BIO
Toban Nichols, is a deconstructivist artist living in Los Angeles. His work has been seen internationally in SCOPE New York, SCOPE Basel, the Digital Fringe Festival in Melbourne Australia, Les Territoires in Montreal, as well as The Seattle Art Museum.
After earning a Bachelors degree in painting, he moved west to study New Media at the San Francisco Art Institute in California where he recieved an MFA in Digital Media and Videography. He has been granted a residency with the Experimental Television Center in New York, and awarded the Juror's Pick at the ArtHouse Film Festival in 2009 for his video entitled "BATTLESTATIONS!!"
In 2011, his work will be seen in new exhibitions in New Zealand, Los Angeles, and in the Artist’s collaborative magazine “Color&Color”
More of his work can be seen at www.tobannichols.com
After earning a Bachelors degree in painting, he moved west to study New Media at the San Francisco Art Institute in California where he recieved an MFA in Digital Media and Videography. He has been granted a residency with the Experimental Television Center in New York, and awarded the Juror's Pick at the ArtHouse Film Festival in 2009 for his video entitled "BATTLESTATIONS!!"
In 2011, his work will be seen in new exhibitions in New Zealand, Los Angeles, and in the Artist’s collaborative magazine “Color&Color”
More of his work can be seen at www.tobannichols.com
NosePics...a new App project
Dates:
Mon Apr 23, 2012 09:15 - Thu May 31, 2012
Los Angeles based artist Toban Nichols has released his first App for artists, children, arts educators, and child-like adults. It's called NosePics and is FUN, at the tip of your finger!
Currently available in the iTunes App store at this link
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nosepics/id511769467?mt=8&uo=4
There's even a clever how-to video featuring
Pamela Anderson!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iIOlh15k4c
*One of the great reviews so far sums it up perfectly,
it's "Mr. Potato Head" for photos & a
perfect time waster for anyone.
see more NosePics on the Face Book fan page. https://www.facebook.com/NosePics
Currently available in the iTunes App store at this link
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nosepics/id511769467?mt=8&uo=4
There's even a clever how-to video featuring
Pamela Anderson!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iIOlh15k4c
*One of the great reviews so far sums it up perfectly,
it's "Mr. Potato Head" for photos & a
perfect time waster for anyone.
see more NosePics on the Face Book fan page. https://www.facebook.com/NosePics
kaci's America, the remix
Deadline:
Thu Feb 02, 2012 20:30
The next round of Kaci's America: the remix project begins today with a new installment titled Kaci's slowmix.
Check out the new video and feel free to remix, remodel, upload, respond, etc. at the link below...be sure to re-post it as a video response.
The entire channel of remixes/mash ups can be seen here.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6192178D8B7BF196&feature=view_all
Check out the new video and feel free to remix, remodel, upload, respond, etc. at the link below...be sure to re-post it as a video response.
The entire channel of remixes/mash ups can be seen here.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6192178D8B7BF196&feature=view_all
Semaphore
Dates:
Fri Aug 19, 2011 07:35 - Fri Aug 19, 2011
Conceived as an origin video to the photographic series Dendroid--a collision between the digital landscape and landscape photography--Toban Nichols expands on this investigation with Semaphore. Traditionally, a "semaphore" was a train signal that indicated the state of the track ahead and how a train should advance, such as: clear, caution or stop.
In the video, we see scenes of two people in a domestic space which alternate between panoramic vistas of rolling foothills, a craggy coast and an urban shipyard. The semaphores--the man and woman--perform seemingly arbitrary gestures which then allow the viewer to proceed into the meditative landscapes. Keeping with his distinctive process of manipulating technology, Nichols elevates his deconstructionist tendencies creating vibrantly colored star-burst explosions and kaleidoscopic "semaphorms" that whimsically transform and dissolve back into the scenes.
The digital distortion layered on top of picturesque tableaus (and the canned sounds of nature) suggest the way technology has mediated our interpretation of the surrounding environment and the transient ebb and flow of the techno-distortion highlights how visual/ digital information invades our daily routines. Additionally, Semaphore considers the exponential rate of technological advancement (predicated by Moore's Law) and societies unquestioning forward march toward a mutable and unforeseen future.
-Craig M. Corpora
(Art) Writer
In the video, we see scenes of two people in a domestic space which alternate between panoramic vistas of rolling foothills, a craggy coast and an urban shipyard. The semaphores--the man and woman--perform seemingly arbitrary gestures which then allow the viewer to proceed into the meditative landscapes. Keeping with his distinctive process of manipulating technology, Nichols elevates his deconstructionist tendencies creating vibrantly colored star-burst explosions and kaleidoscopic "semaphorms" that whimsically transform and dissolve back into the scenes.
The digital distortion layered on top of picturesque tableaus (and the canned sounds of nature) suggest the way technology has mediated our interpretation of the surrounding environment and the transient ebb and flow of the techno-distortion highlights how visual/ digital information invades our daily routines. Additionally, Semaphore considers the exponential rate of technological advancement (predicated by Moore's Law) and societies unquestioning forward march toward a mutable and unforeseen future.
-Craig M. Corpora
(Art) Writer
From the Studio of Toban Nichols
Dates:
Mon Dec 06, 2010 00:00 - Mon Dec 06, 2010
Winter update 2010
Here's a list of current and upcoming exhibitions and events.
My new video titled "Mysteries Of Carom" debuted about a week and a half ago and was featured along with small write-ups during the Thanksgiving Holiday at both LeFag.com & QueerClick.com. See it by clicking the link below (NSFW)
http://www.tobannichols.com/
I'm also featured along with several other Artists in the Magazine Color&Color. The latest issue can be seen at the link below. Also, for those of you in San Francisco next Thursday there is a launch party for the current issue of the magazine. Details at the link.
http://www.colorandcolor.blogspot.com/
Earlier this year, I was asked to design the logos and icons for the social networking site DoDont.com.
I'm quite proud of it and you can see that work at the link below.
http://dodont.com/
And coming up in 2011, Los Angeles based artist Laura Ricci & I are doing an installation project called "Storefront2Storefront". It will take place in early to mid 2011. See more about Gate Projects below.
http://gateprojects.org/
Finally, my work will be seen around mid 2011 at LoveLab Projects in New Zealand as part of an ongoing video series.
http://lovelabprojects.tumblr.com/about
thank you for your continued support!
toban
Here's a list of current and upcoming exhibitions and events.
My new video titled "Mysteries Of Carom" debuted about a week and a half ago and was featured along with small write-ups during the Thanksgiving Holiday at both LeFag.com & QueerClick.com. See it by clicking the link below (NSFW)
http://www.tobannichols.com/
I'm also featured along with several other Artists in the Magazine Color&Color. The latest issue can be seen at the link below. Also, for those of you in San Francisco next Thursday there is a launch party for the current issue of the magazine. Details at the link.
http://www.colorandcolor.blogspot.com/
Earlier this year, I was asked to design the logos and icons for the social networking site DoDont.com.
I'm quite proud of it and you can see that work at the link below.
http://dodont.com/
And coming up in 2011, Los Angeles based artist Laura Ricci & I are doing an installation project called "Storefront2Storefront". It will take place in early to mid 2011. See more about Gate Projects below.
http://gateprojects.org/
Finally, my work will be seen around mid 2011 at LoveLab Projects in New Zealand as part of an ongoing video series.
http://lovelabprojects.tumblr.com/about
thank you for your continued support!
toban
New video launch: Mysteries Of Carom
Dates:
Tue Nov 16, 2010 00:00 - Tue Nov 16, 2010
Mysteries of Carom
4:19, 2010
Single channel video made completely from found footage.
No matter the great lengths I've gone to in order to elevate the video contents to a level of artistic merit and provoke intellectual conversation, it remains quite graphic in some sections so please be aware of that fact in deciding to view this video.
video description:
Mysteries Of Carom derives it’s title from the origin word “Carom” which is a type of Billiard game. The video is meant as a contemplation of a specific sexual act that is difficult to view, or for some people hard to understand. Upon discovering the origin video, I found the subject matter complex and disturbing but also felt compelled to use the negative feelings I was having to create a work of art that is multi-layered, interesting and has a sense of humor and wonder about itself. The soundtrack is meant to provide context and assist the audience in the formation of a complex narrative and should bring about a feeling of child-like wonder, whimsy and surreal if not disgusted interest in the world we live in. The music is meant to be disparate and opposite of the source video. The comedic and curious stance the video takes is meant as an elevation of this type of subject matter to an artistic context.
4:19, 2010
Single channel video made completely from found footage.
No matter the great lengths I've gone to in order to elevate the video contents to a level of artistic merit and provoke intellectual conversation, it remains quite graphic in some sections so please be aware of that fact in deciding to view this video.
video description:
Mysteries Of Carom derives it’s title from the origin word “Carom” which is a type of Billiard game. The video is meant as a contemplation of a specific sexual act that is difficult to view, or for some people hard to understand. Upon discovering the origin video, I found the subject matter complex and disturbing but also felt compelled to use the negative feelings I was having to create a work of art that is multi-layered, interesting and has a sense of humor and wonder about itself. The soundtrack is meant to provide context and assist the audience in the formation of a complex narrative and should bring about a feeling of child-like wonder, whimsy and surreal if not disgusted interest in the world we live in. The music is meant to be disparate and opposite of the source video. The comedic and curious stance the video takes is meant as an elevation of this type of subject matter to an artistic context.
