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Light Industry
220 36th Street, 5th Floor
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.lightindustry.org

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 7:30pm

[img]http://www.lightindustry.org/loshadka.jpg[/img]

Presented by Loshadka

"Then they disinterred the chieftain and gave him new clothes. In his grave, he received intoxicating drinks, fruits and a stringed instrument. The chieftain was put into his bed with all his weapons and grave offerings around him. Then they had two horses run themselves sweaty, cut them to pieces, and threw the meat into the ship. Finally, they sacrificed a hen and a cock."

Formed in May 2007, Loshadka is an online collective of interdisciplinary artists scattered across the East Coast. They make magic happen at loshadka.org via sharing original, found, and altered media on a group blog.

Along with Nasty Nets, Spirit Surfers and Double Happiness, Loshadka was identified as one of the key practitioners of “group blogging as a form of artistic practice” by Marcin Ramocki in his influential 2008 text “Surfing Clubs: organized notes and comments.” “From the art practice point of view,” Ramocki observes, “a post is a hybrid act involving both curatorial research and conceptual art gesture."

While most of the efforts are based online, the group also shows in person, attempting to reconcile the virtual work with the physical.

They (currently) are: Justin Clark, Petra Cortright, Thomas Galloway, Eric Mack, Ilia Ovechkin, Jay Peyton, Billy Rennekamp, Ken Seeno, Hayley Silverman, Will Simpson, Travess Smalley, and Dan Wickerham.

At Light Industry, Loshadka will screen a series of videos, individual efforts of the artists involved in the project, derived from a collective "toolbox" of items—custom-made tools, files, techniques and ideas.

http://www.loshadka.org

Tickets - $7, available at door.

About Light Industry

Light Industry is a new venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. Developed and overseen by Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, the project has begun as a series of events at Industry City in Sunset Park, each organized by a different artist, critic, or curator. Conceptually, Light Industry draws equal inspiration from the long history of alternative art spaces in New York as well its storied tradition of cinematheques and other intrepid film exhibitors. Through a regular program of screenings, performances, and lectures, its goal is to explore new models for the presentation of time-based media and foster an ongoing dialogue amongst a wide range of artists and audiences within the city.

About Industry City

Industry City, an industrial complex in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is home to a cross-section of manufacturing, warehousing and light industry. As part of a regeneration program intended to diversify the use of its 6 million square feet of space to better reflect 21st century production, Industry City now includes workspace for artists. In addition to offering studios at competitive rates, Industry City also provides a limited number of low-cost studios for artists in financial need. This program was conceived in response to the lack of affordable workspace for artists in New York City and aims to establish a new paradigm for industrial redevelopment–one that does not displace artists, workers, local residents or industry but instead builds a sustainable community in a context that integrates cultural and industrial production.

For more information, please visit http://www.industrycityartproject.org