CRACK OPEN THE SPACE EGG: a little 16 person show
THE DAY, TODAY, TO DATE: Moments Scrapped by Thomas Joseph06.26 2014
San Fransico! Solo Show Jim Houser
NIGHT GOT QUIET NOT QUITE LIGHT
Using his signature color palette, the shades of sky blue, turquoise, baby blue, dark red or burgundy, Jim Houser gives his work an innocent almost naive feel. The paintings narrate stories about moments, experiences and emotions from the artist?s life in an unique way, using both graphic elements and symbols, and literal words. Skateboards, books, fish scales, arrows, portraits, ramps, waves and written words, are some of his favorite elements, all presented in cluster like forms and are often created using collage, acrylic, found objects, wood or fabric, blurring the lines between flat images and sculpture by forming highly textured pieces.
Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currently resides. He is a self-taught artist and an honorary member of the Philly-based artist collective Space1026. His work explores the cadence of speech, science and science fiction, sickness and disease, plants and animals, time travel, ghosts, the art of children and the gravity of fatherhood, codes and code breaking, music and music making.
Houser’s collages, paintings and installations have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Brazil. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art. Recently, Houser released a vinyl record of instrumental music composed to accompany his installations.
06.13 2014
Drums Like Machine Guns, the Dirty Cut & Problems at Space 1026
Space 1026 proudly presents:
Drums Like Mchine Guns
The Dirty Cut
Problems
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Doors open at 7pm
Show at 7.30pm
06.02 2014
COMEDY DREAMZ NY!
COMEDY DREAMZ
a night of stand-up, short plays, video, music, dance and whatever!
Hosted by Rose Luardo and Andrew Jeffrey Wright!
Featuring Body Dreamz, Kate Berlant, Joe Rumrill, Michelle Wolf, Young Sherlock Holmes Jr. and Court Stenographer, Julio Torres and more!
Videos by The New Dreamz!
With DJs Emilio Airhorn and Kurt Life!
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Doors 8pm / Comedy 8:30 – 10:00 / Dance Party 10:01 – Midnight
$7
The Silent Barn
603 Bushwick Ave.
Brooklyn
06.01 2014
Mark Price and Joseph Opshinsky’s II Ways
On display from May through August, FrameWorks Studio & Gallery presents II WAYS: New Works in Paper, a two-person exhibition exploring the dichotomy of paper as a medium and featuring a selection of new works by Philadelphia-based artist Mark Price and Philadelphia-trained, Scranton native, Joseph Opshinsky.
The exhibition runs May 3 to August 10. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 11am – 6pm.
FrameWorks Studio & Gallery
2103 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
• Read a review of the exhibition by Kelly Steinlage on The Art Blog
• View a catalog of new paper works featured in II Ways by Mark Price.
05.30 2014
Haverhill Experimental Film Festival 2014 Winners
We will be screening the winners of the 2014 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival:
Saturday, June 7th @ 7:30p
1026 Arch St, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
https://www.facebook.com/events/739338622784245/
H.E.F.F. on 95 is a curatorial venture down Interstate 95 showcasing the winning films of the 2014 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival.
The roughly 1.5 hour program will feature national and international contemporary work in avant-garde cinema. Including everything from VHS distortion, to 16mm animation, to experimental documentaries.
FREE
05.30 2014
CLOSING RECEPTION TONIGHT! 6-9 PM
CLOSING RECEPTION for Consider again, that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. A selection of individual and collaborative work by Adam Lovitz and Patrick Maguire
Friday, May 30th
6-9 PM
05.27 2014
Cars Will Burn ((( ♫ Mix ♫ )))
Douglas Fir ((( ♫ Mix ♫ ))) featuring Meek Mill, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, David Lynch’s ‘Return Of The Jedi’
Commas Steady Coming ((( ♫ Mix ♫ ))) featuring DJ Rashad, Narwhalz Of Sound, 2 Chainz, Moon Bounce
Ladies Night ((( ♫ Mix ♫ ))) featuring Gobby, Noo Bap, Christina Mili, People Skills
New New ((( ♫ Mix ♫ ))) featuring Steve Moore, Unguent, Nicki Minaj, Profligate
Wet ((( ♫ Mix ♫ ))) featuring Migos, Perc, Charles Cohen, Joe Lentini
05.09 2014
A BRAND NEW NU LIIFE COMIC FOR YOU
NU LIIFE is a weekly comic by Andrew Jeffrey Wright that appears only at The World’s Best Ever Dot Com! Go HERE and enjoy today’s comic! Go HERE and see the archive of past comics! ENJOY! It’s all free!
05.01 2014
OPENING TOMORROW (FRIDAY, MAY 2ND) NIGHT!!!
SPACE 1026 presents Consider again, that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. A selection of individual and collaborative work by Adam Lovitz and Patrick Maguire
“First, she tried a spoonful from Papa Bear’s great big bowl. “OW!” she yelled, “TOO HOT!”
Next, she tried a spoonful from Mama Bear’s medium-sized bowl. “Brrrrr! TOO COLD!” she complained.
Finally, Goldilocks tried a spoonful from Baby Bear’s tiny little bowl. “YUMMY!” she cried. “THIS IS JUST RIGHT!” Goldilocks ate the entire bowlful.”
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The Goldilocks Zone, a distance from a star that would allow the surface temperatures of a planet to be Earth-like and just right for liquid water, marks itself as the best place to look for life similar to ours.
Patrick Maguire and Adam Lovitz have composed works that teeter on the threshold of familiarity and strangeness, at times escaping into the immeasurable. This tension, found in both artists’ practice, occurs in between the space of literal representation and total abstraction. A pupa world is documented, positioning itself amidst a developed and undeveloped state of being.
There are some pieces that caress or disfigure the gravitational pull of life on Earth, whether it be akin to the surface of a stone, or cultural debris on a city sidewalk. While others hover just beyond our atmosphere, transmitting a signal only made visible when looking inside our self.
And who is to say this phenomenon, this awareness, is not as tangible as feeling the warmth of a dying star from the comfort of our home?