers and there’s a healthy mix of laughing, factoids, and open-ended Q&A. Limited complimentary beers from our good friends at Asahi.
Sean Micka's Christine
September 17, 2012
Christine is a character based in New York City. She sets up situations that invite viewers to contemplate, interrogate and/or negotiate various ways in which art and finance function within a political economy. For better or for worse, her work focuses its attention on auctions, examining artworks, antiques and precious jewels i.e., as objects of financial speculation. She also is frequently concerned with the phenomena of “the contemporary” as an ambiguously defined idea in modern art, i.e., periodization of the present. Christine is frequent collaborator with artist Sean Micka.
E.E. Ikeler: KISS/KIZZ
September 18, 2012
Drawing on the history of abstraction within Western Modernism, Brooklyn-based artist E.E. Ikeler’s work, as exemplified with KISS/KIZZ, inserts feminist and queer content through nontraditional materials while maintaining a level abstraction. It’s a task that the artist feels has often been assumed to lack legibility in mainstream art criticism. In response, various experimental strategies assert that form and content are not discrete characteristics of art works, but rather, like our minds and bodies, are one in the same.
Permanent Collection
September 19, 2012
Artists come to own work by other artists in a myriad of ways. Sometimes it’s bought, often it’s in trade, as payment for general labor, and here and there it’s rescued from a trash can. Sometimes it’s a piece that’s been long-desired, other times a bit of a white elephant. Since we’re all struggling for space to store all this stuff, not all works “make the cut” as they say, when artists move between studios and dwellings. But for this one-night exhibition, 10 artists reach into our personal collections and display works that have made the cut. Curated by Ben Sisto (PACS) and Denise Kupferschmidt (Apartment Show).
Artypes Salon 3: “Portrait”
September 20, 2012
Artypes is a series of Art Salons. For each Salon, a variety of contemporary artists are asked to make work prompted by a type of art. Salon No. 3 will include “Portraits” by well over 60 artists, which will be Artypes’ largest Art Salon to date. Art Salons are free to the public. Art can be purchased from the Artists, and Drinks from the Bar.
The Next 50 presents: Long Distance Poison
June 11, 2012
Long Distance Poison, with the help of Matthew Caron and ESP TV, produced a new work in Brooklyn at PACS Gallery that was simultaneously transmitted via HAM radio into outer space, projected before a live audience at the PLAYHOUSE/INTIMAN Theater in the Seattle Center, and broadcast live on the internet. The work is called A Third Signal to A Habitable Zone.
Phillip Birch: Worldless on a Wire Part 1
May 21, 2012
What is authentic? How do we experience a thing? What is thingness versus thinghood?Can a thing be in itself? What makes one a radical? How do you define yourself as a radical? Can we place ourselves in the role of the other? Is there an other? What is necessary and what is enough? Is there enough? Is there a difference between transcendent and pedestrian? Is there a crisis? Are there infinite Earths? Who is your service provider? Is this relatable?
Phillip Birch lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He has exhibited at Cleopatra’s, Clifton Benevento, Artists Space, Envoy and Apartment Show. He is currently attempting to learn to juggle. He has been attempting this for years now.
Sto Len and Man Forever: Video
June 2012
Our buddy Sto of Cinders Gallery was here recently, painting away. PACS hosted a music video shoot for Man Forever, who recently signed to Thrill Jockey. MF is the brainchild of John Kid Millions Collpits, who’s best known as the drummer for Brooklyn’s own Oneida. The live lineup is always in a state of flux, but members of Vampire Weekend, Blues, Yo La Tango, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more have stopped in on previous engagements. Here’s some photos from the shoot, and you can see the video / read more via Impose TV.
Cody Hoyt, Greeting Disorder
March 27, 2012
Greeting Disorder is a one night exhibition of recent works by Cody Hoyt. A limited edition publication will accompany the show.
Get Rich or Die Mayan 3 aka The Maze Benefit
March 18, 2012
Amanda B. Friedman: Thought-forms
March 26, 2012
Amanda B. Friedman explores cognition, perception, and the distance between self, others, and the world. Her paintings, paper constructions, and drawings are informed by research on mental space - both inside and outside of the head.
Friedman has participated in residencies at Vermont Studio Center, VT; Millay Colony for the Arts, NY, and at Virginia Commonwealth University, VA. Selected group exhibitions include Backyard Projects, NYC; Clifton Benevento, NYC; St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn; and with Apartment Show, Brooklyn. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Also, this show marks the 1-year anniversary of PACS. Thanks so much to everyone who’s come out and supported!
Joshua Smith: Here is a Hand and Here is Another
February 27, 2012
Joshua Smith is an internationally exhibited painter. He was cofounder, with Denise Kupferschmidt, of the itinerant group-show Apartment Show. He was born in Texas, raised in Michigan, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Get Rich or Die Mayan 2:
Sunday, February 19th 2012
Sam from Z’s and Duncan from Bunce put this together as part of a series of parties benefiting the You Are Here Festival, aka THE MAZE, which took in July 2012 at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn, as well as in October 2012 in Berlin, DE.
Live sets from:
+ Hubble
+ Diamond Terrifier
+ White Suns
+ GDFX
+ DJ Marty McSorely
+ Projections by TROUBLE
$10 | 9pm | 21+
Jeffery Tranchell
January 30, 2012
Born in Owosso Michigan, Jeffrey Tranchell lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his BFA in 2005 at College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. An art-handler by day, Tranchell is exposed to a lot of waste - from bubble wrap & foam being tossed into dumpsters to hydrochloric acid poured down drains. A fan of Maciunas’ use of “waste”, all that pure-tossing doesn’t sit well with him.
In his solo show at PACS, Tranchell displays about a dozen paintings which repurposes materials such as torn coat linings, plastics, and broken canvas stretchers to suggest that all objects have potential, some purpose that consumes objects apart from their intended use or despite their “broken” state. Most artistic activity unavoidably generates a little trash, and Tranchell’s intent is not to condemn artists who fail to use every part of the buffalo….he’s just trying to find a place for all this stuff.
Denise Kupferschmidt: various murals
January 16, 2012
At the invitation of PACS Gallery, Denise Kupferschmidt has installed a permanent mural in the front room of Public Assembly. Occupying approximately 5 x 17 feet of estate above the venue’s front interior window, Kill Your Crude Idols references Kupferschmidt’s own Crude Idols drawing series, while serving as a nod to the NYC rock & no-wave documentary Kill Your Idols. The mural’s footer text was generated by the artist’s friend Ben Sisto, who did so by processing a cappella versions of popular songs with an Apple iPhone S4’s voice-to-text translator.
Based on the success of this project, Denise came back to do a mural on the building's exterior as well. Photos avail on request.
Reade Bryan, Oomph
December 20, 2011
Houstonian turned Brooklynite Reade Bryan received a BFA in FIne Arts from the New School for Design in 2006. Over the past four years he’s toured the local woodshop & construction circuit, helping bring the city gems like Brooklyn Fireproof. In terms of form & fabrication his works draw upon those methods and materials associated with said day-jobs. Tile, brick, plywood, foam an in this show’s case, fiberglass insulation.
The works on display were created on site from about 12pm-6pm, just prior to opening. Bryan’s spontaneity evokes a Guston-like humor, presenting the viewer with two clear options: take the works seriously, or laugh along.
Skeleton$, Black Crown Ceremony, Loud Objects
December 19, 2011
9pm, 21+, $7.00
Live Sets:
Skeleton$
Black Crown Ceremony
Loud Objects
DJ Sets:
The Oracle
Marty McSorely (WFMU)
Dutch E. Germ
Joshua Caleb Weibley: Solid Surface
November 28, 2011
From Joshua:
I profess a kind of connectedness with every material I use, at least in as far as I am implicitly saying “this is something which I may use” by using it. Use is a way to establish ownership, though my saying so alone doesn’t make it true. I don’t own everything and some things I would be wrong to claim ownership of. Others I can fairly call my own and do as I please with according to my relationship with them...
Images above courtesy of the artist; from a series of hand-drawn ASCII-style pieces.
Ben Sisto: Two Dogs in the Same Space at the Same Time
October 24, 2011
Six works in progress, reflective of Sisto's suspicious attitude towards the copyright, a feeling that’s somewhat based on an aesthetic affection for multiverse theory. The show title is a mishearing a line from K.M.D.’s song “Mr. Hood” which reminds us that two atoms can’t occupy the same space at the same time. A mix of wall-paintings, framed photocopies, and Ebay’d records on display including: 144 Darwins (Final Dozen) Amateur Portal (Version), Who Let ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’ Out? (Evidence), Sometimes (Die Trying), Of Bits, plus Guest DJ Pappa Wheelie (live all vinyl Miami Bass set, 60 min)
Leah Beeferman & Pierre Le Hors
September 19, 2011
1. ITEMS AND DISPLAY
2. SURFACES AND SUPPORTS
3. STILL LIVES OF DISPLAY
4. EVENTS / AS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS
5. EVENTS / AS IN ANY ACTION
6. MINIATURE MODELS OF THE UNIVERSE / GRAPHS
7. SURFACES:
a) permeable surfaces (description)
b) semipermeable surfaces (two-way mirror)
c) impermeable surfaces (obfuscation)
8. ILLUSORY SURFACES
Photos courtesy of Pierre Le Hors
Gina Beavers: Tapestry Embrace
August 22, 2011
Gina Beavers is an artist in New York City. She studied at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and has been in group shows with Apartment Show, the Journal Gallery, Printed Matter, Envoy Gallery, Kidd Yellin, Sara Meltzer Projects and Clifton Benevento in New York, among others. She has also shown at Cave in Detroit and Pepin Moore in Los Angeles. Most recently, she showed paintings, created a shop installation with Denise Kupfershmidt, and presented a zine-making performance at the ‘Art Book Club Presents:’ show at St. Cecilia’s in Brooklyn.
Denise Kupferschmidt: Spektr
July 7, 2011
PACS Gallery is pleased to present Spektr, a show of new drawings by Denise Kupferschmidt. Spektr combines selections from several open series within Kupferschmidt’s work, and highlights formal currents running through her studies on various subjects and topics.
The drawing of Denise Kupferschmidt employ an unmistakable vocabulary of form and texture; they speak to dualities inherent in nature and humanity: light and dark, empty and full, bad and good. Between these opposites is the exact moment of death; and in Kupferschmidt’s work that spirituality is materially represented through bold, primitive yet elegant forms that evoke notions of universally understood symbol sets and iconic figures.
Grady Gerbracht's Repercussions
2011
re:percussions is a series of events featuring drummers and drummer led projects that expand the parameters of the percussive medium curated by Grady Gerbracht and sponsored by the Nomadic Museum of Sonic Arts.
Performers included Christine Bard, Jim Pugliese, Grady Gerbracht, John Loggia, Margaret Schedel, Valerie Opielski, and Ravish Momin.
MICROFORTNIGHT
March 30, 2011
Featuring works by Leah Beeferman, Kevin Driscoll, Kerry Gaertner, Joshua Weibley, Daniel Lopatin, Benjamin Sisto, James Corrigan, Twos and Fours, Jeanette Mundt, S.E. Schoemann, A.K.A. SR PALM, Pierre Le Hors, Bennett4senate, & Bryce Hackford. More on this project here.
