THE INTERNET IS A TERRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE

THE INTERNET IS A TERRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE
A program of videos curated by Jesse Malmed
FRIDAY OCTOBER 15TH @ MICROSCOPE GALLERY, BUSHWICK
Screening starts @ 7pm
Curator Jesse Malmed will be present, as well as many of the artists!

On tour from Oregon, Jesse Malmed stops by MICRSCOPE Gallery on Friday 10/15 to present a special screening of his video program The Internet is a Terrible Place to Live - featuring works by Nia Burks, Tabor Robock, Rachael Morrison, Jeremy Bailie, Tyrone Davies, Grey Gersten, Stephen Slappe, Nathanial Katz, Hooliganship, & Max Juren.

"Years ago we sang a song:
…friendster, facebook + myspace
get off the net + over to my place
gotta get over your email attachment
‘cause your heart’s hard-drive is crashing…
It [the title] is meant to be evocative—slightly snide towards those cyber-utopians who think tweeting is a somehow radical act, discomforted by our increasingly net-mediated notions of self and relationships, in love with the creative possibilities of such technologies and maybe a little just the right type of joke to right type of guy." J M

Bios
Tyrone is originally from SLC, earned his MFA from SFAI either seconds ago or seconds from now and in addition to his stellar media art and installation is the mind/body behind the Free Form Film Festival, Lost Media Archive and LOAF-I.

Grey is from Chicago, went to Bard, lives in Brooklyn and has worked with artists like Lucky Dragons, John Zorn, Martha Colburn and Jolie Holland on a variety of music, performance and film contexts.

Stephen teaches at PNCA and has shown at just about every reputable Portland art institution, including, most recently, the Portland2010 Biennial.

Jeremy is a video, software and performance artist living and working happily in Toronto with his Syracuse MFA, Images Festival works and a quote from Filmmaker Magazine, “a one man revolution.”

Nathaniel Katz earned his BFA from SVA and his MFA at RISD; currently MIA from the USA (he’s in the ITL), his works are set to be shown at Fondazione March (Padova, Italy), LOOP Festival (Barcelona) and the Moscow Biennial for Young Art this year.

Rachael is from Cleveland, went to Bard and in addition to making art organizes the Brooklyn Pizza Party video screenings, co-edits f.ART magazine and is set to open “Lost and Found: The Work of Ben Porter” at MOMA’s library.

Max lives in Austin, shows widely/wildly and has a fantastic DVD of his work available through excellent Texas imprint Monofonus Press.

Hooliganship (a.k.a. Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris) is a Portland video band/instituiton on near constant tour throughout Europe and North America.

Tabor Robak is a Portland native and recent graduate of PNCA.

Nia Burks lives and works in Richmond, VA and is interested in collecting and organizing objects and ideas. She has a BFA and two Masters degrees in art and a host of upcoming shows in New York and Europe.

PROGRAM:

NIA BURKS - ANGRY GAMERS
TABOR ROBAK - FREAK SHOW
RACHAEL MORRISON - DATA ENTRY
JEREMY BAILEY - DON’T MOUSE AROUND
TYRONE DAVIES - AT THE COMMERCIAL BREAK SHE STARTED SCREAMING
GREY GERSTEN - TRANSMISSIONS
NIA BURKS - BULLY
STEPHEN SLAPPE - HOMING
NATHANIEL KATZ - GETTING INSIDE MY COMPUTER
HOOLIGANSHIP - JUNK SPIRALS
NIA BURKS- PANDA SNEEZE
MAX JUREN - LAST INTERNET VIDEO EVER

ABOUT DEAP LEAP : Deep Leap is a zine and arts umbrella based, right now, in Portland, Oregon. We used to live San Francisco and some of us live in Massachusetts now. Specifically, Deep Leap Zine is edited and organized by Adam F. Johnson, Jesse Malmed and Raven Munsell but has connections with dozens of young makers throughout the country (and a few out of the country). The Deep Leap Microcinema is programmed by Jesse Malmed. The MICROCINEMA is a joining of thematically programmed video art, experimental film and new media works with specially commissioned performances. Past shows have included: SICK TRANSIT, GLORIA; IN THE LIGHT CONE; PALIMPSESTS; SIGN LANGUAGES; SACRED GEOMETRIES and ZAUM/BEYONSENSE. They have shown in bars, barns, art spaces renowned and nascent, on a bamboo screen tethered to a chicken coop and in a repurposed firehouse.

ABOUT MICROSCOPE GALLERY : MICROSCOPE Gallery is a new art space specializing in film, video, sound and other time-based arts. The artists we present are independent, radical, experimenters and risk takers who range from the emerging to recognized pioneers and innovators. MICROSCOPE also offers an ongoing screening, performance, and lecture series complementing the exhibitions as well as programs that showcase other artists. Conceived in the heat wave of 2010, MICROSCOPE is the realization of a recurrent dream, dissolving the barriers between the white walls of the gallery and the darkened setting of the cinema/concert hall/theater space.

Curator and several artists will be present. More info at: http://www.deepleap.net/index.php?/microcinema/the-internet-is-a-terrible-place-to-live/ and www.microscopegallery.com

Admission $6 - tickets available at door

MICROSCOPE GALLERY is located at:
4 Charles Place - Bushwick
Brooklyn NY 11221

DIRECTIONS:

Microscope is located behind Little Skip’s Café at the intersection of Myrtle and Willoughby Aves.

J/M/Z - Myrtle Ave/Broadway

Walk straight off train, across Myrtle, cross Bushwick Ave, left on Charles Place

L - Morgan Ave or Jefferson Street

B54 Bus (Myrtle Ave)

www.microscopegallery.com