SHOW DATE
January 19, 2012 (Thurs) 7-9pm

VENUE
Apple SF Store
1 Stockton St., San Francisco (map)

WHAT I’M DOING
I’ll be giving a 20min artists talk (slideshow) of my Interface series—this is an encore presentation of what I presented last year at Stanford.

WHAT IS OPEN SHOW
Rapidly growing into a worldwide movement, OPEN SHOW is a series of free monthly curated artist-talks that feature 5 or 6 photographers who have 10-15 minutes each to show a 20 image story (or 4‐7 minute video/multimedia project). Beyond offering a stage to get great work seen, shows are also incubators for emerging photographers and works in progress. This evening is a “best of 2011″ encore so it should be an especially compelling show. More info at openshow.org.

OTHER PRESENTERS
Jeremy Rourke – Out to See
Brandon Tauszik – Pray For Mercy
Michael Mullady – In Memory of Fabienne Geichmar
Yoni Klein & Alka Joshi – Blink
Cera Hensley – Here Nor There

Come experience this unique live show featuring the six best projects from 2011 curated from hundreds of submissions. Work includes a photo collage music video, powerful images from Haiti, surreal landscape dioramas and more. (I am the more, I suppose).

>>RSVP AT FACEBOOK (optional)

Some images from my Interface series…

RELATED: video of my presentation of this work at Stanford last year
ALSO: Read the post about me over at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery blog

I’ll have a couple items in this big store-in-the-gallery at SFMOMA. On display till May 1, 2011.

1)
I’ll have a small book:

2)
…and a series of pens—an older “artist multiple” project.

• YOUR INHERITANCE WILL BE PLASTIC
• RECYCLE EVERYTHING BUT THE PAST
• FORGET TO REPRODUCE
• YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPER POWERS
• WE THOUGHT BEAUTY WOULD BE ENOUGH.WE WERE, OF COURSE, WRONG.

Events:
Friday, November 19, 2010 from 7-10: MEMBER OPENING RECEPTION. Please note that Shadowshop is not itself an exhibition but is one work amongst many in a much larger show. If you look for it online you won’t find it listed on its own.

Saturday, December 2, from 7-9:45pm is the SHADOWSHOP ARTIST PARTY!
All are welcome with half-price museum admission, or free with Membership. I’ll be there.

FAQ
What is Shadowshop?
A temporary vending project by Stephanie Syjuco embedded within the galleries of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Shadowshop sells affordable artist wares and attempts to create an access point for the distribution of Bay Area creative production. Shadowshop is part of the exhibition “The More Things Change” and is sponsored by the SFMOMA Live Art program. Special commissioned projects by Packard Jennings, Imin Yeh, and Juan Luna-Avin will explore issues of art, labor, and capitalism.

What are your hours? Open during normal museum hours
Monday – Tuesday: 11:30am -5pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 11:30am – 8:45pm
Friday – Sunday: 11:30am – 5pm

Please visit the SFMOMA website for specific hours and directions. ShadowShop is closed during museum holidays.

Learn More:

• Read a review at artpractical.com
• ShadowShop FAQ
• Read more about SFMOMA’s exhibition The More Things Change

via If San Francisco Crime were Elevation | Doug McCune.

Synthetic environments as depicted in this group show refer to manmade riffs on what once was Mother Nature.

via Catharine Clark, Mina Dresden, Michael Rosenthal, Root Division, Eleanor Harwood, Guerrero, Parisoma, Warehouse Gallery (Oakland) – San Francisco California Art Galleries Events: April 10, 2010.

We’re heading out west for our annual Collectors Confab and you’re invited! Jen and a few members of the 20×200 team are excited to meet you—West Coast collectors—on Tuesday, May 4th from 6 – 9 p.m at Chronicle Books in San Francisco. We’ll be serving wine and beer along with a few nibbles, and perhaps have a surprise or two for you too. Many of our Bay Area artists will also be in attendance, so come say hello and have a drink on us!

via The 20×200 Blog: West Coast: You’re Invited!.

…click “Create,” and enjoy your ready-made Critical Response to the Art Product (or CRAP).

via PIXMAVEN – The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator.

I have transformed 2 giant windows on Minna St. into lightboxes for a couple photos that are 8 feet tall. And on Natoma St. I have 3 lightboxes in smaller sizes mixed in with Andy’s installation.

UPDATES:

• Here’s the SF Examiner review about this show and my other work: http://tinyurl.com/y9acp5n
• Some photos of the installation are included at the bottom of this ArtBusiness.com review
• One of my Motion Studies images was recently published online at Gizmodo Motion Gallery 2

Our blurb about the installation:
In this collaborative art installation by photographer Ari Salomon and sculptor Andy Vogt, each artist relies on a systematic process to create large-scale abstract artworks. Salomon experiments with found-lighting situations to reveal hints of what is all around us but hidden by the limits of perception. Vogt transforms found-wood lath strips into architectural and geological constructions, and these new structural meditations examine how time and materials intersect with our perception of place. Both artists explore the concept of building abstractions of reality in order to bring another kind of reality into focus.

Reception: Sat., February 20, 4-7pm
Dress warm – you will have to be outdoors to see our work and enjoy our free TCHO chocolate! Japanese organic snacks for sample and purchase by Pachamana Catering. Thanks also to DPi Printing and Central Services.

Where:
On view 24/7 in the street-level window displays down the alleyways on either side of the museum (on the SFMOMA parking garage behind the main building). The Minna Street Windows are directly across the alley from Catherine Clark and Baer Ridgeway galleries (who will be having opening receptions at the same time). Learn more: http://www.sfmoma.org

Photos: my 5 photos that are part of the installation

Photos: Day and night documentation as well as reception

San Francisco Art Show Fundraiser…

This isn’t my image but I do have a panoramic image in this great fundraiser later this month. Here’s the details…

Join us February 27th at Space Gallery for art, cocktails, and live music to help us raise money for the non-profit, Camfed. Art donations from talented, local San Francisco artists will be auctioned off from 8-10pm and 100% of the sales will go directly to Camfed.

The goal of the organization is to empower girls in Africa by using a community-based, holistic approach to long-term education, small business training, and HIV prevention. Since 1993, Camfed has improved the educational opportunities for 645,400 children, provided scholarships for 39,330 girls to go to high school, trained 2,677 teacher mentors and helped 609 young women go to college.

via CAMFED FUNDRAISER SF: Overview.

creative conceptual art…

(“the Artwork”) which consists of a black box that places itself for sale on the auction website “eBay” (the “Auction Venue”) every seven (7) days. The Artwork consists of the combination of the black box or cube, the electronics contained therein, and the concept that such a physical object “sells itself” every week.

via A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter (2009) – Caleb Larsen – eBay (item 190367275705 end time Jan-28-10 14:39:47 PST).

“The perfect canvas to create a beautiful work of art showcasing the talents of reverse graffiti artist “Moose”, and the power of Green Worksplant based cleaner.”

via Reverse Graffiti Project.