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
www.tobannichols.com
Dates:
Wed Oct 29, 2008 00:00 - Wed Oct 29, 2008
The relaunch of Deconstructivist Artist, Toban Nichols website at an all new address.
New simpler design,
brand new bodies of video, print and installation work... please have a visit.
All new EVERYTHING...http://www.tobannichols.com
New simpler design,
brand new bodies of video, print and installation work... please have a visit.
All new EVERYTHING...http://www.tobannichols.com
MONOBANDES / Exposition vidéo
Dates:
Fri Oct 24, 2008 00:00 - Thu Oct 23, 2008
Les Territoires Gallery, Montreal presents,
MONOBANDES / Video exhibition
October 24 to November 11, 2008
Vernissage: Saturday, October 25 2008, 4 to 7 pm
Curated by the team of Les Territoires, Monobandes is a group exhibition featuring of 24 national and international video artists. After receiving an outstanding number of submissions, Les Territoires has selected 27 videos, that collectively offer a new perspectives on the contemporary video art practices. Divided into four different programs, the goal of the exhibition Monobandes is to create an exchange between artists and diverse artistic approaches.
Toban Nichols / San Francisco.
Alyssa Andrews / Montreal.
Sarah Bronsard / Montreal.
Hoping Chen / U.K.
Micheline Durocher / Montreal.
Emilie Franceschin / Toulouse.
Erika Kierulf / Montreal.
Vincent Lafrance / Montreal.
Antti Laitinen / Finland.
Frédéric Lavoie / Montreal.
Robert Lendrum / Toronto.
Jacinthe Lessard / Montreal.
Michael Markowsky / Los Angeles.
Helena Martin Franco / Montreal.
Christoph Oertli / Brussels.
Robert Pearre / New York.
Laurent Pernot / Paris.
Gautam Rao / Indianapolis.
Meera Margaret Singh / Montreal.
Anita Schoepp / Montreal .
Catherine Tremblay / Montreal.
Natalia Valencia / Montreal .
Deke Weaver / Illinois .
Karen Zalamea / Montreal.
MONOBANDES / Video exhibition
October 24 to November 11, 2008
Vernissage: Saturday, October 25 2008, 4 to 7 pm
Curated by the team of Les Territoires, Monobandes is a group exhibition featuring of 24 national and international video artists. After receiving an outstanding number of submissions, Les Territoires has selected 27 videos, that collectively offer a new perspectives on the contemporary video art practices. Divided into four different programs, the goal of the exhibition Monobandes is to create an exchange between artists and diverse artistic approaches.
Toban Nichols / San Francisco.
Alyssa Andrews / Montreal.
Sarah Bronsard / Montreal.
Hoping Chen / U.K.
Micheline Durocher / Montreal.
Emilie Franceschin / Toulouse.
Erika Kierulf / Montreal.
Vincent Lafrance / Montreal.
Antti Laitinen / Finland.
Frédéric Lavoie / Montreal.
Robert Lendrum / Toronto.
Jacinthe Lessard / Montreal.
Michael Markowsky / Los Angeles.
Helena Martin Franco / Montreal.
Christoph Oertli / Brussels.
Robert Pearre / New York.
Laurent Pernot / Paris.
Gautam Rao / Indianapolis.
Meera Margaret Singh / Montreal.
Anita Schoepp / Montreal .
Catherine Tremblay / Montreal.
Natalia Valencia / Montreal .
Deke Weaver / Illinois .
Karen Zalamea / Montreal.
ITCH Magazine- Issue e2
Dates:
Thu Oct 23, 2008 00:00 - Thu Oct 23, 2008
Location:
New Zealand
** NEW ONLINE MAGAZINE LIVE **
Itch Magazine's long-awaited * issue is now live.
Featuring 60 contributions that explore various nuances and interpretations of this rather pornographic little symbol, it consists of poetry and experimental writing, audio artworks, short films, book reviews, essays and short stories, as well as photography, drawings and graphic work.
Staying true to its "South African roots, international relevance" vision, the issue features work from a variety of established and up-and-coming South African and international creative minds.
Visit ITCH Online to look and read. Register or log in to share comments and feedback.
- Mehita Iqani (Editor)
Become a fan of ITCH on Facebook!
Bell-Roberts Gallery & Publishing
T. +27 (0)21 465 9108
F. +27 (0)86 656 5931
E. info@itch.co.za
Itch Magazine's long-awaited * issue is now live.
Featuring 60 contributions that explore various nuances and interpretations of this rather pornographic little symbol, it consists of poetry and experimental writing, audio artworks, short films, book reviews, essays and short stories, as well as photography, drawings and graphic work.
Staying true to its "South African roots, international relevance" vision, the issue features work from a variety of established and up-and-coming South African and international creative minds.
Visit ITCH Online to look and read. Register or log in to share comments and feedback.
- Mehita Iqani (Editor)
Become a fan of ITCH on Facebook!
Bell-Roberts Gallery & Publishing
T. +27 (0)21 465 9108
F. +27 (0)86 656 5931
E. info@itch.co.za
BATTLESTATIONS!!
Dates:
Wed Aug 13, 2008 00:00 - Wed Aug 13, 2008
Ready, Set…BATTLESTATIONS!!
New Video by Toban Nichols
SAN FRANCISCO-- Toban Nichols presents a new video work entitled "BATTLESTATIONS!!".
Debuting exclusively on the internet embedded in six popular networking sites with a
high quality version playing at the artist's website: www.robotobe.com
Starring vocal talent Lesley Staples, veteran British actress and co-star of the film Calendar Girls opposite Helen Mirren. And featuring the legendary local personality Renttecca as "The Brightly Colored Block".
Invited to describe “BATTLESTATIONS!!”, Glen Helfand writes…
“Battlestations!,!” the latest work of digital video by Toban Nichols, is a collision of modern fairy tale and found digital debris. With colorful, abstract visuals and voice over, this short movie points to the idea that there are salient, picaresque narratives, and anthropomorphic characters that can be excavated from the video ether.
Extending a throwaway snippet of found footage—degraded digital noise on an old VHS tape— Nichols reveals visually provocative material in the form of vibrantly hued pixels that invade an expanse of blue. This monochromatic expanse, the dulcet toned, British accented female narrator informs us, is a fictional landscape populated by calm folk. They’re bedazzled by the arrival of brightly colored pixels, who for all intents and purposes, act like aggressive developers.
They insert saloons, espresso bars, parking garages and flavored gelatin outlets into the minimalist expanse.
War erupts, and storybook land is infused with whiff of cartoon computer game violence. “Battlestations!!”
is informed, in equal measures, by fairy tale theater, classic computer games and color field painting.
It’s ultimately a media critique in which pixels come alive and reality, in the guise of barely visible
footage of urban settings, struggles for recognition. Nothing is quite what it seems.
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The video can be seen in it’s entirety for 2 full weeks, at the following online locations
before moving on to PixelPops 2008, Metafest and the Disposable Film Festival.
To view the video in it’s entirety, visit any of the sites listed below.
http://robotobe.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/rocketrobos
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-RCSL24hAHFU/battlestations/
http://www.perpetualartmachine.com/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user='robotobe'
http://video.saatchigallery.com/artist/profile/30778/Toban+Nichols/TobanNichols.html
http://www.new.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=26939071166
http://tobannichols.uber.com/video?anonymous=1&create_view=1
New Video by Toban Nichols
SAN FRANCISCO-- Toban Nichols presents a new video work entitled "BATTLESTATIONS!!".
Debuting exclusively on the internet embedded in six popular networking sites with a
high quality version playing at the artist's website: www.robotobe.com
Starring vocal talent Lesley Staples, veteran British actress and co-star of the film Calendar Girls opposite Helen Mirren. And featuring the legendary local personality Renttecca as "The Brightly Colored Block".
Invited to describe “BATTLESTATIONS!!”, Glen Helfand writes…
“Battlestations!,!” the latest work of digital video by Toban Nichols, is a collision of modern fairy tale and found digital debris. With colorful, abstract visuals and voice over, this short movie points to the idea that there are salient, picaresque narratives, and anthropomorphic characters that can be excavated from the video ether.
Extending a throwaway snippet of found footage—degraded digital noise on an old VHS tape— Nichols reveals visually provocative material in the form of vibrantly hued pixels that invade an expanse of blue. This monochromatic expanse, the dulcet toned, British accented female narrator informs us, is a fictional landscape populated by calm folk. They’re bedazzled by the arrival of brightly colored pixels, who for all intents and purposes, act like aggressive developers.
They insert saloons, espresso bars, parking garages and flavored gelatin outlets into the minimalist expanse.
War erupts, and storybook land is infused with whiff of cartoon computer game violence. “Battlestations!!”
is informed, in equal measures, by fairy tale theater, classic computer games and color field painting.
It’s ultimately a media critique in which pixels come alive and reality, in the guise of barely visible
footage of urban settings, struggles for recognition. Nothing is quite what it seems.
---------
The video can be seen in it’s entirety for 2 full weeks, at the following online locations
before moving on to PixelPops 2008, Metafest and the Disposable Film Festival.
To view the video in it’s entirety, visit any of the sites listed below.
http://robotobe.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/rocketrobos
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-RCSL24hAHFU/battlestations/
http://www.perpetualartmachine.com/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user='robotobe'
http://video.saatchigallery.com/artist/profile/30778/Toban+Nichols/TobanNichols.html
http://www.new.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=26939071166
http://tobannichols.uber.com/video?anonymous=1&create_view=1
BATTLESTATIONS!
Dates:
Fri Jun 27, 2008 00:00 - Fri Jun 27, 2008
coming soon...to a web portal right in front of your face
